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St. Patrick's Day & The 5 Senses
Today I taught a lesson to the kindergarteners in my field placement which taught the 5 senses by teaching them facts about St. Patrick's Day, Ireland, and related traditions. I think that the lesson went okay, although today the students had some extra energy becuase of the holiday. Getting them to focus was more challenging and although they were less focused today, I thought that I did a better job with classroom management than I have in past lessons. I first taught to the whole group, a lesson on St. Patrick's day and using each of the 5 senses to learn something. I had the students sit in a circle, which I thought might be a better arrangement becuase I could see everyone and I thought it would be helpful when passing some of the things I brought in around. I don't think it really made a big difference though. After the floor class lesson, I work with the students in small groups, playing Bingo, or as I called it, "5 Senses". The students did very well with this. I connected the senses and St. Patrick's day by including many of the images on the Bingo card from what I had taught the students. When I pulled a card image for the students to mark on their bingo card, I told them what sense you would probably use and gave them one or two hints about the image.
I was overall pretty happy with the lesson and thought the students were enthusiastic. I had to put my foot down with one student who broke the rules and who I had warned. I tend to be a bit of a pushover with students so Mrs. Noble was pleased to see me do this, becuase in a previous lesson I had caved in to a student. She had told me to be more firm and consistent with consequences so that students will really believe me when I warn them and they will respect me. Mrs. Noble also had a great idea for me to try out next class for classroom management, which is to use a hand bell to get their attention becuase it has not been used yet in their class. She said that our student teacher had had the students sitting too long before my lesson and that it made it more difficult to teach. Infact Mrs. Nobel tried to get them to move around right before I taught. Overall, I enjoyed my lesson today!
Today I taught a lesson to the kindergarteners in my field placement which taught the 5 senses by teaching them facts about St. Patrick's Day, Ireland, and related traditions. I think that the lesson went okay, although today the students had some extra energy becuase of the holiday. Getting them to focus was more challenging and although they were less focused today, I thought that I did a better job with classroom management than I have in past lessons. I first taught to the whole group, a lesson on St. Patrick's day and using each of the 5 senses to learn something. I had the students sit in a circle, which I thought might be a better arrangement becuase I could see everyone and I thought it would be helpful when passing some of the things I brought in around. I don't think it really made a big difference though. After the floor class lesson, I work with the students in small groups, playing Bingo, or as I called it, "5 Senses". The students did very well with this. I connected the senses and St. Patrick's day by including many of the images on the Bingo card from what I had taught the students. When I pulled a card image for the students to mark on their bingo card, I told them what sense you would probably use and gave them one or two hints about the image. 
I was overall pretty happy with the lesson and thought the students were enthusiastic. I had to put my foot down with one student who broke the rules and who I had warned. I tend to be a bit of a pushover with students so Mrs. Noble was pleased to see me do this, becuase in a previous lesson I had caved in to a student. She had told me to be more firm and consistent with consequences so that students will really believe me when I warn them and they will respect me. Mrs. Noble also had a great idea for me to try out next class for classroom management, which is to use a hand bell to get their attention becuase it has not been used yet in their class. She said that our student teacher had had the students sitting too long before my lesson and that it made it more difficult to teach. Infact Mrs. Nobel tried to get them to move around right before I taught. Overall, I enjoyed my lesson today!
Hey Leigh! It sounds like you had a really great lesson for the class today! Especially since it is St. Patrick's Day! I definitely understand how hard it can be at times to manage kids who are being disruptive. I think you handles yourself well and will continue to improve as you gain more experience teaching.
ReplyDeleteLeigh, one of my favorite things about your lesson today was how you gave the students hints to decode (rather than just outright telling them) what picture they needed to find on their bingo cards! The students had to think about the topic and were able to assess themselves throughout the lesson (such as when you said, "It's a dessert" (Cupcake!) "It's a cold dessert" (Ice Cream!) "Yes, it's a sundae". Plus, you were able to easily modify the lesson by giving more or less descriptive clues depending on how the students were doing. Good job, today!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes struggle with being firm too, and following through with consequences. I am learning, however, that this is the best way to get the behavior that you desire. When I don't follow through, the kids will keep doing the undesired behavior, but when I do, they usually will stop. It's really hard at times, though, because they're all so cute!!
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