Mini Lessons

Today in class, we had our ten minutes of reading. We are reading “A Child Called It” as a class. Everyone seems to really be enjoying the book. Then after the bell rang we wrote our pot notes to one another. Pot notes are very good self-esteem boosters. We all love receiving nice notes about ourselves from our classmates. Then we all had to fill out an observation sheet about what we observed Friday when we went to different schools. Our class went to an elementary, middle, and high school. We had to discuss the differences and between schools and answer the question "When do kids begin to lose interest in school." We all had a discussion about what we thought. It was very interesting hearing what others had to say.

We continued working on our mini lessons in our groups. Each group has to make a PowerPoint on what they are teaching and a video that goes along with it. We also have to include an activity for the class to complete. They are due Thursday, and we have to teach the class about different stages of development. I’m excited about teaching the class because it’s going to help me learn how to be a teacher. It will also help me get experience before I have to go into an actual classroom and teach alone. 

Amanda, Courtney, and Murshay working on their mini lesson