Another night of frustration. I was supposed to be in bed last night by 9:30 but it was more like 11:45. I met with Ben at 7:00, which meant I had to scarf down dinner. By luck (or lack thereof), the lesson I worked with him on was the easiest lesson I’ve had to plan yet – just teaching the vertical line test and its applications. Yes, we knocked out a rough draft in ~45. However, his idea of a rough draft is a lot different that mine. His rough draft basically includes just the assessment, guided practice, and key points – and the guided practice isn’t laid out nearly as much as I want. So yes, I “finished” faster but I didn’t get nearly as much done so I’ve got more work left to do before the final draft.
The other rough draft took a lot longer because it was a more complicated lesson to teach. How do you explain how to find the pattern from a table of values? Well, it would be easier if I knew if it was always just add or subtract, but the objective is so vague that it could potentially include multiplication or division. So I made a flowchart handout that will hopefully make it clear how students can solve the problems which took a while.
Bright side: Tanesha is great. I feel bad about how exhausted I am during her sessions because I know she’s worked hard to put them together but given the situation, I feel like I need to focus the energy on my class.
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