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During the teaching practice, I wrote five journals describing my days and my lessons in the Sharjah International School. In this page am including all the reflections that express my feelings, experiences and the lessons that I taught.
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Reflection Week 1
In the first week, my colleagues and I arrived at school at 8:00 am. The school's science coordinator, Professor Nraya, welcomed us. She took us on a tour of the school and introduced us to all sections of the school, including classrooms, offices, and laboratories. After we finished the tour, we met the school principal and the head of the student affairs committee. They showed us great respect and appreciation and gave us an overview of the services available that we may require if we need to print and place to sit. Then she introduced us to the teachers who would be in charge of us during the training period. We have distributed copies of the class schedules to the classes that we will attend. You have determined how many classes we will train. The Science Coordinator also provided us with her telephone number for emergency contact or if we needed any further assistance during training.
Reflection Week 2
On Week Two, the designated teacher-in-charge helped us to choose the classes we are going to be tutoring for our training period. After deciding which of the classes we will be teaching, we went to the classes to start our teaching. I start teaching the students the first lesson which was about the difference between vertebrates and invertebrate animals. Also, we discussed how scientist classifies the animals into categories. In day two I attended miss Asha's lesson which was about the five senses and their organs. I was shocked why she is repeating the same lesson in every class. Then she explained to me that their curriculum for semester two in only three topics. In this week, I tried my best to build a strong relationship with my MST. Always when I created a lesson plan I share with her so, she can give me her advice and to change any mistakes. Week two was challenging to me because I had a hard time dealing with students due to the fact that I wasn't really familiar to the student's levels. The teacher helped me in identifying the student's levels by providing me a list with the student's names and levels.
Reflection Week 3
On week three, I was nervous because it's my first observation. I taught grade 3D reptiles lessons in the lab. It was hard to manage the class because they were sitting in large groups. The classroom was noisy when I distribute the activity. Then the students were working in pairs to identify the characteristic of the reptiles. On the same week, I gave students a creative lesson birds and their features and according to what the scientists categorized the birds. In this week I taught only two lessons because the students were having their exams revision. The teachers were busy marking. I attended the other classes to help my MST in marking their worksheets and task book. The students were excited because they are having their sports day. In this day they wear sports uniform and enjoy the foods and the games.
Reflection Week 5
Reflection Week 4
On week four, I was planning for teaching the connected lessons by Sunday and Tuesday for different classes. I chose to teach grade 3EF and grade 3EC the connected lessons. The first lesson was about amphibians and their characteristics. The second lesson was a revision about classifying the animals. I created a different activity for the lessons to engage the students. But I couldn't teach them because there is a time conflict between the days that I chose to teach and their French exam. In the same week, I taught grade three lessons about insects. I tried hard to choose a challenging activity that suits students level and type of learning. It was a nice lesson they enjoyed it. I gave each group artificial insects to observe them and write their features. Also, I created a traffic light poster to handle students behavior and to have more control while doing the activities. As a required task, I attended my peer Moza class to observe her teaching and lesson. It was an interesting lesson about the objects that twist. The students in her class were well behaved. They were participating in the lesson and the activities.
Days passed quickly, It's my week five in school. I'll miss the kids and the nice moment with them. I arrived at 7:40 and I went to the reception to sing in. Then I went to the class to see my MST Ms. Asha, she asked me how you are and we were discussing the lessons that left. I sit on my chair and started planning and organizing my item for the next lesson. In this week, I taught 3 lessons two of them were connected and the other one was my second observation lesson. On Sunday I taught two connected lessons about the amphibians. I went to the class and I prepared my items and I wrote the learning objectives on the board. Then, I divided the students into groups and I changed some students places because they're hyperactive. I was jubilant to see the students enjoying with others and dealing with others in their groups. Also, I was nervous because in Tuesday my mentor college teacher came to observe my lesson. It was about the properties of materials. This is the most interesting lesson I taught during the period of my teaching practice. The students were very active and they all participate in the lesson. I am really proud of what I did.
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