Day 3 Morning

Describe your teaching.
I enjoy teaching, I enjoy relating with the children, finding out what they are thinking and doing. It helps me plan my lessons, I never teach the same from one day to the next or from one year to the next. I believe that I could be better organized and that would improve my teaching. I think that kids are predisposed to learning as long as the learning is adapted to how they learn. I use what happened the day before to inform my teaching for the next day. I like to engage the students by using different forums for teaching, whiteboard, smartboard, pairs, groups, individuals, games, student teaching, etc. I am open to new ideas and if someone knows how to do something better I will try it. I like to rearrange my classroom as otherwise I get bored and the kids get too used to where they are and the ease of chatting! I think that if they get the chance to teach someone else what they have learnt it will cement the knowledge into their brains. Or if they get the chance to use what they have learnt to create work/a game/something else they will understand it better.
I'm kind of a 'fly by the seat of my pants' teacher. If I'm doing something and it's not working it's not unusual for me to change direction, keeps me and the kids on their toes, and interjects some human quality. I like to use anecdotes and jokes in the class to get their attention, funny voices, humor all the time, if I can smile about something and they can too, it will grab their attention and make them remember it later.
Well, I could go on typing forever, but I guess I better do something with my game, after I get another jolt of Java to keep me going...........anyone got and IV out there so I can get the caffeine directly into my veins???!! :)