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New Student Teacher--Frustrated

by Sweber

Jan 20, 2010

I love my placement, it's K5, and the kids and the teacher are wonderful.

The teacher has the entire year planned out, and doesn't miss a beat during the school day. I'm so nervous about (I'm just observing right now) messing up her routine. I can't teach the exact way she does, obviously, but I also don't know how to design lesson plans, I don't really know what to teach!

I mean, okay, I know what she's teaching, I have her entire year plan, where she is and what not, but most of it is direct instruction, and my college frowns upon that, so I still have to develop lesson plans, kind of like stating, I would do it this way if I could.

I don't know, I was fine at first, but now that the first week is almost over, and I need to start buckling down and writing lesson plans, I am just scared, and nervous, and what if I don't teach them? How do I teach what she wants me to teach? These probably sound like silly questions...BY NO MEANS am I stating that I want th...See More

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JD Well, what I did when I was student teaching was explain to my cooperating teacher that "my university requires that I write lessons based upon inquiry and exploration. Because it is a graduation requirement, and because I am new, I would like your help adapting my lesson plan format to what you have already planned for the year."

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Jan 20, 2010

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Sara It makes a lot of sense.

Your lesson plans have to have an objective. Start there. What is she telling you to design lesson plans about? Writing? Math? Social Studies? And what aspect of the subject?

You can find tons of lesson plans on-line, goodness, you can cadge your lesson plans entirely from on-line if you'd want. Or just t...See MoreIt makes a lot of sense.

Your lesson plans have to have an objective. Start there. What is she telling you to design lesson plans about? Writing? Math? Social Studies? And what aspect of the subject?

You can find tons of lesson plans on-line, goodness, you can cadge your lesson plans entirely from on-line if you'd want. Or just them use as a template and add your own touches.

But it starts with knowing what they want you to teach? Introduction to the Solar System? Ignore what she's written and start from scratch. There are a million different ways that a lesson plan for the solar system could be written.

Take her topics, ignore her plans and make up your own. Search online for ideas or existing lesson plans. Good luck - you'll do great.

> I love my placement, it's K5, and the kids and the teacher > are wonderful. > > The teacher has the entire year planned out, and doesn't > miss a beat during the school day. I'm so nervous about (I'm > just observing right now) messing up her routine. I can't > teach the exact way she does, obviously, but I also don't > know how to design lesson plans, I don't really know what to > teach! > > I mean, okay, I know what she's teaching, I have her entire > year plan, where she is and what not, but most of it is > direct instruction, and my college frowns upon that, so I > still have to develop lesson plans, kind of like stating, I > would do it this way if I could. > > I don't know, I was fine at first, but now that the first > week is almost over, and I need to start buckling down and > writing lesson plans, I am just scared, and nervous, and > what if I don't teach them? How do I teach what she wants me > to teach? These probably sound like silly questions...BY NO > MEANS am I stating that I want the classroom all to myself, > by NO MEANS am I complaining that I can't teach what I want > to teach. > > I am just really worried about these lesson plans, I don't > know how to write them based upon lessons she already has > written up. This probably makes no sense. Sorry if I wasted > everyone's time.

Jan 21, 2010

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