What issues arose as you tested your lesson plans? Why did these issues arise? Can you ever fully anticipate every detail of the situation you will be working in? What role does planning play in a responsive teaching approach? After reading Chapter 19, do you need to modify your plans to address safety issues?
The main issue that I encountered when I was testing my lesson plan was my child’s disinterest. He did not fall neatly in line with my plans but had strong ideas of his own about what he wanted to do and where his interests lay. I had underestimated his creativity level and understanding. This was actually a valuable thing to have happen because you can never fully guarantee or anticipate every detail of your working situations and having an unexpected hurdle with my plan reminded me to be open and flexible.
Planning plays an important role because without planning and premeditated ideas of how your lesson is meant to go you wont be familiar enough with the skills and objectives or goals you mean to teach to flex your lesson and activities to meet the goals if you do encounter obstacles. A plan gives you guidance and a fallback plan to keep you on track even if you go a completely different direction.
As far as safety is concerned I do not think I will need to modify my plans, except I will need to remember to reinforce the guidelines and boundaries between Tristan and I before we depart on our trip to Nose Hill so we don’t have disagreements or misunderstandings when working in a large park with a number of strangers.
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