Day 2

Who would have thought that observations can be so tiring!

Jan was talking in one of her tuts the other week, about different ways to mark the roll. Today the kindies had a very engaging way to do so, involving the smartboard! There were 18 spaceships on the board, each have a students name on it. The kids line up and find their name, tap on the spaceship and it flies over the finish line! I think that is a great way to incorporate ICT in marking the roll instead of the old fashion way of name calling.

Since there is, on average, about 4.5 hours of learning hours in a school day it is impossible to allocate time for each subject to meet the requirements of the BOS. So it only makes sense to integrate subjects. This in fact enriches the learning of students.

For religion today, my colleague teacher integrated English and drama into the unit. She read a book to the students and asked questions in the end. The book was about the parents' love for their children.Questions were asked to stimulate the Ss' critical thinking skills. Some examples include, what the story is about, how do you know the dad loves the child, what can you see in the picture that shows the dad loves the child, why are they holding hands. From these sorts of questions the children were able to provide a variety of answers. The students were then asked how they know their parents love them. Some students had trouble answering the question but after being prompt they were on the roll! After the discussion the students were allocated into groups that the teacher thought would work well together. The students were then asked to do a role play. In their groups of 4 or 5, they had to act out ways to show how parents love their children. It was very entertaining to watch.

It's been another day, soon enough, all my prac days will be over and eventually I'll have classes of my own.