I enjoyed having this microteaching lesson as it gave us an introduction to teaching math in front of a class. I think our presentation went fairly well. It was structured, organized and it flowed well together. The class provided us with feedback on how our activity was fun and an engaging way to practice multiplying fractions. One thing, I would like to work on was including the whiteboard more during our lecture portion of the lesson. I also noticed that not many people wanted to come up to the board during our activity. I should have encouraged students more and made them feel comfortable coming up to the board. I could have done this by providing the group with some paper to work on the problem in groups or individually. Then start inviting people to share their solutions on the board. I have also noticed a few of the reflection sheets suggested projecting our voices louder as it was hard to hear. For the next lesson, I would like to work on and improve the projection and clarity of my voice. One great idea that was given in the peer assessment was to use concept questions to check understanding rather than asking students if they understood the topic. I think this is a great idea and something I would like to use in the future.
Peer and Self Assessment:
Thanks, Simi! Good points about incorporating the whiteboard during the lecture and using more questions that check student understanding. One thing I worked on myself as a beginning teacher in the classroom was also using fewer questions students can answer in one word (yes/no or what questions).
ReplyDeleteWhen you get to plan an actual lesson on fraction operations for a grade 8 class, I would recommend looking into using multiple ways to explain the concept, such as concrete (eg. pattern blocks) and/or pictorial (eg. area models) representations.
Overall, well done on your microteaching assignment!