This week I did some more reading tutoring and I worked again with my group of 7th graders. They had a test coming up, and they weren't sure exactly what would be on the test, but they said they had been learning about London sites, so we read a text about the two Queen Elizabeths, and I made sure to point out every London site that was mentioned in the text!
On Wednesday I went to two of Herr Hettig's 11th grade English classes and talked about about different types of graphs. I had to do a bit of research for this one, but it turned out well. Herr Hettig then had the students to brainstorm topics that they could survey their fellow students about and make their own graph.
I also went to Herr Hettig's 9th grade history class, and Jesse met me there! We team-taught about the pioneers. It was so nice having someone fill in when I had a gap in thought and nothing to say in that moment, especially since history is not my strong point.
On Thursday I went and observed Frau Zarnodt, who is doing her Referendariat at the school, give a grammar lesson to a 7th grade class. She was also being observed by a couple people from her university and her mentor at the Gymnasium. The lesson was about the second conditional, and she presented the form in conjunction with information about the Lock Ness Monster, so students could say things like, "If I saw Nessie, I would take a picture." It was a fun lesson, and it was interesting sitting in on the discussion afterwards with the observers.
Then on Friday, after sitting in on another 7th grade German grammar lesson, I went and observed Frau Krumrück teach her introduction lesson on Scotland. She used a couple great activities that I'm going to steal in the future. One of them is the memory game she posted up on the board with magnets. Each card/picture also had a number written underneath, so students had to practice numbers as they took turns playing. This is such a great idea that could be used for so many different topics. The other activity is the trip to Scotland she had the students take. She had all the students go to another room and there, laid out on the tables, were postcards, pictures, newspaper articles, and souvenirs from her trip (or trips) to Scotland. It was a lot of fun.
- Amy
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Week 9
Week 9... Can you believe it? The time has gone so fast, and I am starting to feel like I am in a groove at my school, which is both a positive and a negative. It's good, because I am feeling very comfortable in my position. It's not so good, because I don't want to get into a rut. My goals for the next few weeks are to offer to teach a Thanksgiving lesson in the English classes and to observe more teachers.
This week I did some more reading tutoring. I have noticed that these two Polish students are getting better at English pronunciation and that their reading fluency is improving. I would like to do some research on techniques to improve reading fluency and help these students even more.
I also met for the second time with my group of 7th grade students during Lernzeit on Tuesday. This week we worked on the present perfect (I have gone, I have seen, etc.), since that is what they told me they were working on in their English class. I would like to prepare some fun lessons for these students, as well.
On Tuesday I also taught a 7th grade lesson for Frau Krumrück while she was administering a test. I was given materials by Frau Krumrück and just asked to present them, so I am not writing my own lessons yet, but it was nice being able to teach. We started with a word search, did some grammar, and then did a listening activity before I gave students some work time. The class period was up and down, sometimes students payed attention and were engaged, but sometimes it got a little too much to handle. I am still working on my classroom management, as I feel this is my weakest point as a teacher. I think I have some good role models here at the school, though, so hopefully I will learn a lot this year.
I attended another history class this week and talked about the Constitution and patriotism again. I also visited a 12th grade class to help administer a test. At the end of this class period there was some time left, so I introduced myself and answered a couple questions.
On Friday I observed a 7th grade German grammar class. This is something I want to make a habit of, because I know I will learn a lot from these classes. On this day they were reviewing the parts of the sentence and the different cases in German. I took a lot of notes. Although I understood what they were talking about, a lot of the information is presented differently in the United States. For example, when I learned German I was presented the cases in this order: nominative, accusative, dative, genetive. In the classes I've observed so far, however, students learn the cases in this order: nominative, genetive, dative, accusative. It's interesting to me as a grammar nerd!
- Amy
This week I did some more reading tutoring. I have noticed that these two Polish students are getting better at English pronunciation and that their reading fluency is improving. I would like to do some research on techniques to improve reading fluency and help these students even more.
I also met for the second time with my group of 7th grade students during Lernzeit on Tuesday. This week we worked on the present perfect (I have gone, I have seen, etc.), since that is what they told me they were working on in their English class. I would like to prepare some fun lessons for these students, as well.
On Tuesday I also taught a 7th grade lesson for Frau Krumrück while she was administering a test. I was given materials by Frau Krumrück and just asked to present them, so I am not writing my own lessons yet, but it was nice being able to teach. We started with a word search, did some grammar, and then did a listening activity before I gave students some work time. The class period was up and down, sometimes students payed attention and were engaged, but sometimes it got a little too much to handle. I am still working on my classroom management, as I feel this is my weakest point as a teacher. I think I have some good role models here at the school, though, so hopefully I will learn a lot this year.
I attended another history class this week and talked about the Constitution and patriotism again. I also visited a 12th grade class to help administer a test. At the end of this class period there was some time left, so I introduced myself and answered a couple questions.
On Friday I observed a 7th grade German grammar class. This is something I want to make a habit of, because I know I will learn a lot from these classes. On this day they were reviewing the parts of the sentence and the different cases in German. I took a lot of notes. Although I understood what they were talking about, a lot of the information is presented differently in the United States. For example, when I learned German I was presented the cases in this order: nominative, accusative, dative, genetive. In the classes I've observed so far, however, students learn the cases in this order: nominative, genetive, dative, accusative. It's interesting to me as a grammar nerd!
- Amy
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