Reflection or response to Teaching Video (Sept 14)

I think most of us came out of the class today after watching that video saying "man that's what your supposed to look like 4 or 5 weeks into your practicum?" I know I did a little nervous hoping ill have that kind of organization and connection with students down at that point.  There were a lot of really good things that I liked in her teaching. The first was the organization and flow of the class, it was obvious they had bought in to what she had said and were engaged in their learning. The second thing I noticed was how often she questioned students on what they had done last day as a review and then told them in detail what was going to happen that day in class. She validated all their answers even if they were wrong by saying "that's close thank you" or "good try not quite there " or "that's right on good job". I think that creates the culture for students where they don't have to be afraid to be wrong in the classroom because they feel their ideas are valued and wanted.  She had a number of different attention grabbing strategies such as counting on her fingers that got the kids right back on task or out of a group task and back listening to her. Speaking of groups i thought she had great transitions to group work and made a quick jump into it without any undo moving of desks or having anyone feel left out.  Of course the structure of the class probably helped with that but again that is something she had already developed in previous weeks.  The last thing ill mention is that she seemed to really be in it with the class. She showed them her example of the same project, when she read the poem aloud it was with feeling and emphasis.  She had the class engaged in the activity because she was passionate about it and they followed her as well because she was endeavoring to make it more of a team concept using we and us as if she was right their in it with them.