Last week at the middle school

A summary of grades for the day. This can be the grade book you use with names omitted or with aliases instead of actual names.
A discussion of how the lessons went. What was successful? What could you improve? What suggestions did your mentor teacher have?
Ideas/brainstorming for future lessons.

Ronald 55/54
Angela 70/85
Michael 67/69
Robert 92/54

These are pre and post assessment grades. The lesson went okay. Understanding the meaning of an action verbs was difficult for the students. The power point I used in class was successful. The difference between their pre and post assessments was really what kind of mood they were in when they took the test. I would instruct the lesson and then pass out the assessment. For some reason they felt the need to mark a linking verb and action verb in every sentence, even if there wasn't one. It was a paradox to me as to why they could answer the verb label in class but on the assessment they were making things up and labeling nouns as verbs. ??? The student Robert who scored so high at first had aid on both assessments. He is one of my most difficult students to work with- has great potential and ability but has major attention issues.

My mentor teacher helped me put together a power point and gave alot of great suggestions. It was a good final lesson to end on.

I really enjoyed my time at this school. My mentor teacher was really flexible and helpful to me. Ill be interested to see how my time at the high school compares with this. Teaching middle school is the awkward in between of the dependence found in elementary and the independence of high school. :)