EDSE 380 Field Blog

Week 10 Analysis of Mentor Teacher Pedagogy Name: Sydney Bauman Date of field experiences reported: 12/5-12/9 Time spent: 8:22-9:57 A.M. Sequence of Events. This week consisted of taking single-page guided notes. My mentor teacher would lead instruction from the front of the classroom using the SmartBoard. The students were instructed to follow along and take notes on their individual pages. The instruction ended early for a few of the class periods, so the rest of the time was given to the students to work on the rest of the page because they were going to be turning it in for a grade. Elaboration of One or Two Significant Episodes.  12/8/22 On Thursday, students were given a note page that was full of content on the front and back. This note page was on cube roots, the sum of cubes, and the differences of cubes. More specifically, it started with cube roots and became more advanced by having them factor sums and differences of cubes. My mentor teacher began teaching from the fron...

  Week 9 Assessment for Learning, of Learning, and as Learning Name: Sydney Bauman Date of field experiences reported: 11/28-12/2 Time spent: 8:22-9:57 A.M. Sequence of Events. Monday and Tuesday were spent learning a new section of the chapter. On Wednesday, the students were given an assignment that they were instructed to work on during the entire period. Thursday was similar to Wednesday in that the students were given an assignment that they were instructed to work on in class. The Thursday assignment was in preparation for the quiz that was given to the students on Friday. Elaboration of One or Two Significant Episodes.  11/29/22 While my mentor teacher was instructing, she would include "try it" problems throughout the instruction. At the start of the period, students were instructed to take out their notes. The teacher then began discussing an example problem. Once they worked through the example problem as a class, they were then instructed to begin working on the ne...