IdentityDuring my student teaching experience, I spent a lot of time preparing each lesson plan. I worked hard to research different ways to present the information for each lesson. I looked for activities that my students would enjoy, and I made sure that I had all of the materials and other things that I needed before class started. Even then, there were always things that would go wrong. Technology would fail. Students would complete activities quicker than planned. Or students would require much more time and explanation than expected.
As such, I realized that I needed to be prepared as much as possible, but, more importantly, I needed to prepare to be flexible. You never know whatâ??s going to come up or what will catch the studentsâ?? attention. When creating lessons, remember that we need to be prepared for changes. Figure out alternative activities in order to help our day go as smoothly as possible and allow my students to gain the most from the lessons.
