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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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 Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:26 pm Post subject: A Miracle West of the Han |
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On Friday, a miracle happened in my class.
I was giving the kids a paper and pencil crayons and told them to colour foods they like on one side, and foods they didn't like on the other side.
Then I took my paper and went to the 2nd table, and explained it again. They got it.
Then I went to the 3rd table, and before I could explain it, one student parroted back my instructions correctly. He was actually listening!!! |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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I thought this was going to be about someone having a baby near the river  |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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HalfJapanese
Joined: 02 Feb 2010
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OP, that sounds awesome.
Now hopefully that will help you strive even more to encourage them to be like that everyday.  |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| I was so shocked, I didn't know what to say except for 'good job.' |
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charliebrown84
Joined: 29 Jul 2009
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Maybe not a complete miracle. Grouping things like food and toys are generally some of the easiest things for kids to grasp even if they don't fully understand.
However, I'll still give you kudos on a successful lesson. Those don't happen a lot.  |
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ddeubel
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:17 am Post subject: |
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Congrats!
Your post highlights a lot, something I always stress in teacher training and especially in consultation with teachers after classroom observations. Always, always, always ask Ss to rephrase the instructions before proceeding with the activity, assignment, task. (if not beginners).
The other thing to mention is to NOT give out a worksheet or piece of paper prior to explaining. They will be too busy looking at it and playing with it - to hear anything you have to say. Explain then distribute the paper. 80% of the time I observe, teachers, even experienced teachers, don't do this....
DD
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:22 am Post subject: |
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I disagree. When you have unruly kindie kids who have the attention span of 5 seconds, no item to bang against the board, and a cold where I am losing my voice, I did what I had to do.
I am not surprised that he understood the idea. What surprised me is that he was actually listening when I was explaining to the other groups. So many times, you can ask a question to a student, then ask the identical question to the kid next to him, and he won't know.
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Congrats!
Your post highlights a lot, something I always stress in teacher training and especially in consultation with teachers after classroom observations. Always, always, always ask Ss to rephrase the instructions before proceeding with the activity, assignment, task. (if not beginners).
The other thing to mention is to NOT give out a worksheet or piece of paper prior to explaining. They will be too busy looking at it and playing with it - to hear anything you have to say. Explain then distribute the paper. 80% of the time I observe, teachers, even experienced teachers, don't do this....
DD
http://eflclassroom.com |
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