This Wednesday I went to my first classroom observation. I went in the early morning to a 9am grammar class. I really enjoyed the class. The teacher was very personable, approachable, and interactive. The class started casually, with a little time for conversation, she let me introduce myself to the class. She started her lesson by introducing a short practice exercise from the last lesson. Personally finding classroom recaps helpful, I approved of this strategy. She gave the students time to answer the questions and afterwards reviewed along with them. When they were done, she introduced the day's lesson. She explained the differences of simple past and present perfect and reviewed several samples. She also gave a few trick questions, and told the class not only what to write or say, but also what not to write or say. When this was over, she gave them another fill-in-the-blank exercise, with time to work on. At the end, she went over the material with her students and asked them why they made certain decisions. She ended class with a recap on what is due next class and extra classroom information.
The strongest point of her lesson was her contextualization of grammar. She made sure to incorporate high frequency vocabulary and was very personable in doing so. She would also go around taking notes on students' work and would frequently ask them if they needed help and would provide help. This was helpful for me to consider how to build my lesson plans and strategies of teaching.
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