Dialectical Journal for ED 335 Teaching Practicum Name: Ashish Syangtan

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Observations/ Account Reflections & Critical Response

(What Happened?) (What do I think of it? What went well? What
could be improved? How? What will I do
differently? How does this connect to the
theory I have read from class?)
I think I did well in classroom management. All the
It was third day of my teaching practicum in grade 1.
students were listening attentively and all the material
According to the first day of my class this class was
were really connected with the lesson. For instance I
better because I improve a lot on my classroom
used caterpillar and butterflys picture to show that
management. I had classroom rules and I call some of
how God much God cares about the bug and his
the students using their name which made my teacher
creation as well as songs about bugs. Everything went
happy. It was reading aloud story about bug and I had
well in this lesson but according to my cooperating
to read the story for the students to make them to
teachers feedback, I asked lots of question which
understand who the main character is, what is the
might make story not interesting for the kids. In the
setting of the story and what kinds of the story is this.
future I will try to engage students in the story asking
But what I make mistake was I could not able to
the questions in the middle of the story to develop the
engage students in the story which my cooperating
curiosity of the students. What I learned is that if we
teacher told me. I should pauses in the middle of the
could not able to attract students attention in our
story, and ask students what will happen next. Even
teaching then we cannot teach students effectively.
though there answers are wrong, I should gave a

chance them to interact.