Chapter 3
If a teacher comes in not prepared you have no other choice but to start talking with your neighbor. The student, Mahogany, who mentioned this points out how students recognize when a teacher doesn’t have a plan.
This is something I noticed as well inside Mt. Blue. The 8th grader will rip you apart if you don’t have a plan. Also it was important for them to be doing something. When I finished my lesson five minutes early, I couldn’t let them just sit there, so I had them start working on the assigned homework. Granted only a few students actually started working on it, but it at least kept the noise level down, because they had no excuse to be talking. Having a plan is important. Equally important is having a BACK UP PLAN, when something is not working, you should be able to quickly switch gears. When I planned one of my lessons, I had a lot of information that I was ready to present, even though I knew we wouldn’t get to it all. I could though switch gears if things were not being understood by my students
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