Learning Goals

So far this semester I have been working on my specific learning goals. Things have been going pretty good with my class, however I still find myself working on my goal of becoming more comfortable in the classroom and learning how to manage a class full of students better. One learning goal that I have had a lot of progress on is developing lesson plans that incorporate art projects in an affective way. I did a visual arts lesson with my class. I read them a story with the cover of book hidden with paper. After the story, the students were to draw a cover to the story, using what they remembered from the story to develop their cover a title for the story. While many students were excited about the lesson I had a few students who didn't even try the project despite my host teacher asking them to corporate. Many of the students enjoyed this lesson because it was something different from their typical worksheets and workbooks. I am working more towards this goal in the hopes of engaging the students who seemed lost during my first art lesson. My second art lesson the students will be creating puppets to a story they will read in class the day before.