I must confess that I am tired after a week of school . With concert in October , for some it's a long way to go , but for me it's not !!! So here I am with many things in my head . Which should I do first ? Everything ? Well , if I had my way I would do everything at a go ... which could only mean one thing ... that is I have to say put in school and that will not do at all !!!!
Okay first things first , this weekend , I will be resting and celebrating father's day at home , which also reminds me that I have to go and get a cake . The coming week will not be a breeze however I am willing to make next week a good week . The coming weekend will be our much awaited parents day . All I need to do is talk and talk and talk !!! Here comes the best part, for lunch , we the teachers will be going to SHAN'S for lunch . Yum , yum and more yums to come.
Then, my dear student has gone to Bangkok and she will not be back till next week and I will be having a new student ..... arrghhh!!!! but I will prevail .. Then with all of these so called happenings , I will start my concert .
Please wish me luck . I need loads . Really I do ... hu ..hu... hu...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, June 19, 2009
The Word Bank
It all started , when I was thinking how I could zest up my class . I was trying to come up with ways .... you know to add more fun in the classroom . Actually the word bank activity has been around for ages . It is just that as teachers, we are sometimes too caught up in our work to spend some time with this activity . It is not new to me and why have I not thought of it before ?
Anyway better late than never right ? So with all the semangat in me , I asked the kids to just write out a word each . it could be anything .. however I had my doubts if they could give me a word . So I did the next best thing . Today we learned about Nouns , I wrote everything down and then I just told them to pick and write the word that they like.
It was time , then , to have our lucky- draw -word- for the day . I called the smallest child in my class. He came up shook the container and he picked the lucky word . I decided to write down the word and to my surprise , they managed to identify the word and they had so much fun . Oh, and the picker gets to glue the word on a manila card .
Surprise , surprise .. well I now have a new best friend and I can't wait to do it again .... it really helps and that really gets the children to spell and say out the word .
Okay you might ask , what is so special about it ? Well , it's not but it sure means a lot to these kids ..
Anyway better late than never right ? So with all the semangat in me , I asked the kids to just write out a word each . it could be anything .. however I had my doubts if they could give me a word . So I did the next best thing . Today we learned about Nouns , I wrote everything down and then I just told them to pick and write the word that they like.
It was time , then , to have our lucky- draw -word- for the day . I called the smallest child in my class. He came up shook the container and he picked the lucky word . I decided to write down the word and to my surprise , they managed to identify the word and they had so much fun . Oh, and the picker gets to glue the word on a manila card .
Surprise , surprise .. well I now have a new best friend and I can't wait to do it again .... it really helps and that really gets the children to spell and say out the word .
Okay you might ask , what is so special about it ? Well , it's not but it sure means a lot to these kids ..
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