Week 6
Phil here,
Well, another week has gone by and for the most part it has passed uneventfully.
The week did mark the end of several units with the classes, and next week there will be several large tests (which actually count now that we have taken it upon ourselves to record grades) Class I and II both have large tests.
Class I has completed the unit on time with a most encouraging leason on "awkward times". the children emediately grasped the concept and before long we were at a loss of material. given this development we have decided that they will be ready for examination on the next leason. I will admit that i am aprehensive of their test taking skills. i fear that the grades might not mark their development.
Class II will have a test on the verb "to be", possibly after a review day. they still have some trouble, but i am sure that they have absorbed a great deal and will do ok. i was put off by their confustion with the future tense.... its all "will" seems easier than any other tense, but the children would beg to differ
Class III continues with the various past tenses, and are doing well. Their last vocabulary quiz was not as good as the first (we needed to give a second and average the grades) nevertheless, they are far better off than class IV....
Class IV is have GREAT difficulty with "fill in the blank" dispite two leasons solely devoted to the subject. durring the leason, they showed improvement and i was sure that they would all perform well on the quiz. Although the grades WERE better they were nothing to "put on the frige," so to speak. Many children still put any old word in the black, and almost all of them seemed to have lost their understanding of the words displayed in the previous leason.
Children's Day is on wednesday and we are exited to see the children compete again. they have been "drilling" (looks like a dance with hoops to Eliza and me) for the afternoons and friday this week, but i doubt tht they will win that contest.
More about the event next week
Well, another week has gone by and for the most part it has passed uneventfully.
The week did mark the end of several units with the classes, and next week there will be several large tests (which actually count now that we have taken it upon ourselves to record grades) Class I and II both have large tests.
Class I has completed the unit on time with a most encouraging leason on "awkward times". the children emediately grasped the concept and before long we were at a loss of material. given this development we have decided that they will be ready for examination on the next leason. I will admit that i am aprehensive of their test taking skills. i fear that the grades might not mark their development.
Class II will have a test on the verb "to be", possibly after a review day. they still have some trouble, but i am sure that they have absorbed a great deal and will do ok. i was put off by their confustion with the future tense.... its all "will" seems easier than any other tense, but the children would beg to differ
Class III continues with the various past tenses, and are doing well. Their last vocabulary quiz was not as good as the first (we needed to give a second and average the grades) nevertheless, they are far better off than class IV....
Class IV is have GREAT difficulty with "fill in the blank" dispite two leasons solely devoted to the subject. durring the leason, they showed improvement and i was sure that they would all perform well on the quiz. Although the grades WERE better they were nothing to "put on the frige," so to speak. Many children still put any old word in the black, and almost all of them seemed to have lost their understanding of the words displayed in the previous leason.
Children's Day is on wednesday and we are exited to see the children compete again. they have been "drilling" (looks like a dance with hoops to Eliza and me) for the afternoons and friday this week, but i doubt tht they will win that contest.
More about the event next week
posted by Eliza and Phil at 2:19 PM
1 Comments:
about the class with the fill in the blank and vocab. etc. Have you tryed drilling them with flash cards or perhaps useing pictures to describe the word or maybe put the words in various sentances and then use one on the quiz. Maybe they'll get better grades/ understand the words. BTW, how old are these children? Keep in mind that their age may also be as aspect of their progress. Just a few suggestion, I'm no expert but things like that has helped me in the past! Love you!
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