4/9/2025 Teacher Assisting in Botanical Gardens Lesson

Teacher Assisting: Botanical Garden Lesson

4/9/2025

UNCC Botanical Gardens

We did the same lesson as last semester at the botanical gardens only this time I because I had already done the assignment before Jessica Hawkins asked me to teacher assist the lesson again. I told them that they have to get 3 items as a group so that they could write or make a story together as a group. I gave them a few minutes but also creative freedom for any grade level so that they can feel creative and they aren't limiting themselves.

But this experience to me feels more motivating and encouraging because when I was in high school, I used to teacher assist in a dance studio which made me feel invigorating and insightful. I still felt the teacher in me when I became a teaching assistant for Teaching Fellows Seminar, and I hope to keep feeling this way until I become a teacher.

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