Surviving the Second Week

        We made it through the second week of EDUC 250! During these two class periods, we were involved in the walking classroom, many discussions, and learning about the six-point lesson plan. Now that we are getting more in depth about our futures in teaching, the more excited I am to learn about the things that will hopefully make me a great teacher.
     The KUD method was an important thing that stood out to me this week. Using the know, understand, and do method will allow students to fully grasp the information being taught, and give feedback to teachers to alter lessons and their way of teaching if needed. Learning this method, as well as other information taught to us this week will be crucial to out future classrooms. As taught later in the week, the six-point lesson plan is a VERY valuable tool that we as teachers (and education students) will become best friends with. This plan includes gathering previous knowledge from students, and creating a plan to prepare them for a lesson while making connections from what they already know, then how they will relate it to their future.
       When thinking into my future, there are already things I have learned in EDUC 250 that I will for sure use in my future classroom. As Dr. Parker told us, we retain information better when movement is involved. The walking classroom was a great way to involve movement and a lesson. Relating to the NCSCOS standard 4, teachers must facilitate learning for their students. As a teacher, you can't just sit down and teach a lesson while students are sitting at their desks. Each student has a different way of learning, and a teachers job is to teach in variety to cater to each students needs.
      This second week of class has impacted my viewpoints of teaching tremendously. I am becoming more aware of the work and how to plan my lessons and connect them to things we have learned in the previous week. It is also so great to see my fellow classmates become so connected to what we are learning as well. We are all extremely excited to grow in our future careers as teachers and can't wait to see where the future takes us!