First time teaching

My first time teaching. I have to say that even if it was my first time talking to a child, even if I felt overwhelmed by the situation, it was a good experience, thereby, I know what are my mistakes and now I just have to fix them.

My partner was the first teacher that was going to present. When he was pasting the numbers, the kids were saying the names of the numbers and in that moment I thought "This is going to be a long afternoon". The kids already knew the number from 1 to 10. If they already knew that, the activities that we prepared were going to be over in less than 5 minutes. My partner overexplained the numbers, he could have gone right to the practice. Also, I think he was speaking too much, with children is not recommended to speak too much. Finally,  he said: "What's up man?" to a kid. We are not supposed to say something like that in front of the kids. However, not all was bad, my partner had a good opening, and he went good with the time too, even though he had to cut the very last part of an activity. Now he just needs to take all those mistakes into account for our next class so that he can get a good grade in the evaluation.

The second and last teacher who was going to present was me. Firstly, I had a bad opening saying things like pay attention or be quiet. Secondly, the volume of my was not high enough and I lacked of a good attitude. The worst part was during the production, the children were running around playing and yelling and I did not know what to do. I must to improve on those aspects because I want to be a good teacher.

About the materials and the Lesson Plan. The flashcards were good, but my second practice was very simple. It consisted in drawing on the board an amount of different things and ask them to count, that part was easy for the kids, they made it so fast that it did not take the predicted time. Also, I needed more activities, at the end there were 5 minutes left and all my activities were already over. It is recommended to plan more activities or to plan challenging activities for the kids.

About the kids. During the first class, the one that I went to observe, the kids were very calmed and quiet, but now they were behaving very hyperactive. Also, there is just one girl in the classroom and the boys do not seem to notice her. Thus, we must make her feel comfortable. Finally, it is recommended to learn how to keep the class under control and to keep the kids focused, otherwise, we will have a very hard time trying to teach.