This week has been intense. The load of assignments and work have increased, and I let it get to me in class.
After a bit of self-reflection, I identified that I informed without truly engaging my students. During my part of the lesson, I rushed through the vocab, I did my listen and repeat as per the lesson plan, but I didn’t ask for questions, I didn’t ask if they wanted to practice again. I forgot… I was so focused on doing my part from A to Z that I neglected the learning aspect of it. I had the chance to review the students’ comprehension of the words before our last activity.
Here are a few highlights of our 7th hour:
- During our individual classwork, I messaged our lower-level student to find out whether he needed help, as he usually messages me, he politely declined. (great!)
- Students had fun with our last activity: Skribbl.
- Ken was calm and collected as usual and did a great job of informing students of the different ways they can ask us questions, which was aimed at students who tend to avoid risks.
- Students were more vocal than usual for the exit ticket.
