A few thoughts on planning

As my first day of student teaching draws close I would like to take a moment to reflect on two strategies that I have adopted.  While they are not pedagogy per say, they are helpful.  As we are not born into this world knowing how to teach I hope that someone will (eventually) find this helpful.

The first thing I have learned is the 5 P's.  That being, Proper Planing Prevents Poor Performance.  This could not be more true.  I am striding into my first day with the confidence that if my students happen to finish all of the assignment that were scheduled on the first day, then I have around 11 more days worth of lesson plans.

My 2 week lesson plan

Not really, but you get the picture.  By keeping students on task, there is a lower chance of a behavior issue.  I suppose it is hard for 11th graders to get fired up about President Washington's first cabinet.....

Perhaps Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet will fare better, but I remain doubtful.....

Hickory Cabinets.... Old Hickory Cabinets

Horrible pun.... I know......  Next topic!

I have found that I often need scratch paper to jot down ideas while I lesson plan.  This is complicated by the fact that I can seldom find scratch paper. Enter the Notebook.

Two notebooks in fact.  The green one is to jot down ideas for lesson planning and the grey one is to make sure that I have all the notes essential to my lesson.  Lets take a look inside.

My lesson plan in the wild.

To make sure that the lesson plan is on track I always have my trusty notebook by my side... complete with pictures.

 Reform and immigration never looked so good

Hopefully my thoughts on lesson planning and class structure will be of some help.

Please feel free to comment.

Thanks for dropping by,

D. Roach