i started today's lesson with another current events question, and then showed the students two videos about the potential careers of a CMA and CGA. there were some good questions from the students... and then next thing i knew, i was being interrogated about myself! it was great! they were asking what i was studying, how long, what i wanted to do, what being a business teacher meant. it was fun interaction with them. rhonda afterwards said that was great - they seemed to be really interested in finding out more about me.
i have to say at this point, rhonda has such awesome relationships with her students; walking into her classroom is great because it's a safe place where everyone is at ease. her students clearly respect her, they learn and though there can be talking at times, rhonda allows it because the students are still learning. what i am learning in this is that you have to pick your battles. rhonda is modelling that really well for us!
after the videos there were a few questions and then we returned to the reinforcement activity. there were more questions about posting and what expense accounts to put things into. it was fun to walk around the room and interact with some of the students as well.
there was a group at the back of the class that were pretty chatty. i let it go, but checked in on them periodically. they were getting work done, so i decided to just leave them. afterwards, talking to rhonda, she said she'd do the same. it's just a really chatty group (and there are 32 of them!) so again, you pick your battles - especially if they're getting work done!
i closed with reminding students that they only have one more class period to work on their assignment before it's due. monday is my last class teaching them!
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