Smile in the Heart

February 11, 2010













Yesterday, I told the class to bring anything that can be given to someone like flowers with candy (sold for one peso). It is for the reason that this morning, we had our simple valentine party.

It is as simple as drawing a smile to each of us for that special day. Even though they were young, it is important for them to experience how it feels during a season of love.

It is simple in the sense that I had prepared hearts divided into two. Everyone had picked a part of the hearts and looked for someone which matched it to form a whole heart. As they formed and pasted the hearts on the board, each of them expresses their Valentine thoughts like saying ‘Happy Valentine Day’. It created kilig to the bone especially when a boy and a girl matched the heart.

The activity was somewhat related to our topic in Mathematics which is about fraction. I taught them how to name the fractional parts of the figure or group of objects. I was happy since they easily learn the concept through simple yet meaningful activity.

When I taught Makabayan subject, it was another kind of cooperative learning activity. When I told them, “I will group you into…” it caught up their attention and they become very interested to be group again. The topic was about “Natatanging Kakayahan”.

Based on the result of the Interest Inventory I had conducted at the start of my teaching, it appeared that the class has three major skills which are singing, dancing and drawing. Because of this, I group them into three groups based on their skills.

It is a wonderful activity since they are very cooperative to each other. Before the presentation of their output, each group gave a so-called intermission number based on their skills. The dancing group grooved in the tune of tune of Nobody. The singing group sang the political jingle of Manny Villar, while the drawing the skills presented their caricature. It was full of fun and learning.

It is very useful to have an Interest Inventory. Not just because I know what kind of learners I have, but also I know how to use it in facilitating my teaching instruction.