"Time sure does fly when you're trying to teach " (June Blog #2)

Agenda
Do Now (5 minutes)
Set (5 minutes)
Procedures (40 minutes)
Closure (5 minutes)
Nailing the Daily Lesson Plan minute for minute, PRICELESS
Said no First Year Ever.....

I believe that the one aspect of my instruction that needs the most work is time management. Poor execution of time, has caused my my classroom atmosphere to shift towards the negative. Losing track of time decreases my confidence and makes me feel that I have lost control of the class as a whole. My TEAM teacher consistently tells me to improve my time management (among other things). My TEAM teacher (as well as other TEAM members who have observed me teach) consistently point to time management as one of my weaker attributes.

I have attempted to plan my lessons minute by minute, which was not easy as well as ineffective (because when I am teaching I have NO sense of a minute). I am currently trying a technique suggested by my TEAM teacher in which I group instruction into general time frames in an attempt to get it all covered without messing up so bad on time. For example, I was planning procedures like this: TSW take read notes from the board (5 minutes). TSW copy notes from the board. (5 minutes), etc. Although this seems detailed, it is a struggle to time how long it will take students to write notes. Therefore, if I plan like this: TSW read, copy notes and go over the following examples (17 minutes), then I am able to make adjustments on time allotted for each procedure. 

It is my goal to improve my time management with every lesson in an effort to properly execute my lessons and instruction.

After all, time sure does fly when you are trying to teach!