Whist playing silent ball,the kids are told that its silent and you are out if you speak or make any noises..
A very distressed Chloe says " But are we aloud to breathe.."
I guess more then anyone a teacher has the responsibility to believe in their students, when everyone else says you cant the teacher should be but often arnt the ones to say they can, to give them skills and to give them words that will make them believe they can... We forget or perhaps we take lightly how much we shape their future..
Note to self: When its raining, children need undercover areas to play. The classroom becomes louder, the fights become bigger, the food gets messier, everyone becomes crankier and really the only thing the kids want to do is run around in the rain and jump in the mud puddles..
Describe: I had a computer Lesson last period today, and the kids were surprisingly well after being locked in the classroom all day... I had to make a few adjustments we normally would go up to the computer lab to go on the computers but because of the rain bucketing down and there being no undercover walkways the students wernt aloud to leave the classroom. So I instead did whole class activities on the smartboard what I would have got them to do individually. We played a game of Keyboard-o-Rama, the students had to type in the letters of the aplphabet onto the screen and then it would come up with a word starting with that letter. I then held up a paper keyboard, and modelled with the students the backspace, enter, caps lock and space key and what their function was. We then opened a word document on the computer and the students had to type in the letters of the alphabet, a capital, lowercase then enter a new line. Students made mistakes and then we used the magic delete button to take them away. I then got the students to colour in the letters in their name on the paper keyboard individually.
Analyse: I thought the lesson went well considering that the students wernt able to be on their own computers, was probably a good problem to have as the students could all focus on the smart board. There was a lot of modelling and guided discovery in this lesson which was probably a good introduction to the keys on the keyboard. ideally I would have like everyone to have had a turn on the smartboard typing in a letter in the alphabet but time did not permit. I think the kids had a good introduction to the lesson. I was more firm with students who were misbehaving, which empowered me, but I made sure that I was following through with positive encouragment.
Plan: Its good being able to be flexible with weather and other such variables.. For next time will need to make sure with modelled learning all students have equal participation, allow more time for individual exploration, I felt it was a bit rushed towards the end..
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