Student teaching is going well. I have come to the conclusion that the school (Anglo-American school logo at left) used to be an old house. There is a basement and then three other levels. The top most level is an attic, which is used for storage. In the basement one will find the library and the staff lounge along with two other classrooms. The other two classrooms are actually sandwiched between the staff lounge and the library. The two classrooms in the middle have a folding wall that separates them. Because of this, the wall is unfolded and the two rooms (now a larger one room) are used for staff meetings in the morning. On the second floor is my classroom! The first floor is all the office rooms. The funny thing about the school is that it is built like a house. There are no hallways! One has to walk through classrooms to get to other classrooms. Each floor with classes (there are three including the basement) usually have four rooms on each level. To get to the two middle rooms, one must walk through one of the outside rooms.
Surprisingly, but understandably, the teachers and students ignore those who walk into the room for the most part. The only acknowledgement that someone is walking through the room is the fact that the students will move to create a path for the individual to get through the room.
We have finished our observations and are creating fun lessons for our students. The more time we spend here, the more we learn. We can learn lots about multicultural teaching and multicultural classrooms. In my class 6 out of 15 students are ESL. It is challenging, but it is also lots of fun!
My latest lesson plan is going to be on plants. The students have already learned photosynthesis and are currently growing beans and other vegetables. They have also learned about soil and what makes fertile soil. The next piece to their science education is learning about different types of plants and adaptations of plants.
The curriculum in this school tends to bit a bit higher of a grade level than what we have in the United States. The standards are based on standards from several different countries including the United States. I believe that part of the reason the curriculum seems farther ahead is that the school principal and the school tends to emphasize depth and not breadth.
Well, that is all for now from school.
Jess Po.
Oh, the school talent show is coming up soon and the student teachers were able to go with the school to see Raymonda (I can only spell it in Russian, sorry!)
Surprisingly, but understandably, the teachers and students ignore those who walk into the room for the most part. The only acknowledgement that someone is walking through the room is the fact that the students will move to create a path for the individual to get through the room.
We have finished our observations and are creating fun lessons for our students. The more time we spend here, the more we learn. We can learn lots about multicultural teaching and multicultural classrooms. In my class 6 out of 15 students are ESL. It is challenging, but it is also lots of fun!
My latest lesson plan is going to be on plants. The students have already learned photosynthesis and are currently growing beans and other vegetables. They have also learned about soil and what makes fertile soil. The next piece to their science education is learning about different types of plants and adaptations of plants.
The curriculum in this school tends to bit a bit higher of a grade level than what we have in the United States. The standards are based on standards from several different countries including the United States. I believe that part of the reason the curriculum seems farther ahead is that the school principal and the school tends to emphasize depth and not breadth.
Well, that is all for now from school.
Jess Po.
Oh, the school talent show is coming up soon and the student teachers were able to go with the school to see Raymonda (I can only spell it in Russian, sorry!)
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