What went well?
I was able to adapt well to the fact that some of the pupils had not completed the work that they should have in the previous lesson. I was able to be assertive and raise standards and expectations when i did not feel that they where working as best as they could. I was not afraid to be stern.
I had to modify my planning and teaching to adapt to the fact that they where all at different stages of development.
The iportant part of this lesson is to make sure that their anotations and descriptions are of a decent standard. For the lower ability children they where not quite able to come up with good arguments that really explained why they did this. This meant i had to intervene and give guidence to the pupils in how to describe to process that they where doing. This was a good chance for pupils to use literacy in their lessons.
What could have been done better?
Work was meant to be covered over homework but this was an oversight and i should have not assumed that they would definitely complete it during their own study time. I need to raise the standards for this and expect it more and set sanctions in place if they have not completed the work on time.
My demonstration of the work was possibly not as clear and i did not pre empt the issues that arrose.
I need to keep working on tackling low level behaviour.
Lesson Plan >> http://bit.ly/mO9F8f
Observation of me http://bit.ly/iyo6n0
