sunday night rachel and i sat down to write a lesson plan for our classes the next day. we cut out five different shapes of five different colors, so we could call the students up by color and have them each identify what shape their color is and then call them up by shape and have them each identify what color their shape is. then we planned on splitting them up by color and having them work in groups to match up all their cut out shapes with the written words on a piece of paper. next we wanted each kid to relate the shapes to vocabulary words -sun, desk, eye, box, roof- that we would review with them when we reviewed the shapes, using a two column word match up.
we started our lesson with teacher oliveri's class on monday and we're maaaaybe half done. the kids all loved getting something handed out to them, something bright and unique, but it took them a bit to adjust to a new activity.
they usually spend the first couple hours of the morning coping sentences from the blackboard (i.e. This is a shoe.) into their notebooks and working on 10 simple addition problems, while we go around checking their work and helping the ones who are struggling. they spend the next TWO hours reviewing the morning's lesson, which just means repeating every word out of the teacher's mouth.
Teacher: What is this?
Students: What is this?
T: This is a shoe.
S: This is a shoe.
T: S.H.O.E. SHOE!
S: S.H.O.E. SHOE!
i doubt they retain more than 5% of the lesson. the other problem is that some kids are much smarter than that and they aren't being challenged because its impossible
for the teacher to give them personal attention.
we were hoping to finish the lesson with teacher oliveri's class today so we can run it with teacher ishmael's class, but our whole volunteer group missed placement to go on a spear making/cave spalunking/market shopping/waterfall hiking excursion. (great pictures ensue- i'll post them when i have time.)
in any case, i love helping teachers oliveri and ishmael out because its draining to run a classroom that big by yourself. rachel and i might not get to run that many different activities in the few weeks we're here, but we're trying to introduce creative ideas for them to hopefully implement in the future.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
you can call me teacher rebecca
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Dearest Becky--Finally caught up with your blogs again. Your mom, dad, and Gabie are here with us in Ft. Myers Beach, celebrating the most loose-leaf Passover imaginable because all the Gottliebs except your dad are such fallen-away slackers. But your family is tolerant, so Dinny ate Key Lime Pie while the Observant had Kosher for Passover Angel Food Cake with that chocolate sauce. Sara was also here for a few days and we have all had a wonderful time together. Gabie is a doll. We miss you and look forward to seeing you this summer, I hope. We will be living in the same building as Matt and Julie--where the Action is--and we hope you will visit us. The place has a pool and an exercise facility, if that's a draw. Much love from Hermie and Rengo!
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