Teachers (Long question)

When you are being observed and your class is not getting what you are teaching so you stay with it instead of moving forward with the lesson did that reflect negatively on your grade from your professor?

I had an observation the other day and my students did not grasp multipling 2 digits by 2 digits..so I went over it again but was not able to complete the whole intended lesson b/c of it..just wondering if I should be worried about my final grade from my professor

Sorry so long..thanks if you read all this and also if you can help me out

Hey,

I'm sorry I don't know if you're going to be penalized. I can't imagine it's going to be the biggest deal. I think it's expected that teachers will struggle to find what works in the first few years. They probably want you to have other tricks up your sleeve though. If one approach isn't working for a class, to switch approaches.

i think you totally did the right thing. When you're teaching if your students aren't grasping the concept you should def not continue...they're only going to get more lost. I think the fact that you didn't just move along shows that you were able to read your students. I see that as a positive rather than a negative.

I think you're okay. I did that once and my professor commented on how that was a good thing. I wouldn't worry.

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Posted by Soon2bMrsHall

Im a fourth grade public school teacher and it actually looks better that you did not move on. It shows that you noticed that the students did not grasp the topic. Your observation is considered an informal assessment and you used it to help the students...By the way did you try partial product method My lower level students find it much easier.

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ITA

if you had moved on, I think that might have had a negative impact! You teach accoring to your students! I wouldn't worry :)

Thank you ladies..I feel a lot less stressed now

What I did do was show them how to look at the decimals as whole numbers and once they have the answer figure out how many places they need to move the decimal..it seemed to sink in better.

I guess I'm just stressing because this class is worth so many credits...I don't want 1 lesson that didn't go as planned to mess up my GPA

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Posted by Suzie4

i think you totally did the right thing. When you're teaching if your students aren't grasping the concept you should def not continue...they're only going to get more lost. I think the fact that you didn't just move along shows that you were able to read your students. I see that as a positive rather than a negative.

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ita

Are you student teaching? I don't know how he is grading you. If you were being observed by your Assistant Principal it really depends. I know my old AP used to focus a lot on the closing. As long as we were able to go over everything and sum of the lesson, they were happy.

Was the whole class confused? If so, then you shouldnt move on...but if it was half and half, maybe you should have worked in groups with those who didn't understand it.

Does your professor have a checklist of what he/she is looking for?

I hope you did well, and I'm sure you did! Good luck

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Posted by jackieee

Are you student teaching? I don't know how he is grading you. If you were being observed by your Assistant Principal it really depends. I know my old AP used to focus a lot on the closing. As long as we were able to go over everything and sum of the lesson, they were happy.

Was the whole class confused? If so, then you shouldnt move on...but if it was half and half, maybe you should have worked in groups with those who didn't understand it.

Does your professor have a checklist of what he/she is looking for?

I hope you did well, and I'm sure you did! Good luck

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Yeah..it's student teaching..I'm not sure of the grade until next week..I'm just trying to gadge it..the rubric is mostly about how you interact with the class..I just wanted other people's thoughts

As everyone said you did the right thing, and if anything you can say that you would work on the skill for the next couple of days and reinforce it with homework that is specific to the skill. It takes time sometimes for children to gain the skill and your professor should see that you were flexible and tried many different ways to teach it before moving on..


Not all children are little math genius'

:) Good luck!

I think the professor is going to think you did a good thing. Even though your lesson plans showed you were supposed to be teaching one thing. The professor should have been able to see that you started off teaching it, but your kids didn't get it. You cnat be expected to just continue on if the kids aren't on that level. Your professor will look at it as you keeping your cool and acting ony our feet (which as a teacher you must be able to do allt het ime). So I think you did the right thing Good luck!