Week 3 Reflection

The third week of school was a very short week for me. Monday was a holiday, so there was no school and I had a doctors appointment on Friday so I had to be absent. However, this was the first week where I was responsible for some of the classes. I have taken over the conceptual biology courses and will now be teaching those four classes. Mr. Taylor will continue to teach the two advanced courses for the time being but I will eventually take those over as well.

The first day we had a review for their chapter test. This was a nice way to ease me in to teaching the class. The next day the students took their test so I just had to walk around and watch them. Once all of the students were done I ran downstairs and graded their scantrons so that I could let them know their grades before the period was over.

Thursday was my real first day of teaching. I taught the class some basic organic chemistry. I decided to try and use a power point for this lesson. I think that it went well because all of the students seemed very attentive and were taking good notes. I like the power points because my handwriting can be sloppy and so I believe the slides are easier to read.

Overall I think that this week went well and Mr. Taylor really helped to make the process of transitioning to me teaching very easy.