My School Report

Each of us in our school is assigned to make reports in different subject areas for us to be cleared from school and enjoy the summer. My report is about the Reading Interventions in English. To broaden my knowledge about reading interventions, I do some researches in the Internet. I’m very thankful that with the help of this new technology, things are done easily. Some of the reading interventions I’ve read, one of the most applicable intervention in our school is what we called the PHIL-IRI or the Philippine Reading Inventory under the ECARP. The ECARP (Every Child a Reader Program) provides this kind of interventions, both in oral and silent reading. The Phil-Iri is very useful because this can provide useful information to students about their progress, to parents about achievements and skills that need improvement and to teachers about appropriate instruction. There is much information I acquired that could come to a good and informative report. The data’s were provided by our school guidance counselor and I have to finish this report as soon as possible for consolidation.

An Inpiring Message

At last! The graduation ceremony was very successful. I was so happy that we finally made it. All the hard works and stressful days have come up into a successful event through the united teaching force of our school. All the invited visitors and guests came to witness the achievements of the graduates. It really touches my heart when I saw the faces of the parents watching their children up on stage receiving their academic and non-academic awards as well their diplomas. They can’t hide the joy they felt inside. How proud they were pinning the awards to their children. There was a part in the ceremony when I can’t help my tears from falling down. It was when the guest speaker, a teacher, shared her experiences to the graduates. I just can’t forget what she had said that “poverty is not a hindrance to achieve your goals in life”. As she was delivering her speech, telling the graduates how lucky they were that they have their parents with them, she became emotional. She remembered the sacrifices she had made before. It was a great speech and really can inspire the young ones. Most of the graduates cried because they can relate with what the speaker shared to them. Poverty and lack of parents’ guidance could be a great impact not to finish schooling. The speaker encouraged the graduates to pursue their dreams no matter what obstacles they met and will be meeting in the future. For me, her speech would be great help for the young ones to awaken their minds that life is a journey, in which the years go by. Sometimes the road is level sometimes the hills are high. A shared experience could inspire and teach us lessons in life. Let’s continue inspiring each other.

How I Teach.......

Nowadays, we can observe that teaching is adapting the use of high technology. But for me, traditional teaching is also an effective way. Chalks, blackboards and erasers are my medium for teaching. I uses some attractive instructional materials but most of the time, these three things are present. It’s very enjoyable to teach young ones how to write, read and comprehend. Writing is also important things to be learned by the students. As much as possible, I have to write on the board legibly for them to practice and identify each letters correctly. Funny but its true that, what they see is what they get. What you write is what they copy. Patience is the key for a better teaching. There are individual differences that I had encountered while teaching the students in writing. There are students that are fast learners as well as slow learners. Every stroke of writing a letter should be observed especially in cursive writing. Step by step the student will learn and I have to be patient for them to be encouraged to write words legibly and neatly.
No matter how the technology influenced the ways of teaching through high technology, it would a great help for the young children if we teach them traditionally.

VALUE INFUSION

Looks interesting right? It was an opportunity for me to visit a Day Care Center in our place. I was able to witness one of their activities in early childhood care and development program. This is called a child-parent activity which is known as “tracing the child”. It catches my attention when I saw the faces of the young ones smiling and tickling with their parent. This activity involves personal relationship within a child and a parent. It really touches my heart when I saw them very happy while doing the activity. It shows that there is a bond built between the child and the parent. You can really identify if the parent really cared about her child through their output. The parents really make sure that their child will be happy after seeing the drawings. For me, this is one of the most effective ways of building a good relationship between a child and a parent.

At last, I finally get into it!

This is me, looking so happy proudly saying, I got it. It isn’t easy to have an opportunity of having a job like this. That now I could say, I’m one of the luckiest people in the world. I remembered when our guest speaker in our graduation said, welcome to an unemployed world. It really bothers me a lot, know why? It’s because I thought that having a college degree is enough. But facing the truth, it isn’t really enough! Another trials and obstacles are coming into our ways. We cannot predict what will happen to us in the future. Are we going to succeed or not, but wherever path we will take, stay focused and determined. Just like I said, I’m lucky because I was able to pass the licensee examination for teachers for just one take and able to get the appointment for being a regular teacher in one of the schools in our place. Am I really lucky right? I’m very blessed for I had easily got a job. I enjoy what I am doing right now, teaching children with the knowledge I acquired before and the knowledge that I will be learning in the future.