Back to Back Mini Lessons
This past week I had the opportunity to teach two mini lessons from one of my content areas to a small group of my peers. On Tuesday, I utilized the twenty minute period to begin an exploration of the seasons. We looked at how temperature varies between the northern and southern hemisphere (in particular how the seasons are six months apart in each hemisphere). On Thursday, we spent some time clarifying vocabulary related to rigid transformations of 3 dimensional bodies while reviewing the relationships we had identified and discussed on Tuesday. The experience was extremely beneficial in helping me to develop a better understanding of how educators must adjust their curriculum from one day to the next. As a future educator, teaching back to back lessons manifested the importance of flexibility and assessment. In my first lesson, I had students complete an entrance ticket and a journal prompt. When I assessed these two formative assessments, it showed me that my studen...