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FIELD PRACTICUM 2020

whAT I DID

  • Assisted the host teacher in a K2 class by helping out with lesson time and daily routines (story time, meal time, sleeping time, transitions to different locations etc.)

  • I planned and executed a Motor Skills development lesson for K2 children that focused on teaching children how to do overhand pass and skipping 

  • I planned and executed a Math lesson and a math corner that taught children number bonds on the number 15 

  • I planned and executed an English lesson that taught children on sight words, mainly focusing on who, what, when, where, how and why 

  • Assisted other teachers in different class (N2) when there is a need of manpower 

  • Engaged with the different children in the centre by teaching them the proper way of interacting with their friends, manners and respect for the things around them

What i learned 

  • Proper ways of communicating with a child when they have done something wrong 

  • Better classroom management 

  • More ways to catch a child's attention during lessons

  • Proper ways of teaching a child to be more independent 

  • Proper structure of executing a lesson 

  • Different ways to engage with different types of children 

  • Ways to improvise on a lesson to make it more interesting or for the class to understand better 

Challenges

  • Handling around 20 children for the first time to implement a lesson plan 

  • Face times where I had to quickly change and adapt my initial lesson plan to the current situation

  • Unsure of what was the proper step to do in situations like children who would not stop crying

  • Meeting assignment datelines while having practicum 

SKILLS 

  • Adaptability 

  • Communication 

  • Observational 

  • Planning and Organisation 

  • Confidence 

  • Classroom management skills 

Movement lesson
Movement lesson
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