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Journal #2


Journal #2

Yulisa Cardozo Romero

Date: May 10th 2019    

Write a reflection about the classes you oriented this week (bear in mind the following aspects: what you planned, what you did, and what you would do differently if you were to teach your lessons again). Give examples and descriptions of those situations that, in your view, are relevant to your learning experience.
First grade. On Monday we started a new topic that was shapes. I presented the topic throughout flashcards, they knew the majority of the words, and we did a review and also activities to clarify doubts. Then I gave them two activities in handouts which they had to complete with the vocabulary and they completed it very well. On Wednesday the class started 5 minutes later because the students were having breakfast. My practicum adviser went to observe my classes. I had been waiting for him many times but just the day that I thought that he won't go, he went. When I saw him I felt nervous but then I got calmed. When he arrived in class I was doing the first activity, the students performed well the activity. In the second activity took more time as I was expecting but students did it. In the third activity also took more time as I wasn't expecting and in the last activity they couldn't do in class but they had it as homework.

Second grade. I had classes with them on Monday and Thursday, we did a small change only for Thursday. On Monday we did a dictation activity in which the majority of the students did it well, the two students who don’t know very well the numbers are improving, they identify and name more numbers in comparison with the previous classes and they liked the activity. On Thursday we played bingo, and students also liked the activity, I think that activities like those help students to understand and practice more the numbers, I will continue implementing bingos in my classes.

Kindergarten. I only had a class with them on Friday, today wasn’t the best day with them, they were misbehaved, they do not want to study, only to play and this fact is making me think about an appropriate strategy to stop with this problem. Today, we continued practicing numbers, we had to do various activities in which they had to count and color. They performed the first activity very well but they didn’t do the second activity. I think that this class was a mess, Nicolas the boy who has Autism syndrome didn’t want to stay in the classroom I had to go for him to the park but he was aggressive, he didn’t want to have class, finally, he entered to the school but he didn’t attend to class. When I was solving the problem with Nicolas the other students were with other teacher but they were so misbehaved. I was hoping to finish the class as fast as possible.

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 7, 2019 at 3:01 PM

    Hey Yulisa

    It looks like the class on Friday was a disaster. I can give you some topics based on my experience. If the students are too noisy, you can just rearrange the place where they are sitting, do not let them sit next to the same classmates as usual. Second, try to begin the class with a communicative and interactive activity, like a song. Make them sing, they will probably feel more calm after. Third, remember that you can not let students alone in the classroom, especially little kids. Something terrible could happen. In the case when you have to go and look for the other kid, do not do that again. Try calling another to do that for you.

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