February 5, 2010
If Monday has a positive energies of new day, new learning, and fresh mind; it is the opposite scenario when Friday comes. You can see children wearing neat and clean cloths, excited after the weekend and sometimes a perfect attendance every Monday. But Friday has a very contradictory view.
Students perceived Friday as part of the weekend- a sister of Saturday and Sunday. They thought that on this day, teachers feel so tired to teach. Hence, the lesson will become boring for them. They thought that it would be time for copying, writing and getting bored. Even parents would tell their children not to go to school anymore since ‘biyernes naman, mayo na ‘yang tultol.’
It affects the attendance and teaching and learning performance. Hence, the teachers get so creative to make decision on how to cope with this scenario. They used to make Friday as the day for giving summative test. So, for the students to have records from the tests given by their subject teachers, they complied on it. However, for those students who really don’t care of their academic performance, those who only go to school to play and enjoy, they would not still attend the class.
My strategy for this problem is something different. Since my students love storytelling, I make it a day for storytelling activity where I bring storybooks and share the story for them. It is also a film-viewing activity for us. I let them watched children movies and short films. So, if you got absent for that day, you will missed a wonderful storytelling and film-viewing experience in your school life. Better go to school on Friday and it’s still a day to enjoy learning.
This became a routine for us. When Friday came, they know already that I may tell a story of let them watch a movie. It’s effective.
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