Nov 5.

Today, I have attended a food and nutrition class to see how students are taught cooking skills. However, I found that they were not cooking anything today. I talked to the teacher and I am going to attend this class again next week the day they will cook soup:)

I found the teacher supper organized and asked her to give me some tips on class management. Here are some of them:

Using folders with different color for each class

Keeping students assignments in different place while the grading is in progress

Planning detailed lessons

Having extra activities in the lesson plan in case there is extra time.

 

Nov 6.

Today, my FA came to Windermere to meet up with my SA and join me in a visual art (painting) class. The class included four different levels of students (grade 9,10,11, and 12). The teacher explained that having mixed class is not unusual in Vancouver. Each grade had and was working on different assignments. I found one of the assignments very interesting. This assignment was about identity and encouraged students to think about themselves, who they were and who they wished or wanted to be.