Team Teaching

Our Plan was to introduce measurement and the concepts of periemeter and area to students in the elementary level. We thought the concept of Santa Claus with no helpers was cute in the way that it would make the connection to the students a little easier. This concept was very vague in the idea that we did not give enough instruction for students to find the answer that we were looking for. Rather it was just enough instruction for students to think of ideas of how to solve the problem themselves drawing on previous knowledge of measuring and estimating.
This plan could be used for any grade because it can introduces so many concepts or help sutdents relearn concepts for earlier grades. We had anticipated some confusion with the start of the lesson but we were wrong. When we introduced the problem and just handed the boxes out, the students just rolled with it. It was easy to begin, the students did not need much instruction for us and it was simple to conduct. All in all the team teaching went extremely well and we were surprised at how well.
It was fun to be able to be the teacher for once. Being in observation days you are considered a teacher but do not necessarily get the chance to teach the whole class. This helped me become more aware of the challenges I will face as a teacher. I would have to be constantly aware of how well the students are faring with the problem and come up with solutions for those who are having extreme difficulty with the problem at hand.