Day 10

This day was very challenging. I had a very tough week overall, and I couldn't organise myself how I would've liked to, so teacher Nidia helped me out a lot with these classes. I find the language cycle quite difficult to plan, I have a hard time thinking of activities for the different stages, so that got me really overwhelmed and stressed out. While in the class with the kids, I feel like I could've done a lot better in the delivery of the lesson, but it was fine. With the preteens I felt more confident so I think it went well. After the class ended, I had various discussions with my team teacher Nidia about how to improve in preparing, planning, delivering, etc, the classes so it is easier for me and I don't feel as saturated as I felt. In other news, I feel like the kids are very smart and they sucessfully do all exercises from, for example, the langauge cycle part. Of course there are some that need to further practice, but in general they understand and develop all activities at their own pace, which is very fulfilling to see.

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  1. Angie Torres25 de septiembre de 2025 a las 4:15 p.m.

    Alejandra, I know lesson planning can be quite challenging at times. Even though we are teachers, we don’t always have everything under control as we would like. That’s why I’m glad to hear that your team-teacher Nidia has been guiding you and helping you better understand how the language cycle works and how to design more effective activities.
    I also want to offer my support. Since you are starting to teach on your own now, I would like to review one of your lesson plans to give you additional feedback. You can choose one of your classes and send me the lesson plan, ideally every Wednesday or Thursday morning at the latest. This will give us enough time to go over it together and make any necessary adjustments.
    Think of this as an extra tool to help you gain more confidence and clarity in structuring your lessons. I completely understand that lesson planning at this stage can feel overwhelming, but I’m sure you will overcome these challenges. Please feel free to start sharing one lesson plan with me each week so you can receive more guidance, complementing the valuable support you are already receiving from Nidia.

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