WHEN: November 5&6 (5 hours) – Mastery Algebra CP & 10th grade

WHAT: Both days my mentor teacher has been helping me prepare my lesson that I will be teaching tomorrow to two classes of Mastery Algebra CP.  I have spent about four hours out of these two days planning one lesson with my teacher, and about three hours planning this lesson on my own.  I have researched many different ways to teach the concept of point-slope form and typed up a detailed lesson plan of the lesson.  I have rehearsed the lesson about five times for my teacher, revising it every time.

SO WHAT: I decided to blog on this work because I never realized how long it would take to make a detailed lesson plan.  I never realized how much work goes into it.  In addition, I thought I had the lesson perfect the first time, until I went through it with my teacher and she found numerous things wrong with it every time.  For example, numerous times I was assuming they knew something that they never really learned before.  In addition, the way I explained some parts may have sounded confusing to the students.  I have learned how to create lesson plans in both Dr. Gills and Dr. Manizade’s classes, but I had never really considered how much effort and consideration went into these lessons.