2nd Observed session

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My 2nd observed session went off quite well . My mentor felt that I am good at designing activities . Todays session was all about the generations of ideas , recording them in a spider web mind map and then using an essay graphic organiser to develop ideas into structure...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Sonali Malhotra · 0 Comment/s

Creating essay folders for easy class management

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I created essay folders for all students for easy use and management of activities. To have folders containing everything they require to help them in the process of essay writing activity was a huge time saver . The folder contained 2 mind maps - spider web diagram , an essay easy-to-follow simple checklist , 2 graphic organisers to organise ideas...

Thursday, August 26, 2010 by Sonali Malhotra · 1 Comment/s

Write traits Ideas

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The ideas plan was a more complex one and required understanding from students. The plan could have been more focused as it had more than one objective - namely: generating ideas, as well as learning and using the essay format.Although I offered many choices of graphic organisers, students were not able to categorise the tool they were using, when...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 by Sonali Malhotra · 0 Comment/s

Reasonable Success!

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During the past two weeks I was involved in an interesting experiment! I divided my class of 24 Chemistry students into five groups and assigned them each a topic from the chapter 'Water' for presentation and a short work sheet at the end of the presentation.I took care to form a heterogenous group of differing intelligence to ensure a good synergy....

by Renu Varghese · 0 Comment/s

Day 3 write traits : Word Choice

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A collegues feedback on my session Today I thought your lesson (Word Choice) went very well! I observed the following good teaching practices:Good control - You laid expectations of respect for group work. You asked the students who left the discussion area to come back, as you had not dismissed them yet - good reinforcement of rules. Next discussion...

Monday, August 23, 2010 by Sonali Malhotra · 0 Comment/s

Session on 'Differentiation'

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Since the day I joined CIDTT ,the term 'Differentiation' had been associated with all our discussions but this term was not explained to us saying that it would be (rather needed to be) dealt with exclusively.So our whole group was quite eagerly awaiting for the session on 'Differentiation' and after attending the session realised how crucial it is...

Thursday, August 19, 2010 by Tripta · 1 Comment/s

Day 2 Reflecting

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Self-reflection - This is what I learnt today .To give instructions only when the whole class is quiet. Best to get them on the floor for their undivided attention. If I talk over the students, they will ignore me . Also, some groups were waiting today as I went to each group to give them the words. In another classroom with easily distracted students,...

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Sonali Malhotra · 0 Comment/s

Teaching Practice begins

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A colleagues feedback about my Day 1 practice . I am teaching English - grade 4 . Day 1Plan: Students found the plan interesting and engaging. The plan was appropriate for the age group.Resources: The worksheets were ready and you were well prepared for the plan. Do practice using the Whiteboard tomorrow so that you are self reliant by your observed...

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by Sonali Malhotra · 1 Comment/s

Differentiation

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We find lot of people with different level of intelligence/ we can say differently enabled thinking people around us. When it comes to teaching, teacher is always considered as parent after the real parent, so she has to do justice to all the wards of his/her class. How is it possible? How do we do this? and bring justice to the students who is expecting...

by Parimala BJ · 1 Comment/s

About myself and reflection on Group Work

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I was always passionate about teaching and I feel proud to say that I am a teacher. My name is Shuchi. I teach Mathematics to 5th and 6th standard. I did B.Ed. not only to add a teaching degree but also to gain perfection in teaching. Now I joined C.I.D.T.T. course not only to add an international degree to my CV but also to make my students enjoy...

Sunday, August 8, 2010 by Shuchi Srivastava · 0 Comment/s

Geared up with learning tools.

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After attending the session on learning tools, I as a teacher, am spending more time on planning. I understood that my basic job is only to guide the flow so that the day's objectives are achieved. My lesson are "well pre-planned" by my school and according to that I had to cover my topic through a ppt presentation (18 slides). I decided to implement...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 by Usha · 0 Comment/s

Strategies for active learning

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We have already been acquainted with the fact that 'active learning' is need of the hour,but how to make it happen successfully,was a question which had been tinkling my mind for quite a while. Well,the session on 'Tools for teaching' by Asha assisted in satisfying my quest and had a lot to contribute to my bank of knowledge. KWL sheet was an absolutely...

Monday, August 2, 2010 by Tripta · 0 Comment/s