FMMS teaching reflection

This week I taught twice at Father Marquette Middle School in a 6th grade social studies class. I was concerned about the fact that the school did not have a wide spread use of technology within the school (so no power point or overhead projectors). But, I adapted and created two lesson plans that worked well (at least I think it went well!) The students seemed engaged in the activities and they learned something. What I learned from this experience is how difficult classroom management is. NMU does not require ed major to take a classroom management class and I think that we should have a better understanding of it before we are pushed out into the real world of teaching. Student teaching will obviously give me some more insight about classroom management, but at the moment, I am worried on how to get certain students engaged and focused. It will come with experience.....