Life Knowledge Lesson Reflection

I completed my Life Knowledge lesson during my Thanksgiving break. My lesson was a combination of 2 FFA Life Knowledge communication lessons. I taught the Ag 2 class which is 2 periods during the day. I'm going to start with the negatives of my lesson then end on a happy note.

Things to change

• A common theme, my lack of confidence in front of real students was an issue again
• The first period that I taught, I didn't really give a "why they needed to learn communication skills."
• There were small classroom management issues in the first period. They were still doing what they needed to do so I let their misbehavior go when I should not have.
• I need to start recognizing things that need change and then change them on my own
• Have a clicker or something to carry around to change slides while I am walking around the room

Things to keep the same

• Generally, my pace was good and the students kept up with what I was saying.
• The students were highly involved in the lesson. They answered all of my questions when I asked them. I did this for every slide I made.
• I had good content that the students truly enjoyed talking about.
• I took a few negatives and changed them for the 2nd time I taught the lesson that day.

Overall, I enjoyed teaching this lesson. The students seemed really into it for the most part. I saw an improvement in the way some of them spoke (I had a small speaking activity at the end of the lesson).