Day 314 - Angles of Pace

Wednesday February 24th

I have been trying to improve the pace of my lessons and am finding it quite difficult. I lose so much time at the beginning of lessons with starters, registration and dealing with the inevitable late/no/dog has eaten my homework issues that by the time I get to the main course it's already 15 or 20 minutes in. In the context of 'how do i get through a 65 minute lesson?', this is find as I always run out of time. In the context of 'are the children learning anything?', it's not so great.

I got some good feedback on pace today so I am happy. This included a formal observation from GDE and she is a tough critic. The lesson in question was Angle Bingo and I kept them moving along nicely. She spent some time with one of the more disruptive boys and he was engaged. Amazing.

I was shattered by the end of the day - I must have picked up a virus with my cold and it's taking a while to shake off.