For my in-class teaching hours, I was assigned to ESAL 0470, a high-level reading class. My first class had the students performing a rotation-based activity on their current readings. Three activities in total were planned. The class was then separated into smaller groups. Each group was told to complete their activity within ten minutes. After the allotted time was up, students were asked to rotate to another activity. This rotation of activities took roughly 40 minutes for each activity to be completed, with time allotted for rotating. After completing all of the activities, the students were given time to ask any questions that they had about the activities, which took around 10 minutes. Upon the completion of the questions, students were given a 10-minute break ending my first hour of teaching. The second hour of the class focused on reviewing the students skills and readings through textbook work. Overall this activity went well. The students understood the activities, and each group successfully completed all of the activities laid out for them. This activity showed me the importance of walking throughout the groups as they participated as I found that although many students had questions, only a few would raise their hands to ask. Had my sponsor teacher not ensured that I was walking around as well as walking around themselves, many students would have left with their questions still unanswered.
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