During the practicum I had the opportunity to teach a PreMath 9 lesson. The topic I was teaching was Powers. I did my lesson plan and created a worksheet for the students well in advance before the lesson. Thus, I had the opportunity to receive feedback from my SA and FA as well as revising my lesson and worksheet. My biggest concern and worry is not being able to manage the class. I also thought I may have lots of difficulty in getting one student to not talk excessively or do the worksheet without complaining loudly to the class. I was also concerned about the possibility that another student would talk rudely and give me negative attitudes. My worries and concerns quickly washed away as I was able to help the students understand the benefit of learning Powers. In my bridge activity, I had the students write out the expanded form of 2^2, 2^3, 2^4, 2^5 and 2^6 and complete the multiplication. Then I asked them, if they would always want to write out repeated multiplication expressions and the answer I get from everyone is a “no”. So no one complained or made negative remarks like “there is no point in learning this” or “this is stupid.”
My goal of the PreMath 9 lesson was to make the material easy enough that everyone can understand and learn about powers without much difficulty. Overall, my lesson and plan went well since the major difficulty students have is with the tricky problems on the worksheet. The students all worked hard throughout the class and there wasn’t excessive talking or inappropriate student behaviors. In general, my first lesson went very well and better than I had imagined. It was definitely a positive experience that I can look back at.
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