This was the last class of the second period and it was in charge of Iliana and Jc, they arrived very early and organized the classroom in a different way than it had been done before, they remove most of the desktops from the classroom, this let them sit the students in a wide area in the floor, also they had a bigger space to do activities, this is something that the students found really good, at least their behavior gave signals that they were excited about the activities. Also I want to mention that today five children were absent due to school activities, so the number of students was less than usual.
The element that caught my attention the most, is that most of their materials were visual, auditive and tactile, not at the same time but they used them in these different ways to perform some activities, they used these materials more than one time so I think that they did a great job with the materials. Also their activities involved a lot of movement which made the students fill up with energy, they used this to make the environment even better when delivering the activities. Something that I loved about the class is that they perform an excellent team work, they knew how to help each other, the modeling was done in a great way and the overall discipline in the classroom was outstanding. They sang different songs that the students like a lot, because the songs had good sound and the teachers did awesome movements with the song.
If I have to teach this class again in the future I would change nothing.
For the case of study, Alan, being in a class with less students than usual could have been the reason why he was speaking with other boys during the different activities this was the cause that the teacher Iliana separated him and the other boys in the activities, when some of the activities were being explained and done Alan was moving around and it seemed to be impatient, he had a not so good performance when answering the questions, even though he was eager to participate in the activities that the teacher did, he had problems with some of the answers. And for last in most of the activities he was exaggerating all his movements, this was done in order to get more attention, in other words being the center of attention.
While talking with him about many things, he mentioned that he did not like the school because it was very boring, that the teacher in the school was not interesting. And Alan also said that he really liked to come to the university because it was interesting and fun, that all the teachers were fun. This is important in my analysis because he thinks that in order to learn something the class has to be interesting and fun, so with this I can deduce that the more interesting the class, the more Alan learns.
I really like the way in which you describe my class performance. Also, it's amazing to notice about your point of view. First, I think that is very important to take in account what is our objective and after that to think in what is the activity that I can apply in order to achieve the aim.
ReplyDeleteWe need to consider what activity could be interested for our children, and according to that think in something that can be succesful for us. Also, create a fun and confortable environment for them, in this class we prepared the classroom in order our students can run, and develop the activities.
Also, it's important to be enthusiastic, positive and involve in the activities in order to enjoy the activities. When you as teacher enjoy the activities our students noticed about it, and children feel motivated to participate.
By Iliana Escobar
DeleteHi Luis!!
ReplyDeleteWell, I agree with all what you have said because I really loved most of Iliana and Jc's class because of the way as they performed and organized it, they definitely make a good team, and even though we will not have a partner when we teach, we can learn each other and remind that at the moment of being teaching. Also, it is interesting to know what children says about our classes because through that we can realize if we are doing a good job for them. In addition, I could observe your case of study that day, and in fact, he likes to call the attention. However, I consider that is good because in that way he shows that he is not only having fun but also learning without getting bored. At that age I think most active children act in that way when they want to show their enthusiasm toward something. I do not know, but I think in that way.
Yes Mercy, being energetic is the most common caracteristic in children, so teachers are challenged to disctibute that energy in different ways. I truly believe that the key for a successful class with childen is to see this fact as a challenge rather than as a problem.
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