Final Blog Assignment:

Once it was decided that the lesson plan was going to be a collaboration project, it was now time to begin to come up with ideas. During several classes, my partner and I sat down together with each of us coming up with various ideas on what we wanted to accomplish in our lesson plan. Once all of our ideas were set, we decided that each of us would complete certain parts of the lesson plan. Once all was agreed upon, we completed the lesson plan. We then planned what each of our roles would be in the classroom once the presentation date arrived.
The objective of the lesson plan was that the students would be able to recognize nursery rhyme characters from the story. The assessments of the lesson plan consisted of a ditto as well as the help from the teacher who was circulating the room during the lesson plan. We stayed as close to the script (our written lesson plan) as much as we could and I thought that we executed our lesson plan well. All in all, I feel that our lesson plan was effective. The students seemed to enjoy it and we accomplished our objective.
Upon our successful completion of the recoding of our podcast, my partner and I decided to incorporate the podcast int he planning of our lesson. we decided to gather students in a group so that they can sit quietly and listen to the podcast of our story. When the date arrived for our lesson plan presentation, we did play the podcast for the class. We decided to do this so that the students can experience a different way of listening to a story. The students were attentive and seemed to enjoy the podcast. Pod casting can be an effective tool in a classroom. By listening to a podcast, students can let their minds visualize what they think the illustrations of the story would look like while they are using their listening skills.
Overall, I thought that the lesson plans presented by the class went well. Each lesson plan was unique to the story that was picked. Each lesson plan contained some interesting ideas for presentations as well as for a system for behavioral rewards and/or punishments. Having the other students act in a certain way prepares for what may be a real life classroom situation.
I thought that some of the class had some difficulties in the handling of these behavioral situations, although at times, some of the behaviors went overboard.
Teaching is a constant learning experience. I have learned some new things and hope to continue with the learning process.