Manic monday. 2/8/2010

monday monday monday...
Superviser visit..
feeling rather nervous.. but approaching it with confidence..

Describe:


The lesson was really well planned, I was so enthusiastic about my lesson.. excited to teach the kids about How sound is made... So the kids almost blew in with the wind.. ( not an awesome way to start the day)...
we started off my reading a story about sound, then I played a game of chinese whispers, we then played sound pictionary. Instead of explaining to the kids about how sound works, I decided to do a virtual exploration of how sound works. The kids created a sort of production line with
1. Sound created
2. Air bubbles bump into each other to create soundwaves (balloons)
3. The soundwaves being caught by the outer ear ( students catch the ballooons)
4. The outer ear sending it down the tunnel (Ear Canal)
5. The sound bounces off the ear drum ( glad wrap)
6. The inner ear (Ear Drum) sends the message (envelope with cute message inside) to the brain..

We then finished the lesson off my making mobiles with each step, drawn on each of each of the squares...

Analyse:

I came out of the lesson feeling so unsatisfied, Ive never felt like quitting halfway through, but I pushed through and found some encouragement at the end with my kids actually using words like 'vibrations and soundwaves'. It gave me hope that something went in. I think the biggest thing was as I was in the middle of teaching the lesson im thinking to myself (freaking out at this point) that this lesson would be great for year 2/3 but for kindergarten It may have been too much information when their attention span is so limited (especially after lunch). So I had to really guide them through the modelling, we rehearsed the activity a few times and I think the kids enjoyed the hands on aspect.

Plan:

For next time, try not to loose my voice yelling over the top of kids. Need to get more creative with class management, find things that will work with the kids without be always having to get louder over the top of them..