First Week

I have been teaching my 6th hour life science for about a week. It was difficult for me to stand in front of the students on the first day. I realized that I have been thinking about the lesson in almost all day. I want them to learn. That is all I'm thinking about. I read the text and other resources... I know what I need to teach. But the next question is.... how?

I collected the students' worksheets to assess their content knowledge. I asked them questions in the classroom and I thought that they understood.

I have learned two things from my teaching placement.
1) I need to assess the students with some documents if I want to assess each student in the classroom.

I checked their assignments and I noticed that some students could not understand the text.

2) I need to pass back their assignments in timely manner.

I graded their assignments on the day I collected. Then, I have turned them in by next day. I was be able to check their content knowledge right away and it helped me to check their misconceptions. I explained the misconceptions that they had. I only do not want them to learn the next step without know the previous materials.

I teach them... but I also learn from them.