Planning for the Best and the Worst

The readings definitely gave me a lot to think about from the first day to effective ways to teach to planning. Here are some of the questions I have.... To my future students... What was your favorite/most memorable day of school? What did the teacher do to help make it the best day possible for you? To my cooperating teacher and university supervisor What is the best plan of attack to write lesson plans and planning for students you do not truly know or know what to expect? How do you predict skill level, behavior, etc.? To my virtual mentors and cohort... The one reading discusses the principles of teaching and learning and talks about motivation and success and how they can be connected. With that being said, how can we provide activities that are challenges for our students to push them to grow with still promoting success to help them stay motivated? As an educator, how can we balance these two things?

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  1. Nathan MoyerSeptember 3, 2021 at 11:15 AM

    I think the question you pose to your students could be a question for nearly anyone. You could ask us (your cohort members) about some of our first days. Personally, there are a few first days that still stick out to me because of the ways the teacher(s) did or said. Doing this could help you prepare and script out your first day as a student teacher. Do you have a memorable first day of school? What could you adopt to live up to that?

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