Week 4

This week my base classroom was a year six class. The highlights I had were observations of a maths lesson, art lesson and taking my own PE lesson that I had written up my own lesson plan. The maths lesson was a highlight because I hadn't yet been in a year six class and was unsure what level they covered. The next highlight was the art lesson as this is one of my major work ons as a developing teacher. I got to see some new ideas and actually take part and paint and gain more experience. It was also a highlight to have written my own lesson plan and to teach it by myself.

With the highlights I had there were challenges that came with them. The maths lesson that was being taught many children did not understand how to find the answers amongst the text. I had to really think about how I could explain to them as I already knew what to do. This was also a great experience as I had to really think a out my examples and explanations. The PE lesson I took went ok but I didn't spend enough time on setting the expectations and forgot my whistle which made that lesson a challenge.

This week I learnt a lot and was challenged further in the higher year level. In the maths lesson they weren't allowed to use calculators so I had to think back on how to work problems out. I was lucky in the fact that I had an awesome bunch of children who were helping as much as I was helping them. The art lesson was great as I now have some more knowledge about art and how to set expectations with using paint in the classroom. The last lesson I learnt was around my PE lesson and setting the expectations early and being firm will help me next time.