Nichole Oswald								MED300
Journal 7							Dates:  10/23/07 & 10/25/07

	This was another good week at Lafayette.  Tuesday I taught the group by myself, and it went well.  However, I had to make modifications to the lesson because the students came to class at all different times.  Therefore every time another student walked in, I had to briefly review what we were doing in order to catch them up.  I had to give them enough information so that they would understand where we were in the lesson, without boring the other students by redoing what they had just learned.  By reviewing though, I feel that there was closure throughout the lesson, instead of just at the end of class.  Not only was this used to catch a student up, but it was also a time for the students that were there to ask questions about what they didn’t understand. The students always ask questions throughout the class, but I was able to assess what they were learning also.  The other students in the class helped me to explain to the late students what we were learning.  I feel that if a student can teach it to someone else, it is more likely that they will remember the material.  
	Thursday was a review session, where the students worked on math A questions.  This went rather well, ALL of the students were doing the work, asking questions and really trying.  Jose, who usually never wants to do work, actually took a notebook and started writing out step by step what he did to solve each question.  I was very impressed by this, not only was he doing his work, but he was doing more than we asked.  Watching and helping the students work through the problems, really showed me that they want to do well and be successful.  Overall, I don’t think that class could have gone any better than it did.