Nicole Will CO#2

Date/Time: October 27; 2pm w/ Andrew Wilson

Topic/Skill: Listening

Teacher Presentation: The class began with a "Word of the Day" which was soul. The students were asked to define the word. Next, Andrew's TA presented some new vocabulary and the class talked about definitions for each. The students received a worksheet with blanks and were asked to listen to a song and fill in the blanks with the missing words...the words were all of the new vocabulary they had just reviewed. Next, Andrew passed out small slips of paper with words and had pairs of two come up with a dialogue using the words. The students shared the dialogue and corrections were made in the moment.

Classroom Management: Andrew wrote the day's agenda on the board so students knew what to expect. When a student took out a cell phone, he made a joke to point it out casually but insisted that the student put it away. There were tons of small conversations happening among students throughout the class but Andrew didn't seem to mind. At one point, though, he did have two people switch seats and it could have been either to prevent some of the side conversations OR to have some students work with different partners in small group exercises.

Materials: You Tube song video; fill-in-the-blank listening worksheet; word cards; projector; white board

Student Participation: Students participated in vocabulary definitions and in small groups to create dialogues. Because Andrew and his TA were still learning student names, they had some Popsicle sticks with student names written on them and they would randomly pick a stick from the group so they could be sure to call on students randomly while helping themselves learn the names.

Feedback Provided: In this class, I observed very little in the moment feedback though there were a few moments in which Andrew corrected pronunciations.

Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: Because the TA and Andrew were co-teaching, it was interesting to see the difference in their styles and confidence level. It was incredible to see how quickly Andrew could command the room while there were noticeably more side conversations when the TA, who was obviously not as confident yet, was presenting. I think confidence will be a huge issue for me when I begin teaching and it was nice to know I am not alone!