I spent some time in three different teachers' classrooms this week, all high school math. There was Mr. Allen, who teaches Geometry to freshmen; Mrs. Hutton, who teaches Algebra I and Algebra II to freshmen and sophomores, and Mrs. Gmerek, who teaches an Inclusive Geometry class, also to underclassmen. Between Periods 3 and 4 this week, I've spent time in each room and seen each class at least once. While I don't have a major role in the high school classes like I did with elementary students, I still enjoyed the experience. No real behavior problems occured; we could just focus on the material, and have real conversations about what we were doing while occasionally drifting off and coming back after a side story or something. That's why I like the high school environment, there's a less tense atmosphere but it's still more sophisticated. I spent a lot of time just observing the different teaching methods between the teachers (and it was surprising how different they could be!), but I did get to spend some time helping students and help one teacher with a lesson. I'll be more involved next week because there will be less instruction time as they review for upcoming exams. I'm interested in how that will go in the Geometry classes, since I need a minute to refresh on all the material as they start on it. Still, I'm enjoying the experience and it's actually intriguing to see the different styles of three different teachers, one after the next all week.