For my fifth hour of teaching, I worked with the students on activities relating to a reading that was assigned to them as homework. This hour mainly consisted of activities from the student’s textbook. This hour was notable for me as when starting the class and asking the students about their weekends and if they had done the homework I found out that none of the students had completed the reading they had been assigned. Due to this, I had to change my lesson plan quickly and rework the activities I had planned for that day. This hour is notable for me as it was the first time I had to change my lesson plan beyond simply removing an activity we did not have time for. I was able to repurpose some parts of my lesson plan and have students read the story during class instead however for the duration of this class I felt that I was off my pace. I feel the most important thing this hour showed me was that I should never expect a class to go exactly as the lesson plan dictates.
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