Journal 2 week 1 (Journal about my introduction lesson)

What is your general feeling about TP at the end of the day? Today was my first time that I explain to all of the students something I was nervous because I didn't think that they will hear me or maybe my language will not be that good but at the end I did okay but not perfect

Reflect on the duties / activities did you carry out during the preschool today. How do you feel about your efforts? Was there anything you could have done to improve the quality of the learning experience for the children? My introduction was about words that end with an and at so what did I do is that I just said the words and then the students wrote the words in the whiteboard but what I did wrong or I want to change is that I should not point to the letters and give the answer to students I should give them some time so they could think.

What was the most interesting activity or strategy you saw your MENTOR use? Why did you think it was interesting and worth noting/remembering? Compare this with previous TP experience. When the students start to make some noise and did not hear the words that I said I remembered that the teacher uses 5, 4,3,2,1 strategy so they could focus on her so I did the same and they listen to me.

What progress have you made in terms of your own personal targets for TP this semester? Which TP competencies do you feel you achieved and which do you think that you need to focus on next time? Discuss ways in which you could do this. I think I did progress in reading their handwriting because as they wrote the words that end with an and at I had to check if they wrote it correctly or not. I think I need to focus on how could I get their intention to what am saying so for me to do that I think I will use the same style of my mentor in teaching them.

What evidence of learning did you identify/document today? Relate this to the ADEC curriculum goals.   I identify using letters sound knowledge and sound blending to read a text. Because the students learned how to write the words that end with an and at so it will be easy for them to read these word on a text

What was the most important thing you learnt about the role of the teacher in managing all aspects of the school day? Compare this with previous TP experience and where possible make links with college based learning. What is did learned is that I have to know how I could manage the bad behavior in the students. I have to be sure on what I explain because I did explain correctly but some students start to say that they don’t know how to write cat or pan and they practice on these words every day so I thought that the problem was in my way of saying the words, but the teacher said to me that they were just playing around and the way that said the words was okay.