Microteaching

Today, myself and the other 3 student teachers at Stevensville Elementary had our microteaching. I had butterflies in my stomache all day today, leading up to my lesson (which was the last of day)...and boy am I glad its over!

My kids were AMAZING- they were so well behaved and barely even realized there was a camera filming their every word- I was so proud of all of them. My microteaching (for the most part) went quite well. It was interesting to hear the feedback from the counsellors and from my peers, since when I was teaching the lesson, it was hard to focus on exactly WHAT wording I was using. The good thing was, I didn't say "gonna" or "you guys" AT ALL...the bad thing: Apparently I love the word wonderful...because in my 20 minute MT, I probably used it about, oh 15 times...I didnt notice this at ALL until my peers (and counsellors) told me I overused the word- then when I went home to watch my tape, it was actually embarassing to see how many times I said it...embarassing, but actually kind of funny because I never even knew I use the word wonderful.

The experience was definitely valuable and it was nice to hear the suggestions as well as the compliments from my audience. Some of them I may not necessarily have agreed with (such as my "bubbling" personality eventually causing me to burn-out quickly in the future) ....but I definitely value the opinions of others. It was also interesting to see just how our teaching styles differed (and boy were they different).

Overall I'm happy with my performance, and I think we all did a great job. I cant wait to get to started teaching lessons in the classroom for the whole class :)

Oh...and as for a volleyball practice update: I got nailed in the face with a ball today- it was numb for over half an hour...but I swear the girls are getting better! :)