Day 27- Encountering Challenges

                                              

                                         Problem Solving

Here are some challenges that I’ve encountered in teaching.

1.Familiarity- New face, new adjustments for the students. For some students are being shy to participate because they are not comfortable with a new teacher teaching in front.

But what I did is during observation of those classes, I mingled with them by assisting them in answering their evaluation activity and stay on the whole duration for English class. 

2. Students that need special attention

Activities such as group interaction are beneficiary to all students. Manipulative learning is one way also to involve ALL kinds of students whether the fast or slow learner. I make the lessons turn into a game, and for the paper and pen activity, the teachers assist me to help them to answer the activity. 

                                 Classroom Management

For the classroom daily routine and schedule, this is the format that I did to follow for daily teaching plan. 

My schedule for my Mep 3 class

Time: 1:00-2:00 pm

1:00-1:05- Time for toilet or just to make the children are settling down.

1:05-1:10- Greetings and Exercise

1:10-1:20- Icebreaker or game

1:20-1:40- Presentation of lesson

1:40-1:45- application

1:45-2:00- Evaluation/ activity time 

The young learners need a firm authority from the teachers. Since their age range from 4-6 years of age( my handled classes), they are easy to get bored, lose interest after few minutes, get unfocused and easily get distracted.

A well-modulated voice is a powerful tool for the kindergarten students.

Firm eye-contact, and be well prepared for the sequence of your activities for each class. The transition of one to next action is needed.

Daily routines should be altered from time to time depending on the needs of the students. 

Day 26- Me becoming a Teacher

                              Procedures in Teaching

I started making a one-week lesson plan and consulted it to my mentor followed by preparing instructional materials( printed out pictures or real objects) and reproducing the activity worksheets for each lesson. 

For the daily schedule of my teaching, I started with some greetings and exercises especially if it is in the afternoon class. We do some singing or dancing and then followed by the presentation and discussion of the lesson. 

For the application of the lesson, we do some activities such as matching the words to the picture or fill in the blanks or by encircling the sound words. 

And the last is the evaluation activity by answering the worksheets using a pencil and colors. 

Day 25- Measurement and Evaluation

Paper and Pen activity. At the end of the lesson, the teacher distributes worksheet to the students and answer the activity. 

For the summative evaluation, a test is given before the semester ends. The students perform to answer the tests to all their subjects. 

Home works are also given to the students as part of the evaluation.

Day 24- Teacher's In Action

Teachers are the authority inside the classroom, with their modulated voice, students are able to listen when the teacher is discussing a lesson.

Interactive participation. The teacher is allowing students to make interaction by answering questions orally and written or through the form of performance. 

A 3-year-old student is performing the lesson by sitting, standing and raising his hand in Chinese. 

Motivation is part of the day to day activity in the form of singing, dancing, exercise or even game. 

Day 23- Preparing Lessons and Materials

The teachers make a lesson plan for 5 months as an advance preparation and guide for one-semester teaching. Each lesson plan includes the topic, learning objectives, materials to use, procedures of teaching, the process of application and the evaluation activity. 

The teacher goes to the class prepared together with their instructional materials, worksheets activity and sometimes a laptop and speaker for singing, dancing and watching purposes.

Teachers prepare the lessons by providing worksheets, produce photocopies enough for each class, arranged the Instructional materials ( flashcards), study ahead of time the lesson plans they made to achieve the learning objectives for each subject, plans activities throughout the class for a more interactive learning such as games, quiz or contests.  

Day 22- Teaching Plan in the English Program

For the English classes in Phetphadungweingchai school, the format of their English lesson plan is similar to the Philippines curriculum. It includes the topic, lesson objectives, materials and procedures, application and evaluation. 

The Lesson plan format for Preschool

I.Topic

II.Objectives

III.Materials

IV.Procedures

V.Application

VI.Evaluation 

Day 21- The Teaching Plan

                                                                      The Curriculum 

According to the Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. (A.D. 2008).

The Learning Key competencies:
1. Communication capacity
2. Thinking capacity
3. Problem-solving capacity
4. Capacity for applying life skills
5. Capacity for technological application. 

Alongside with this curriculum in education, the school aims desirable attributes in the learning of the students which are to become a patriotic monk, honest, disciplined, pursuing learning, be sufficient, committed to work, love Thai people and have a public mind. 

II. Teaching plan related to your major

At Phetphadungweingchai School, the school uses textbooks as the guide to their curriculum, since it is a private school, they don't use the textbooks coming from the government instead they use other textbooks. In the morning, they perform everyday flag ceremony to instill to the students the patriotism. Next, is they go to their respective classes and have their classes. They have some exercise in the classroom, and then, proceed to their subjects. there are allotted time for the English and Chinese class hour. The foreign teachers are teaching English and Chinese subjects. The school also conduct examinations as a form of assessment. They also lend a day as playground time, and after the lunch break, all students take their at least an hour of sleep or long nap time, so that they will be ready for their afternoon classes.

The school time for the students is from 8:00 in the morning up to 3:00 in the afternoon. Each class has usually 5-6 classes every day including the regular subjects, English and Chinese language subjects.

They start the day with a flag ceremony and pledges followed by morning songs and exercises.