New approach to teaching.. (that's what good teachers doo!) :)

Today my lesson was on ordinal numbers and we have begun by now having the kids in 2 groups. The first goes to P.E. while I do an activity/lesson with the second group. Then that group goes out for free play while I teach the first group the same lesson/activity. By doing this I have the chance to be more one on one with each student and help the ones that are struggling more closely. I also have the chance to revise my lesson a bit for the next group and possibly for the next day as well. What I mean by this is, for example, todayís assignment required them to color one drawing, circle the next, and cross out the last. I had a hard time with the first group because I didn't clearly explain that there were three things to do in each line. Then I had some not even following because they didn't know which line we were on or because they took too long finding a crayon. For the next group I knew that now I had to pick a unified color, say the picture name, and reiterate on each line that there were three directions to follow. And most importantly, have them follow along with their finger when we counted ordinal numbers. If not, they are asking me, "Which one? Which one?" It has also helped me for tomorrow's lesson as well as future planning. I am learning that I can plan a lot but we will most likely only get through 2 worksheets a day. It takes a lot of time to explain, and I have to go through the whole thing with them in order to get it done semi-right.