Domain VI: Management of Time, Classroom, and Behaviors
11:50 a.m.-12:40 p.m.

Elaboration:
Today I taught a math lesson on graphing. In the beginning, most of the students were participating actively. However, as the lesson went on I would stop and wait. I redirected students to what we were doing when they got off task. However, it seemed that although they were attempting to follow along many of them were still really struggling. However, they were continually looking away or talking to their neighbors. Although, I tried to keep an awareness of what everyone was doing, they just did not seem to be listening. They ended up having to take home homework because they were not following along and listening well to directions.

Analysis:
After the lesson, I talked with my teacher. I asked her if this was because I was not explaining things clearly, if they just weren't getting it, or if it was a behavior problem. She said that my lesson was good, but they were simply not listening well to directions. She also said that I should clip more strips. I feel very frustrated because I feel I have been doing all I can to make directions short and easy. I have been taking them one step at a time. But for some reason, they just continue to get out of hand and not listen. I think I must continue to be clear of my expectations and enforce them. I feel as if I am constantly telling them they have to do things or punishing them. I don't want to feel like I always getting on them to do things. However, I also want to make sure I am not being a pushover. I definitely feel as if this is going to be the most difficult thing for me to overcome in my student teaching.