March 25, 2011

This week we learned more about teaching methods in the classroom to help the students achieve more success. Yesterday we went back to the elementary school and I helped with a few students outside at a time. We worked on numbers 1-9 and how to write the numbers and recognize them when shown in a sequence or when written on a card. It was interesting to see the changes the children have in their learning abilities and how quickly they learn the numbers. One student hasn't been there a lot lately and it was evident when I was trying to help him. I tried to help him along the way and not just lump him in with a group, it seemed to work and he began to want to learn even more and catch up to the other students as time went by. After watching this weeks video of Harry Wong and his advice on teaching and effective classrooms I tried to watch my class at the elementary school and see if my teacher was doing any of the things Harry Wong says to do. It seems she has great control of the class and the students are all taught to their bes advantage and not just tested for the grades but to see if they are actually learning. It is cool to see a classroom flow so nicely.