Team Teaching Lesson Plan Analysis

I believe that our team-teaching lesson plan went as planned. Although there are some areas of improvement, the overall experience was something that I have never done before. I have taken the feedback that the other group members have given to better understand what I would do if I were to ever teach a team-teaching lesson again. I think that this was a great experience as I gained knowledge and a better understanding on how to go about teaching a tam-teaching lesson. Making the lesson plan as a team was very fast and efficient. We were able to work together and even break parts of the lesson up for each group member to fill in. Based on the first time we explained what our lesson plan was we received some feedback from a group, which we …show more content…
I believe that our lesson incorporated food as a way to show traditions within a different culture that each student may have. This can be problematic because in some school districts there is a restriction on the type and how food is prepared. In the Iowa City School District there are strict rules that only store bought food that is sealed can be used within classrooms as well as no foods with peanuts due to allergies. I think that bringing a physical item such as the ones recommended would be a better option. Sending home a newsletter to parents to understand what would be appropriate items would be a great way to go about this issue. I also believe that incorporating a children’s’ book about culture would be a great way to engage students into the activity. I believe that having students read about different cultures and finding picture books could be a great way to help student visualize what different cultures appear as. I also believe that this lesson could be used in upper elementary by providing chapter books that explore the topic of culture. I believe that all grade levels could benefit from reading about a culture that resembles their own, but also teaches them about another culture as well. I think that these suggestions are very thoughtful and I would add them within my …show more content…
I believe that this is a teamwork effort that is put into this team-teaching lesson. Without everyone on board the lesson can become not as effective. I would split the lesson up into however many teachers are teaching the lesson. Making sure that transition is incorporated as much as possible. I would rehearse the lesson with each team member making revisions as needed, but the goal being that all the teachers understand what they are teaching. I believe that my team members and I did a good job for this being our first team-teaching lesson. I personally enjoy teaching a lesson on my own, but if there was a topic that I did not know much about and another teacher did I think that a team-teaching lesson would be great in that type of situation. I do plan to use team-teaching lessons when I become a teacher, but I do prefer to teach on my