Wednesday, 2-8-12

My first observation will take place on Wednesday and I am excited.  Luckily my master teacher has worked with me to develop a lesson plan that ties her "musical echoing" technique into the unit that we are currently studying.  Our unit is currently introducing the names for common foods and beverages in Spanish and I will be using the following exercises:

My first time teaching a full musical echoing class went very well.  I had a few technical glitches with the Promethean board but overall the class went very well.  I need to master the formula and each phase in the repetition process, but by keeping my calm and my sense of humor, I was able to complete the lesson.  I will be debriefing with both Mrs. DaiZovi and Larry Wakeford to get feedback on my teaching later today.  The opening hook (hacer malabares) with juggling was a hit and the kids seemed very engaged with this opening exercise that focused on the verbs "comer" and "beber."