Tuesday, March 29th Reflection

I didn't feel good about how the periods went today. 1st and 2nd periods both took longer than I thought to go through the warm-up, both classes seemed really dead, maybe it's just the week before spring break... I tried to mix it up a little for 4th period. Instead of doing the entire warm-up from earlier and doing the lecture style, I asked students to draw the figures that threw the classes off earlier this morning. I then asked them to demonstrate these figures by using the socks. Students were unwilling to come up and demonstrate, seemed very painful for them to walk up and do it. Some Ideas to Consider:

1. Don't lose your personality!


2. Don't be afraid to call students out, LOOK, really look at the students and what they're doing, how they look, facial expressions


3. Incorporate interesting facts/luring questions to keep engaged


4. Change tone of voice, inflection


5. Change Activity, moving, walking around, do something different


6. Don't be afraid to adjust!

Students did better once we started the "Make a Baby Lab" activity