Last week's class was spent talking about lesson planning structures. I think this topic needed to be touched on. I knew a little about what we were trying to accomplish with the lesson planning structures, but found myself a little lost once I started making my own. After a while I started to get the hang of it, but it's nice to have some set guidelines to help get the job done.
Yesterday was our big retreat. We started out with a pretty fun little scavenger hunt around Ames. I've never heard of anyone doing a scavenger hunt by getting hints via text message. I felt like I was on a game show challenge. After that we went to Perfect Games for even more fun. We bowled and played some arcade games, but I must say the highlight was laser tag. It was great just hanging out and getting to know the other peer mentors a little better! Heath and Allie said the point of the retreat was just having fun with each other, and I think that was accomplished.
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I also found it helpful for us to go over the expectations for our lesson plans. I found that the lesson plans that I was writing were not specific enough.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Amber. I think the biggest problem for me though was that I have been trying to cram in too much stuff in that 50-minute class period!
ReplyDeleteI think that Lauren and Amber are both bringing something that we need to work out a little better. We need to get specific but at the same time remember we only have 50 mins to cover it all so maybe plan a lot but order them into things that might get dropped out of the plan if some things go a little long
ReplyDeleteoh and I agree with Josh and Matt about the lazer tag and racing game
ReplyDeleteI agree, the retreat was a great success! Everyone had a blastttt!
ReplyDeleteThis is what it's about. Stoked to hear that y'all are getting a lot from practicing the lesson plans and enjoyed the retreat. Great insights about the lesson plans and although my dream of going large in Nascar was squelched, I agree; the retreat was top notch.
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