New Insights and Their Implications

Watching the first lesson study group really gave me insight into the real classroom. It was different to watch the classroom from that angle and really investigate the behaviors of the students. I have done both my paraprofessional and internships, and taught lessons during each other experiences. However, while teaching those lessons, I never really had the opportunity to see how the students reacted to me as a teacher and to each other. Observation of the classroom teacher is something that I have done for both experiences, however being a new teacher really changes the way that the students interact in the classroom. It was a great lesson study and was very well planned. Execution for the group was difficult but they had a great deal of challenges stacked against them given the time that the lesson was given. Regardless, I walked away from that experience with a better understanding of the classroom setting then I had ever had, and gained insight into how my lesson study group should approach teaching our lesson.