Weekly Reflection # 1

Today was my first day in my practicing teaching at San Jose del Monte National Trade School. I

was very nervous to face the students from Grade 10. My first experience at the center went smoothly. All

the members of this faculty welcome me and they were excited of having me teaching English at

SJDMNTS.

My cooperative teacher is Ms. Joy-Ann M. Yap, she is a very professional. I observe that Ms. Yap

possess an excellent group control. Also she is very good with the students. Definitely teach high school

students is a challenging task because even thought some of the students came from some head start but

still they need some structure. You have to be telling to the student constantly how to act. This grade needs

a lot of repetition.

The teacher was administrating a diagnostic test she call the student one by one to administrate the

test then she send the students to the different centers. I went to the language center and read a Spanish

book because they didn’t have any in English. I start asking friends for English stories for teenagers and

find some that tomorrow I will use.

I realize I can’t be really soft to them because they can manipulate you if see you go soft with them.

It is important found a balance in how to treat them nice but with respect. Also I have to work hard to learn

their names and matched with their faces. This is very important because if you know their names they

tend to think twice before misbehave. In other hand in this grade is easy to catch their attention and make

them to pay attention using chips.

I’m really excited and can’t wait to see how is going to be my day tomorrow at the SJDMNTS. I

really hope to make some positive impact in these students. My main goal is to not only facilitate learning

in my students and they learn English. I want my student to become good citizens, learn values and to

practice them.

Weekly Reflection # 2

Today I felt less nervous than yesterday. I like the SJDMNTS and their personnel; they

make you feel welcome and always ready to help you in whatever you may need. The students

are happy to see me in the morning when they arrive to the school. They introduce me to the

parents as the English teacher.

Today during the routine Ms. Yap integrate me to her class doing the date in English. I

greed the students in English then proceed to write the date on the board and read it aloud to them

and the students repeat after me. Also during the routine when the teacher was doing the vowels
she ask me to tell the students the vowels in English and they repeat it after me. It felt good being

in the other side but also is a huge responsibility.

Right know my big concern is not to pass the practice and graduate my big concern is to

be a great teacher to my students. I want to be able to facilitate learning that they came eagerly to

learn every day.

Today I went and interview Mrs. Fernandez the secretary about the personnel, the students

to be able of realize my nucleus study. She was very helpful.

Weekly Reflection # 3

Today was a good day; definitely the students at this level are tender. They show love and

are amaze for little things. The challenging part is keep them interested and for you be able of this

you have to be energetic. In the morning one of the parents of the students went to sign the register

notebook that is in the entrance of the room; she tells the teacher that the student didn’t want to

come in and she is in the main gate. I took the initiative and go to the gate to convince her to go

inside the classroom. I ask the student why she didn’t want to go to the classroom this morning

and she told me that her sister dint have class that day and she want to stay with her. I told her to

go inside to play with her friends and I notice the day before she enjoy playing at the computer so

I told her to go so she can play latter at the computer. I feel good when she decide to go inside the

classroom and took my hand.

That day I help the teacher to administer diagnostic test, then I realize I have to practice in

how to write the number two so my students don’t get confuse. I’m learning the names of my

students and matching the faces.

Weekly Reflection #4

In this week I will teach the story “Inferno” to my students, the goal of this lesson is for

them to know how sensory imagery affects every text in explaining series of events. I started the

discussion by them fixing the right sequences of events happened in the story. My application of

the whole lesson is applying their learnings using the senses they have by performing differentiated

tasks.
 Weekly Reflection # 5

Today was the first time I observe a regular class. The teacher is really good with the

students. She start the class with a brainstorming and she make a parenthesis to explain to the

teacher candidates what she was doing and why. She told us that that was a brainstorming and this

was to explore what the students know and always that a teacher start a theme should do that. Then

the teacher proceeds with the class. The students were eager to participate the teacher make

meaningful the new theme school and community. She brings a poster with a school and the

pictures of them inside the school.

I like the experience with the students I know that my experience will be good. The teacher

and all the personnel are always happy to help me. I know I will learn a lot from my cooperative

teacher. I really like my teacher she is really professional and you see she love her profession.

Weekly Reflection # 6

I start to experimenting how tiring is being a teacher. You have to get up early and when

you go home you keep working to wake up early again. But also I experience the joy of watching

the students learning. They continue with the theme school and community. I love one of the

activities the teacher carry on she teach the left and right side. She also presents new vocabulary

to them with a picture. Then she divides some in the right side of the classroom and other to the

left side. Then she divides the board in two sides the students have to put the picture in the right

or left side depending for which side they pick it up. She provide to the students a handout.

