since i am now teaching at two schools, i had my second first day of school yesterday. it wasn't anything particularly interesting since there were no classes... it was more or less a repeat of friday but in a different location. at least i have a computer there and so had something to do.
today, however, was my first day of teaching in the new school year. i was worried because i didn't sleep well last night and was really tired this morning. i also have five classes on tuesday so i knew it was going to be a rough day... it didn't turn out so bad.
the kids seemed receptive and nice. i think that most of them had a foreign teacher at their elementary school, so they weren't as big-eyed as the kids last year. for the most part they were all good during the class which was just a little intro... run down the rules of the class - "when teacher is talking, you are not" - "raise your hand if you want to say something" - "respect is the most important thing in the class" - etc... then we went over my new and improved sticker program.
each class has a 'sticker board'. every month the class with the most stickers will win prizes. these could be candy, pens, workbooks, ... to be decided by the winning class (and approved by me!)... at the end of the semester (before summer vacation) the class with the most overall stickers will win a party - pizza, hamburgers, whatever they want. they can get stickers by participating in class, paying attention, trying their hardest, and always being good.
then i put them in groups of six that will be their teams for the year. they had to choose a team captain and a team name. some of the names they came up with: star, gold, happy, peace, angelina jolie, fun time, action, begin, brand, UFO... you get the point. it's so funny...and cute. tomorrow i'll try to remember to bring home some of the english nicknames they've chosen... they're even better!
so, all in all, not a bad return to school. the day passed rather quickly, and aside from the VP hassling me about the useless "english only zone" things went really well. more on that another time...
today, however, was my first day of teaching in the new school year. i was worried because i didn't sleep well last night and was really tired this morning. i also have five classes on tuesday so i knew it was going to be a rough day... it didn't turn out so bad.
the kids seemed receptive and nice. i think that most of them had a foreign teacher at their elementary school, so they weren't as big-eyed as the kids last year. for the most part they were all good during the class which was just a little intro... run down the rules of the class - "when teacher is talking, you are not" - "raise your hand if you want to say something" - "respect is the most important thing in the class" - etc... then we went over my new and improved sticker program.
each class has a 'sticker board'. every month the class with the most stickers will win prizes. these could be candy, pens, workbooks, ... to be decided by the winning class (and approved by me!)... at the end of the semester (before summer vacation) the class with the most overall stickers will win a party - pizza, hamburgers, whatever they want. they can get stickers by participating in class, paying attention, trying their hardest, and always being good.
then i put them in groups of six that will be their teams for the year. they had to choose a team captain and a team name. some of the names they came up with: star, gold, happy, peace, angelina jolie, fun time, action, begin, brand, UFO... you get the point. it's so funny...and cute. tomorrow i'll try to remember to bring home some of the english nicknames they've chosen... they're even better!
so, all in all, not a bad return to school. the day passed rather quickly, and aside from the VP hassling me about the useless "english only zone" things went really well. more on that another time...
2 comments:
Team Angelina Jolie cracked me up. Ah yes I remember having the find a french name at camp one year, I picked Chantal (pretty average) and someone picked Mitsou. By the time I had to pick a spanish name in CEGEP I just went with the spanish version of Patricia, pretty boring.
ya, what is the deal with the Engilsh only zone? is that to keep you encaged like an animal in the zoo??? 'look, come see our waegook in the english only zone...'
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