I am still enjoying my time in Mr. Gmerek's Calculus room, as well as spending time here and there in Mrs. Horne's Algebra 2 class. This week I got pictures of part of a fire drill, so I can add that to my Portfolios. Mrs. Horne's class was working on factoring, which really just involves practice until you get used to the patterns, so I spent a lot of time in Mr. Gmerek's room. His class was learning the heart of calculus concepts, and starting to use derivatives. I enjoyed it a lot, and had some interesting conversations with Gmerek about assessing curriculum and figuring out how to teach a topic. He also confirmed my thoughts on how it's important for a teacher to use handouts and lessons that THEY created because familiarity with the questions is essential to explaining a concept. As I've witnessed myself, if I've just walked in the room and a student asks me for help, it's a lot harder to explain unless I've already seen the specific problem. I need to be able to tell exactly what the students were doing leading up to the question, and what they need to be able to do by the end of the packet. That way, I can minimize confusion and maximize understanding/application of concepts. Overall though, the students seem to benefit from my assistance regardless, so I'm really enjoying myself.
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