Joshua CO #4

Date/Time: 3/25/2026, 1:00 - 1:50PM

Topic/Skill: Speaking (Student-led discussion about money & happiness)

Teacher Presentation: The class was almost fully student-led about a topic that they researched and created questions to discuss with the class about. The teacher's role was in continuing the smooth flow of the discussion, introducing words or phrases that may be useful in discussing the topics when they arose, and providing feedback on student's speaking at times.

Classroom Management: As the student-led discussion was designed to take the whole class, very little direct classroom management was undergone; however, the teacher often signaled to the presenter when she should move onto the following question whether be for the sake of time or due to a lack of student engagement.

Materials: Projector & Laptop

Student Participation: One student presented a chosen topic that they'd prepared before class and led a discussion with her classmates about the subject. The classroom was almost fully dictated by student response and interest.

Feedback Provided: The teacher provided feedback when repeated speaking mistakes occurred or when a student couldn't verbalize a response they were trying to generate.

Lessons on Teaching Learned: The teacher is conduit for student discussion, even when the discussion is student-led. Students may not have the vocabulary to fully formulate complex sentences when speaking about a topic that they have a nuanced opinion about. It's the teacher's job to infer and interject when they think additional information may be useful even when it is student-led.