February 26, 2015
Today I had my final formal observation at this placement. It was a math lesson right at the end of the day. Overall, the lesson itself went great! However, it was obvious that the students had checked out of school. Not only was it the end of the day, it was the end of the week. They all knew that as soon as my lesson was over it was time for the weekend. This was the first time I really had to deal with this. Our schedule was switched around a bit today because of my formal observation. This seriously had me thinking...what if math was already at the end of the day?! This started a conversation with my co-op.
She told me how huge time of day plays in a students attention span. She explained to me how she carefully thought out her schedule when planning what subjects are taught in the morning, and which take place after lunch. This all made so much more sense to me now. I will definitely be taking this into much more serious thought when planning my own classroom scheudle one day after this today's experience.
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