1. To charge
2. To plan
3. To print
4. To sleep
5. To eat
6. To live
7. To be alive
8. Always love what you do
Things to follow. Things to do my brain in tired but I love every minute of every day.
School takes all my time so I learn to make time for the things that matter. I want to be the best teacher I can be so my learners can always be open to learning. We don't just teach content we teach how to learn and I think we often forget that in the hustle of school.
I got a worksheet back this week with missing answers and wrong answers and I didn't immediately assume they didn't know the newer but I realised they were not taught in the terminology of music. When I was their age I was immediately taught how we learn not what the answers were and that was lacking in this class. This week I rearranged the my tasks so that my learners could learn how to learn.
We have integrated learning in in the school I'm teaching at. So we have learners with learning disabilities mixed with mainstream learners. But when I teach I have not changed my task only given more time to finish them. I don't think we should make things easier but challenge all learners with more advanced tasks mixed in as challenges not counting for marks. I tried this in the past week and I found it to go very well in my music classes. They really wanted to learn and challenge themselves, everyone's did their work and understood all the concepts. I like this and I will continue to teach in that way. This leaves me with the question: "Does the label we give a child place a limit on the child or were they born with it?". If we take the time and give every child the same opportunities will that change the potential for every learner?
On another note:
All 7 student teachers participated in the Bridge House College talent show. It went really well and we had so much fun doing it. Getting involved in the school help to make school a little less tedious. I hope everyone is making the most of their opportunities given at their school.
Week 3: finished
Hope you had a lovely long weekend
Thank you to the women of 1956 for their bravery freeing women of South Africa
I loved your blog!I agree that we aren't just teaching content but but life skills as well. I also experienced that assumptions can mislead, I also thought my learners didn't understand my tasks or questions but what I found is that some don't read the questions properly, they just try to finish quickly. I also love that your school is integrated I wish more school would follow their lead. Hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Have a great week.
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