Weekly Reflection # 7

Today was the first day after the storm. The Teacher was absent because she was ill. I

stay with the school teacher that only has one student that day. The coordinator of the school tells

me to stay and work in any work pending that I may have. I did that until the lunch when the

grandmother of the student when and pick him up. Today I have the opportunity of observe how

the schools personnel do during irregular days. The teacher provides the student with handouts to

him to practice meantime she was organizing records and files. I help the student to realize this

task.
 Weekly Reflection #8

On this week I’m going to discuss the News Writing and Reporting, the objectives of this

lesson is for the students to come up with a news article and as an application present it in the

class. All of them prepared for their news reporting.

Weekly Reflection #9

Today I still felling nervous I think this feeling will never go away. This group is very

challenging we are running out of ways of how to improve their behavior in class. I feel

frustrated most of the time because the majority of the class challenges the authority. We try all

kinds of alternatives to modify behavior without changes. Actually a negative change has been

happening; the ones that use to behave well are copying the bad behavior. We have our hands

full.

You spent almost all day calling for attention, even the simple activity takes forever

because their behavior e a not paying attention. They are suppose by now have develop some

structure and this haven’t happen yet.

Weekly # 10

Today my students were happy to see me again after being sick. The class when better

and they show me what they have learned in English with Ms. Yap. Today we practice the

school items, they were proud to show me what they have learned during my absent. My big

concern with this group is the discipline. They are showing a behavior not normal for the age

they are. We have try changing the seating position, giving chips to the ones do a good job,

positive reinforcement when they realize an activity or behave in the desire way but nothing

works.

Ms. Yap informs us that they were supposed by now get use to the routine and behave

different. She gathers all the parents in the afternoon when they came to pick up their kids to

inform of the behavior that was happening. She asks for their cooperation with their kids.

Weekly Reflection # 13

Today I felt frustrated because is really hard to control this group. I never thought that

kids at this age where that challenging. The teacher is an excellent teacher she is doing the best
she can with this group. In all the years she is being teaching never she encounter a group like

this. Today one of the students grabs another by the neck. Really we don’t know what else to do.

The teacher was in a meeting today with the social worker, the director, and the psychologist

trying to find a way to stop this bad behavioral.

Weekly Reflection # 14

This week lessons lined up for me are Song of Roland, Bias and Prejudices and

Impromptu Speeches. The student where actively participating. We were naming the school

items. I still confronting problem with my student’s behavior. They keep interrupting, talking to

each other, interrupting the class to ask permission to go and drink water or go to the bathroom.

The student likes the songs that I use during the routine. The student work very good in their

activities.

Weekly Reflection #15

This week lesson is the story “A Day in the Country” and Eulogy Speeches. Every day I

am thinking how to deal with the discipline. I go to bed all nervous thinking what I’m going to

do when my practice supervisor go to observe me delivering the English class, because of the

discipline problem we are having in the class. It is hard to control the group without abandon the

teaching so the others students don’t get affected. Today I try proximity when the other teacher

candidate where delivering her class. Even though I had difficulties and disciplining the

students, other students participates in regular activities.

Weekly Reflection # 16

This week is the start of my preparation for final demonstration as a preparation I

prepared a Prezi presentation to review the material that will be tested during this week. I really

thought that my students will enjoy the class because Prezi is a really interactive program. I was

expecting to be the best class I was excited preparing the presentation and when delivered the

student didn’t where motivated as I expect it.

Weekly Reflection #17

This week is for the finalization of lesson plans and visuals aids for final demo. This

week was good I plan an activity where I will divide the group in four small groups. Each leader
will choose one student then they will seek for a school object that I ask for and bring it forward

before the others do. They love it and enjoy it. Today was a good day for me. I was happy to

see them enjoying and participating in the class.

Weekly Reflection #18

We are already done with my final demo, I chose the story “To build a fire” together with

the springboard Naturalism. It was a success because of the efforts. This week was a rest week

for me, after the tiring days of preparing for my final demo.

Weekly Reflection #19

Back on the track again. In this week lessons are about Speeches. And we need to

accomplish all the speeches before I leave the school.

Weekly Reflection #20

This week is for the finalization and settlements of records to my cooperating teacher and

preparation for my departure. I’m starting to saying goodbyes to my students, co-ST’s, teachers

and school staff. I will surely miss this. I treasure all the learning I’ve learned in this journey.