TEA410 Task 3: - Reflective writing ( 30th June 2021)

In the 30^th of June, my partner and I carried out our pair teaching at Temwanoku Primary School. We firstly prepared our lesson plan and teaching aids, and then the next day we delivered the Environmental Science on the topic of the Solid, Liquid, and Gas. We arrived at the school and we noticed that the classroom was attractive by which it fully decorated with students work while students always portrayed a good deed that they were paying attention to what I instructed them to do. The teacher was friendly to us, she helped and assisted us the first time we arrived in her class.

I started off with the introduction, greeting them, did the recapitulation on the previous topic that they have learnt and lastly displaying and elaborating the learning outcomes with them. My partner then explained and carried the group work with them while I helped in facilitating them. As they finished with their group discussion, one from each group stood up and write their answers on the board. After that, I wrote their activity on the board and they did it individually. Students enjoyed much the lesson as I could see from their great participation and effort in completing all of the tasks we gave them. While I marked their individual work I see that they all did a marvellous effort by which they all marked correctly and excellently. When they all finished with their tasks, I let them played on their own while I busy marking their individual activity. Therefore, as I finished with the marking, then I instructed them to gather in front and did the conclusion with them. This was where I confirmed their understanding on the lesson by revisiting the learning outcomes and asked them questions from it. They are very smart students as they responded very correctly to the questions I asked them. (Refer to this video for further details)

Overall, the lesson went well as most students achieved the learning outcomes and they show enthusiasm about the topic that we delivered to them. However, there were also students who did not want to do their work but roaming around and disturb their peers. As a teacher trainee, I would be more flexible in teaching and controlling the misbehaved ones at the same time. So, in doing these I would be more effective and become a professional teacher in the future.