MTT

Observing at Hudson High has been a great learning experience so far.  I get along really well with my co-op, Adam Kowles, and he has been so helpful.

One thing that I have noticed during the day is the difference between two periods of the same class. Right away in the morning, It is two Algebra II classes followed by two Algebra I classes.  He has told me that if something doesn’t work with the first class, then he changes it  for the second class to make it work, either an activity or just the way the lesson is structured.  The one time that was obvious he did this was the first class walked in and he checked their homework and then went through to see if there were any questions.  After all the questions were answered he went on to his lesson.  In the first class, he was not able to give all the examples that he planned.  For the second class, he started with questions from the homework and moved to the lesson plan.  He made it through everything that he had planned and was then able to check the homework.

I wonder if there is a way to learn this type of flexibility or if it just comes with experience….