Strategy Lesson Reflection

After conducting the strategy lesson today, I thought that it went really well because it was a fun, interactive activity and I think the student’s really enjoyed it. I think it is a fun review game that can be a fun activity to implement in my future classes. I liked the one adjustment that we made at the last minute, to switch up how the game is played. The switch allowed every student to participate equally. The challenging thing for me and the one thing that I didn’t do well, was walking around the classroom to monitor. I did when the game was being played, but when I was presenting, I found myself in “presentation” mode rather than “teacher” mode. If this was a middle school classroom, I would need to be walking around the classroom for classroom management purposes. I also feel that I could have explained the game a little better. One thing I learned was that as a teacher, you need to be ready and willing to make adjustments. We were prepared to play the game two different ways and ultimately decided to play it in pairs rather than groups. I think that in the end, that was the right move, but being prepared to do it both ways allows you to make adjustments if you feel that you need to.            

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