Before taking my TE401 class, I had absolutely noooo idea on how in depth lesson planning can be. To be truthfully honest I my impression of a lesson plan was simply writing down what you want to accomplish for that day. I have come to learn that lesson plans can and should be much more detailed than that.
When I began writing my first science lesson plan in TE401, I was annoyed at first about how much work was going into this one lesson. It wasn't until I taught my lesson to the Kindergarten class that I realized how great it was that I had all of the necessary components on my plan. While we all know things never go exactly how planned, it is so nice to have a guide in front of you that you can alter when need be. I've also learned that lesson plans serve as historic achieves. You can use them over and over again the next years. You will be able to note what worked and what didn't and this will help you tweak them for the specific group of students.
Although lesson plans do take much time and thought but before I know it I will be an expert and it will come much easier!
I was in the exact same boat. I took 401 last semester and I don't think I've spent so much time on one assignment. The science lesson plan was definitely challenging and an eye opening experience to all the thoughts and details that go into planning. I've heard that during the internship year there is lots and lots of lesson plans which makes me nervous because we spent a while semester on one let alone trying to get numerous ones done in a much smaller time frame. Like you said though it's a learning experience and the more we do them the easier they'll become.
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