Time to Put it to the Test...

Tomorrow I am going to walk before 10 sixth graders and a group of my peers and put this constructivist teaching to the test. Am I nervous? Yes and no. Yes, more because my peers are going to be there analyzing everything I do or don't do. And no, because I generally feel at home in the classroom. I really want to put this into practice in the classroom and this is a good opportunity for me to practice. It will give me an opportunity to see what I am going to be good at and what components I am going to have to work on. I really think that I am going to have to work on questioning and not taking charge and doing the math. It is going to be hard for me to let the students struggle and develop this on their own. I feel really confident that the lesson is relevant and one that my students will be able to grasp without having to do a lot of prompting, but not so easy that it is not cognitively demanding. We'll see.