It was the start of a weeklong straight teaching, a challenge for us to experience how it feels to become a true teacher who will teach the children for the whole day.
I was armed with presence of mind and confidence. I never felt the tense of anxiety that I may not teach well. There was the instructional preparation including the visual aids I had prepared for a couple of nights. So, why should I tell myself that I may fail in this battle? Otherwise, I am putting a picture that I am a weak teacher, incompetent. Of course, I won’t. I have to stand especially to my cooperating teachers that the student teacher of Naga College Foundation is competent, skilled and determined.
As of now, I know a little background of my students. The last week I spent for classroom observation and teaching are not enough. I have to get more information about their experiences so that I may know where and what should I fill up.
It is really difficult to prepare all the lesson plans for all the subjects. Aside from preparing instructional preparation, you will also make your visual aids as presentable which pupils will be motivated to learn. It’s like copying to the manila paper or cartolina those instructional activities you have on the lesson plan. Then, will find out that you’re still awake beyond the wee hours of the night.
Aside from that, I don’t only focus on one resource material because it might limit my concept of the subject matter. Before I have to go home, I used to visit the Library particularly the Elementary Library to look for books which will help me gather some information for my discussion.
There was another problem which arose. I can not make my lesson plan and visual aid inside the class since there was no time to concentrate. When I am inside the classroom, I have to stand most of the time and introducing new ice breaker or activity so that the behaviors of the children will be orderly and manageable.
Because of this, in my first day of straight teaching, I felt how my body became restless and tired. Before I ate my lunch, I dropped by at The Naga Collegian’s Office to rest until I had a catnap.
Ma’am Malou told me that it was just the first time of my straight teaching that’s why I felt a bang. If I laid down my arms, I won’t survive.
The following days ran like I was getting into the flow of experience. I learn to survive. The best medicine for the lack of sleep at night is having a catnap in a corner.
Of all those stress due to lack of sleeps just to prepare my instructional materials bear a fruit of inspiring thoughts. My cooperating teachers as well as my pupil; appreciate the efforts I had made.
When I am about to post my visual materials on the board, my pupils are waiting to see it. Then, leave a big WOW! They like my colorful drawing. That is the very reason why I make effort to put relevant or related drawing in every visual aid even if it has no particular picture just to catch their attention.
Drawings and little touch of crayons motivate children to learn.
I always use this maxim:
If you fail to prepare; you prepare to fail.
This is the very reason why I always make an excellent preparation. I am not the kind of a teacher who will come to school empty-handed. I always make sure that my presentation will make a difference for my students.
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