MY FIRST CLASS...

I am teaching in Basic English with Teacher Roberto Carlos. First of all, I must say that it is a nice group because it just has fifteen girls and just one boy. They put attention in every class because most of them are repeating that subject. Something curious that I have observed there is that is strange when students go to the bathroom or outside the classroom while they are in class, and if they really need it; they ask for permission.

I taught the last Wednesday. Let me tell you that I was nervous. My topic was Fractions. It was my first experience teaching  because I had not had the opportunity to teach before, except in public school. I prepared everything, and also I tried to present all the necessary materials (flashcards, charts, markers, eraser, etc) as nice as possible because I know that when you teach, you have a big responsibility, and your students deserve the best from you.

Teacher Roberto Carlos told that at the beginning of the class I needed to check a homework on the ten more unusual professions. I knew what the homework was about, and that’s why  I investigated  about it because I did not what that my students told me or asked me something that I did not know.  I made some flashcards on those professions, and  I checked it, but in the feedback he told me that I just focused on one student  (It was wrong)

Something that desperate me was that as students are taking Basic English, they did not understand the warm up at the beginning, so I realized that I needed to make more gestures in order to express what I wanted they to do, so I consider that it functioned at the end.

I just know that when someone is nervous he/she can make really basic mistakes, and it was my case. I wrote on the board “eigth” instead of “eight”, and when I noticed the problem I just changed it, but believe me, I felt really bad.

When I was in the wrap up I felt so glad because they saw my students so happy too, and all of them were smiling. I discovered that the topic was understood; they performed the activity, and also they enjoyed working on the floor.

Well, talking about my experience in general; it was nice because I could teach a real class. I know that it was just the beginning of my teaching practicum, and I consider that the other classes  I would do it better. I would give my best!