Lab Experience- Nov 7

One thing I have really noticed today is the time limit. In a regular classroom, the teacher can stretch or shorten a lesson as need and start on the next one or fill time with enrichment. As a push-in and pull-out teacher, we have to fit the entire lesson within a certain amount of time and any extra has to flow into the next day. Interest has to be built up again and the basics reviewed. I barely finished the math worksheet with my group before I had to leave the push-in class, and some of the second grade language arts students needed additional explanations of some words they didn't know just to complete their work. The time limit is one potential obstacle that ESOL teachers have to consider in planning and executing their lessons.