Catherine_CO_#1

Today I observed Candace Walters Group 3B Listening class. I was very excited to observe my first class, I enjoyed it a lot and am excited for my next one. Candace started out the class by writing the Agenda on the board that went over everything that would happen in class, then took attendance, followed by her having me introduce myself and answer a few questions. She started class by asking students questions from the last class, reminding them that the theme they are on is families. I really liked how she used the last class to connect back to this new lesson. They were continuing to give presentations, and she had the last two students go to the front and give their presentation on student loans. While they gave the presentation, she was giving checks by asking them what specific difficult words meant, checking their comprehension by having them explain in their own words. Afterwards, she asked the students for the main points from the presentation, and made sure that everyone understood what they were. Candace explained that there would be a quiz on all the mini-presentations and the vocab words that were learned at the beginning of the next class. The class then shifted into a group discussion on their theme of families and talked about divorce in other countries. They went around the room explaining what was normal in their countries about separation of a couple and what happens to their children. It was very interesting to hear about how different they handle divorce with children all around the world. The final activity in the class was a listening activity when she played a recording and provided a handout that had most of the words but had a lot of blank spaces for the students to fill in. A lot of the missing words were very difficult like mandate, which some students asked me to explain. After, she had the students break up into small groups to figure out the definition and part of speech of the words they filled in, and circle the words no one knew. We ran out of time and they said they would continue in the next class. Overall I feel so much better after sitting in on this class. I think it was very helpful to me. I have a much harder time with this age group and I feel a lot more comfortable after seeing how Candace ran her class, and it makes me excited for my Listening Lesson Plan for next week!