After Lesson Blog

I have been waking up in the middle of the night for the past three weeks thinking about all of the assignments I have to turn in before the semester is over and I realized I did not blog about my after lesson thoughts. So, I got out of bed to blog about my after lesson feelings. I am a little late with this blog because I did this lesson a week ago. But, after I realized that I forgot to blog... I could not go back to sleep. So, here it goes...
My lesson went ok. I was very nervous to start because I was being observed and it was my video lesson. I cleared my camera and thought I had plenty of room to record plenty of spots of my lesson. But, half way through my lesson my camera was full. So when I was told my camera was full and could not record anymore that really distracted me. I kept on going with my lesson and thought to myself that things happen. It was at that point that I felt like a real teacher. I have been told by my teachers that nothing ever goes the way you plan it, but you have to be able to adjust. I knew in the back of my head that I needed to video the closing of my lesson, but I did not want to take away my thought and my attention to the students. My closing did get taped with another camera, but I feel like I did a good job by not getting to off track. I have not looked at my video or edited yet. I might think completly different once I see it. For now I think I did okay.

Post Blog for Lesson # 2/ Teaching Inquiry #3

I will be teaching my 2nd observed lesson tomorrow. I feel a little nervous because this is my videotaped lesson. So just knowing that I am going to be videotaped makes me feel a little more anxious. I am prepared and I do think my lesson is going to be very engaging for the students.
I am going to be teaching a shared reading lesson. We will be learning a new reading strategy called text to self connection. I have introduced this reading strategy to the the students already but they have not really practiced it. I am very excited to work with the students on this strategy because I think it will be fun and exciting.
One of the main things that I am wondering about is classroom management. My teacher told me to keep my lesson to around 25 minutes. She has told me if I go any longer than that i will lose the focus of the students. My last rotation, my lessons were at least 45 minutes. So, this is going to be a challenge. I have never taught a full lesson to Kindergarten, so I hope I can keep them focused and engaged.