Observation- March 14th

This was my second day of my lesson.  I felt that the students had opened up to me more and gave me more of their attention at the beginning of class.  As I started class I felt much more relaxed and at ease while instructing the class.  The use of walking around with the color wheel and pointing out different color schemes and answering questions by pointing to the color wheel served as a great learning tool.  I also felt that the one-on-one interaction it created with the students was helpful and I found that students were more apt to ask me questions. 

I did a review on the smartboard at the end of class.  I developed this activity for the students that had finished their other project early to keep them occupied.  I made the mistake of not being more interactive with the students when using this activity.  I discussed this mistake with my cooperating teacher and she suggested that I have the students come up to the smartboard and run the show next time to give them ownership of the classroom.