By Brenda Johnson
Today was very different! I thought my
first lesson - math WG, it was a half day of school, and it was one of the student’s
birthday. My MT had requested that students join the meet a little earlier because
I was scheduled to begin at 9 AM (which was really when students start joining).
Student were excited for this change and wondered what it was about. While we waited
for other students to join the meet, students begin working on their DOL and
the question of the day. My MT informed the students that we were going to have
a guest in the room (Dr. K), but she was just going to be part of the class learning
with us. When it was time for me to begin, I was nervous and worried about a
couple of things - tech. issues, classroom management etc. Everything worked
out well. There were no tech. issues, and we were able to take care of any
behaviors/problems that came up during the lesson. Students
showed great interest in the topic and the activities I had planned. I taught
them about currency around the world. When I began my lesson, I was not sure
how it would go, but the kids helped make it a little easier for me and it
became even easier as the lesson progressed. My MT was very helpful, among
other things she informed me of kids that were raising their hands (since I could
not see them while sharing my screen). I was able to continue with and complete my lesson
even when Dr. K left.
We celebrated one of the student’s birthday as a whole
group. It was so much fun! I like my MT’s choices on ways to celebrate students’
birthdays virtually. So, he picked his
favorite songs, and we had those songs play in the background as we worked.
There was also an all about me poster that helped us get to know the celebrant
better. There was time allotted to asking the celebrant some questions. We also
sang happy birthday to him and did the 2nd grade cheer. Although the
day was short, it was packed with plenty exciting moments!
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