Journal 3 week 2 (journal about my mentor lesson)

What is your general feeling about TP at the end of the day? I think after one week at the school I know how the teacher explains the subject and how is the students that need help in the classroom so I think at the end of the day I did well, I was not nervous, and the teacher helped me understand everything.

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? The teacher today used a activity to help grade one writing skills because they have a problem in starting from above to write the letter so the activity was that she draw a blue line and that is the sky and then a green line and that the grass and the last line brown is the ground so she told them that we start from the sky to the ground and up to the grass to make a circle (letter b). It was interesting because the students had learned how to write letter b in a correct way.

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. I think that the activity was great, but the teacher changed where the children wrote the letter, so she create a worksheet that has the three lines so the students could use the paper over and over again instead of using painting.

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 that I made progress in how I explain the subject or how to write letter b in a way that it is sample for the boys to understand like the teacher her hands to show the sky, grass, and the ground so I did the same.

What evidence of learning did you identify/document today? Relate this to the ADEC curriculum goals.   Use efficient and consistent motion to form letters. As the teacher identify letter b and how could they write it using the sky, grass, and ground.

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 did I learned about the role of the teacher that the teacher should think about a solution to the problem that her students have. As my teacher did know about the problem in her, students and she start to look for a solution for them.