observation #2

Wow!  I survived observation #2!  I was really nervous and made some stupid mistakes but my coach was really kind.  My student was AWESOME!!!  Some things she had been having trouble with she nailed during the lesson.  It was really fun to see her shine.  There were very few corrections from my coach.  I forgot, once again, to do the sight words and vocab section.  That has been a problem right from the start.  I'll just have to be more deliberate during that part and refer to the lesson plan more carefully.  I also forgot to have my student repeat the sounds in section 6 before she finds them.  I have that scripted for me so I'll go back to the script for that part.  I used the script for part 8 and was really glad I did.  Also, I forgot to use the blank tiles during part 7 which was no big deal - I just need to really remember to use them.  I learned some useful information.  I spoke with my coach afterwards and told her of my concern that I am moving too fast with my student.  She reassured me that the pace seems good.  She also said that I can do some review lessons from time to time.  Apparently, we are supposed to have completed at least 20 lessons with our student and I've completed 36 lessons!  So, I am ahead of the game as far as that goes.  Yay!  So, onward we go and we have a couple of months before our next observation.  Now I have to start using part 9.  Ugh!