SSED Week Twelve

     Well I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for sure!!! We only have a few more weeks to get everything wrapped up and turned in!  While I am SO looking forward to the break, I am not ready for everything that is going to be due so very soon!
     I am happy to finally be almost done with my flipped lesson plan.  My group plans to teach one another on Monday and I look forward to seeing how that goes.  I am excited to teach to my peers but I am keeping in mind that it will not be nearly the same as teaching to actual second graders.  The video I created is probably a little bit odd for college students to watch, but I tried to speak slowly and explain things in detail as if second graders were watching the video.  I can definitely see how a flipped classroom could be very beneficial to my future teaching, because students (hopefully) have nothing to distract them from the video and then will come in the classroom with their questions ready to go.  It would allow much more class time for discussing and activities.  As far as my first flipped lesson goes, I am really excited to see how the learning activity plays out on Monday!
     In my clinical classroom this week, I observed a class that I hadn't before since I wanted to teach to both the core one (lower level) and core two (students).  It was interesting to see how my CE didn't change the content or the skills that she expected the students to know and perform.  She only changed the presentation of the skills and the application.  For example, both classes had a discussion about the text they read about King Tut, but the core one class discussed as a class so she could guide the discussion and keep the central focus and the core two students discussed in smaller groups without my CE's direction.  The discussion questions she asked them didn't vary much but the facilitation (standard 4) for each class greatly varied.  It was a good reminder that every student can reach the same goals, some just need different encouragement and a different path to reach that goal.