I had a hard time getting out of bed at a decent time. I got my stuff together (I took a coffee for extra energy) and ran to school. I didn’t make a ppt for my lecture today, as the topic was Time. Instead, I used up the entire whiteboard for the lecture. Plus, we had to move the class to another room so I could show clips with better audio, with a full classroom of students it’s too hard to hear anything at times. So class was moved upstairs to the 3rd floor in the Computer room. I finally got my supplies for summer camp, a week late.
Better late than never, at least I can still use the supplies for the next English summer camp in August. The students were even more restless than the previous day. We got through the lecture, time survey, the book “Bats Around the Clock”, and the worksheets.
At that time there was about an hour left of class and I let them watch ‘Shaun the Sheep’ episodes for the remainder of the time. Overall, the students were pretty good, but they had a few low points towards the end of the week with class attentiveness, which was to be expected, after all they’re just kids that want to play and not be stuck in a classroom for three hours a day.
I had a quick lunch since All Day Class was at 1pm, not the 2pm usual. We covered part three of Animals, describing: spots, stripes, shell, scales, and etc. And I had a quick worksheet as well, with the ten minutes left of class I let them watch one episode of ‘Shaun the Sheep’. I think that show is a savior, as there is very little dialogue and its simple concepts for children, so no matter the language they understand the situations. I thanked the All Day Class teacher and went to the English room to decompress.
I survived my first week of teaching alone with ease and a few technological issues. I started prepping for the next English camp after my holiday with the remaining time at school. Then I went home and slept a blissful sleep.
You look adorable!
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