Second lesson done... All materials bought

Golly. It's been a really long time. Tomorrow will be the end-game boss. :S Cannot believe it. Tomorrow will be the Wacky People activity, which will be rather cool. I already bought the vanguard, Edward's scaling and printing the materials and Ryan prepared the tests.

Wish us good luck. :p

2nd lesson - Elwin

The 'field observation' was really much better than we expected it to be. To my surprise, they were actually rather cooperative.

More positive feedback! Lovely! :D

I am wondering how we are going to wrap-up the last lesson, since we are left with quite a bit of stuff.

And the pop-quiz! Oh no, it is only in draft stage!

:(

First lesson concluded! Omigee ~

Wow. The first lesson was decidedly awkward, but really lovely. When we went there, expecting to sit in for observing the introductory lesson, we were shocked to find out that WE were supposed to be the ones conducting it. Although we were physically prepared (had the materials, slides, etc.), we were not mentally prepared. Talk about a communication breakdown, huh. :o

Nevertheless, we kinda pulled it off. I hope the positive feedback we received was genuine. :p Anyway, the students were really exuberant and I found it almost impossible to command the attention. Thankfully, the teachers were there to make sure they don't go ballistic.

Just my two cents. :)

Reflection - Elwin

Ah, I am so sorry for the long silence... what with the CCTs and tests... anyway, it's all over :D

Honestly, I am quite impressed by our group's progress. We even have got a professional-looking booklet, although it is not finalized yet. :o

Well, so here we go.

Fears

Really, I do not have any fears pertaining to the preparation, since it is rather well done. What I do fear is the actual course. Hopefully, the students would be an obedient bunch. Otherwise, if they are noisy and unpredictable, I surrender! :'(

Hopes

If this project really takes off, it could find potential and possibilities in other schools. Perhaps the student demographic might even evolve into a more comprehensive one, encompassing adults :p. But ah well, that is just a hope at the moment.

Concerns

Naturally, we would need to brood over the lesson delivery. As of yet, we have not rehearsed any possible scenarios which may occur. We would need to be more efficient in this aspect..

Alright, so there. Till next time :)

Reflection - Ryan

So... fears, hopes and concerns for the project thus far.

Fears
Well firstly I fear the watching teacher/teachers :( they're scary :S i hate audiences
Next I fear that the students will be like what most students are in P4: hyperactive, overinquistive and sharp at spotting teachers' mistakes.
And, of course I'm afraid that the project will get cancelled/wont go well or something along those lines.

Hopes!!
That I wont slip up during lesson time, that I wont fail in my teaching of the group assigned to me.
That I wont stutter, that I wont undergo momentary mental blankness...
That this project will be a success and possibly continue to be one with other schools

Concerns
As mentioned above, I am rather concerned about the quality of the lessons. Also concerned with the students' behaviour and attitude towards lessons (receptive, bored, restless cos its after school activity)

Yea, thats about it, mostly afraid of the lesson sessions
You see, thats because all our work has been pretty decent :)

Another update...

Long time since last update (3 weeks)

Basically, in the first week of posting hiatus, we met Miss Chong, who gave us explicit instructions to get the worksheets for the primary 4 students out by um, today.

However, our progress was slow and we did not manage to finish all the worksheets by today. Thankfully and fortunately, Miss Chong did not come today (yay!) and we were not doomed yet.

We learnt from our near-brush with the fires of hell and finished Worksheets 1 and 2 so far. Oh, we also decided to compile the worksheets into the form of a booklet (e.g. cover page + day 1 + day 2 etc). I think we did a pretty darn good job in worksheets 1 and 2 (total 10+ pages for itsy bitsy little P4s)

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE!!

Worksheet 3 hasent even been started if im not wrong, but thats not the point...

sorry if this post is rather emo and sarcastic, im tired, my thigh hurts after i got hit by a softball pitch, and im bored.

Gah,
Ryan

Email received (Cont)

Well, I have some concerns about the content of the email. Firstly, how are we supposed to squeeze 4 lessons of 1 hour each into 3 lessons? From our talk with Miss Chong, we know that our module is lacking in many areas. She added lots of information and tasks to do to the module too. However, we had already estimated that the content we were covering would last an hour.

So.
We have to squeeze 4 hours worth of lessons + Miss Chong's addition into 3 hours? Is this even POSSIBLE?!?!?!

To my second concern...

Okay, I have never felt comfortable presenting in front of a teacher. A teacher watching every movement you make is pretty unnerving :(

Originally I had thought that we would be alone with the P4s. I know the facilities in ACSP pretty well and was pretty confident bringing them about the school.

But to find out this information now...
I suppose im pretty nervous about teaching "rather active" P4 students with a teacher watching me. :s