Micro-Teach

Of my 5 years in concurrent education, I can't believe that this was my first time filling out a lesson plan and implementing it to students. I was quite frustrated that this was the case and I think that is why it took me so long to develop and finalize the lesson plan I was going to use. I decided to continue along with what we were doing in grade 7 science looking at homogeneous vs. heterogeneous mixtures. I brought in real life examples of things the studentswould find at home and asked them to tell me what type of mixture it was. I continued with definitions and then an experiment using koolaid. I finished the lesson by having students provide additional examples of types of mixtures they would find at home. I could not believe how relaxed and natural it felt to be with the students and teaching them! It is a completely different feeling than being in front of your peers and teaching them a "how-to".
My feedback was good and I really enjoyed listening to what suggestions my counsellors and peers had. Apparently I say the word "perfect" all the time which was something I never realized. I caught myself in some slang and I hope to continue to catch myself so that I can correct in on the spot. I also learned more about the lesson plan than I ever have because I learned that my understanding of where things should go wasn't completely accurate.
I will admit, the video taping was the most intimidating part of the lesson and I have yet to watch the entire video because I find it weird watching myself!