Teaching is just oodles of fun. I'm finding this out more and more the longer I teach. In my opinion, it is one of the most creative professions because you are always creating new projects and lessons for the kids. It's also great because half the time the projects and lessons are fun for you too--who doesn't love acting like a 10 year old again??
The past couple weeks in my sixth standard class we have been working on a big writing project. All the kids were asked to write an essay about an animals and what the animal sees, hears, and does. They wrote in essay format (with an introduction and conclusion and everything) and really took their time going through all parts of the writing process. For the final drafts of their essay they made them into books and colored them and made cover pages and everything. For the "publish" step in the writing process, the kids all made masks to match the animal they wrote about. Then, this past Friday, we invited Jim and Pam (the RSO directors), Celina (the principal), and a few other volunteers to come watch as each of the kids read their essay. The kids were seriously SO EXCITED to read their essays for the other volunteers and Jim and Pam. I even had housemothers coming up and asking me what sixth standard was up to cause they had been so excited telling their housemothers about it.
The past couple weeks in my sixth standard class we have been working on a big writing project. All the kids were asked to write an essay about an animals and what the animal sees, hears, and does. They wrote in essay format (with an introduction and conclusion and everything) and really took their time going through all parts of the writing process. For the final drafts of their essay they made them into books and colored them and made cover pages and everything. For the "publish" step in the writing process, the kids all made masks to match the animal they wrote about. Then, this past Friday, we invited Jim and Pam (the RSO directors), Celina (the principal), and a few other volunteers to come watch as each of the kids read their essay. The kids were seriously SO EXCITED to read their essays for the other volunteers and Jim and Pam. I even had housemothers coming up and asking me what sixth standard was up to cause they had been so excited telling their housemothers about it.
V. Devi was just about the cutest giraffe I've ever seen
Tamilselvi was one of four ferocious lions in the class
Savitha the cat
Ragu the cheetah
Some of the jungle cats aka the boys
Nagaraj was a very brave tiger and the first to come up and share his essay
Naveenraj the leopard
This is Vimalkanth reading his essay about being a monkey. He did a great job thinking of specific things his monkey would see, hear and do :)
All the kids did an amazing job on their essay, masks, and their "performance". Some of the kids in this class are at about a second standard reading level and for them to come up in front of the class and principal and RSO directors was a huge accomplishment for them. They were all absolutely spectacular!!
I am one proud mama bear :)
Vanakkam
This was a great project Kenna! The masks are seriously beautiful! Those kids are so talented and awesome I agree! Mom
ReplyDeleteSuper! Great job! You do look like one proud Mama bear! I loved this.
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