On Tuesday, Feb 22 I managed to totally bomb one of the math lessons I was teaching with the 1st grade. Due to miscommunication and confusion on my part, with my CT, I didn't make a lesson plan for math... causing myself to "wing it". Which is a HUGE, beyond HUGE NO-NO!!! I learned my lesson...
We didn't get through everything we wanted to and I lost the management of the classroom. On a brighter note, they did manage to grasp the concept we were trying to teach even though it was a tad chaotic and rowdy. I mixed up a few key signals and phrases with the class and confused them as to what I wanted them to do. Plus, my teacher stepped in to redirect where the lesson was going, which probably got me even more confused. The students know her procedures in doing math and how her games work. I, on the other hand, am not as fortunate as making it flow so smoothly. There are certain logistics of teaching math where I am struggling, such as: time management, transitioning from one activity to the next and addressing the students' math skills developmentally. I know my CT was disappointed with me that day, which really stinks...but at the same time--my math teaching skills are extremely novice compared to her brilliant techniques (She's a math coach for the district). I can't do what she does exactly having no practice. Am I little freaked and stressed to teach math after a day like that one? H YES! What am I to do?!
I'm losing that confidence in becoming a good at teaching one day.
Do I even have it in me to be a successful teacher? :S
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