I have always done some changing on the fly with my lessons. Somethings you think should go in one order until you hit the ground running and you realize that you need to change. Today I gave the students the last fifteen minutes to start work on homework in groups and ask questions. Since I was answering individual questions for that entire time, I know they partly used the time as it was intended. I will find out tomorrow whether the rest of the class started working on the homework.
I have had some people ask to go over HW questions in class, but my current problem with that is so few people have been doing the homework. However I should not punish the students who are working. I also want to spend more class time with the students working, not me lecturing. We will see how well I make that transition.
I also found out today that the other two PreCalc teachers have changed the proficiencies for this chapter. So the quiz I had planned for today and postponed till tomorrow is not as relevant. So I will use a different teacher's quiz, on a slightly different topic. I just wish I were a part of the conversations when they change the expectations, so I can communicate that sooner to my students. This way it will be a little bit of a shock for everyone involved.
Tomorrow we have a different schedule from normal, so I will be teaching tomorrow. On the plus side, I have Friday and next Monday off.
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