Tuesday, February 9, 2010
.:. Mr Ho .:.
That's what I'm being addressed as in school now, haha. Feels weird that while the students call me Mr Ho, my mentor still calls me Dalvin. It's almost as if I am stuck in between the classroom and the staffroom haha :)
Anyway, conducted my first co-teach lesson today. Basically I was upfront at the whiteboard, while the form teacher sits at the back. I would say I did pretty well, comment from my mentor was "generally quite well" :) Being the one who is nervous of public speaking, going up to teach wasn't as easy u see it is ok, even if the audience are jus primary 5. Had to plan abit beforehand, what to teach, in what way can we make it simpler and to check for understanding. Oh ya, it was freaking hot to be standing with the visualiser shining down at you. Now I know why sometimes teachers sweat so much.
And teaching requires quite abit of on-the-spot thinking. I dunnoe why, but when i was sitting at the back of the class doing observation, equivalent fractions seemed to be pretty hard for the students to understand. So of course I planned longer to dwell on that point for my lesson, yet somehow or rather, as if they received enlightenment overnight, they suddenly became very pro at it. All the ques I threw at them they could handle with ease (apart from some careless mistakes and presentation errors), other than that they seem fine. So I was quite taken aback, and had to take the time when the i ask students to come up to the board to fill in answers to think of alternative strategies...wooo I tell you that was not expected. But it all went well in the end. Lesson done, homework issued (awwwww...so sad rite I 1st day teach giv homework liao) and matters cleared, I would say today was generally good :)
Also, the students were quite well-behaved. Din hv any attitude problems, jus some shyness to come up and present. Otherwise, all's good. Mayeb it was cos the form teacher was at the back, or they jus wanted to act nice and lure this new teacher in before they kill him!! AARRRHHH!!! joking
Oh ya the students were dam nice today. When I left school, it was supposedly their break for inbetween supplementary class (3pm). I walked out of the general office, and then kena spotted by the class. Then they very sweetly walked me out all the way to the school gate. On the way, me and andrew were like "OMG I AM BEING STALKED AH!!!" HAHA!!! So cute of them la :)
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