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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
Acknowledgement
Certificate of Completion
VI. Appendix
My 360 hours in the institution helped me become a person who values diversity
in the classroom, boundaries, and conflict because it allows both the students and
me, as their practice teacher, to grow and learn from it. For me, those 360 hours
were an unforgettable experience. Together with my students, I also developed
positive relationships with my cooperating teacher, other teachers, school
administrators, and fellow interns.
As I reflect on my experience, I can say that everything was worthwhile
because it allowed me to fully immerse myself and develop my skills in order to
become a successful teacher in the future. In order to pass the licensure
examination and become a professional teacher, this would be a great place to start.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my wholeheartedly thanks to the Almighty who have given
me the wisdom, courage, and heart to pursue what I have been dreaming since
young. I also want to express my immense gratitude to the following people for their
unwavering and undying support, encouragement, and precious time for the
accomplishment of my teaching internship.
To Engr. John Paul S. Tamayo, South East Asian Institute of Technology Inc.
president and the entire Tamayo Family, for their vision and mission of attaining
quality and relevant education. I also would like to deeply thank the Tamayo family
for giving me and the thousands of SEAIT students an opportunity of free education.
To Dr. Fidel N. Braga, Dean – College of Teacher Education, as well as the
entire CTE department teachers and staff, for allowing us to experience and
participate in this unforgettable practice teaching journey.
To Sir Benigno M. Toribio, Tupi National High School Principal II, for allowing us
to have our practice teaching internship at TNHS which helped us widen our horizon
in teaching field.
To Ma’am Jenilyn Solinap., 7 STE - A Adviser and my cooperating teacher, for
his patience, trust, and untiring support throughout my practice teaching journey. His
tips and ideas will always be part of my foundation in pursuing this career.
To my Family, especially to my father, siblings, and grandmother, for their
unconditional love and support both emotionally and financially. To always have my
back to push me whenever I feel like giving up.
PRACTICE
TEACHER’S
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Francis M. Elchico
Purok 3-A, Barangay Palian, Tupi, South Cotabato
Email address: [email protected]
Cellphone No: 09216041843
OBJECTIVE
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
III. Procedures
A. Preliminaries
a. Prayer
b. Greeting
c. Checking of Attendance
d. Motivation
The teacher will present a word puzzle along with its definition.
Then, the students are to complete the word puzzle that represents
the definition given.
C. Abstraction
The teacher will ask the students to read the lesson objectives and
will introduce the lesson to the class.
Assertion is one of the best ways for the author to express
his/her feelings, beliefs, and ideas in a direct way. Assertion
is to let the readers feel that they should agree to what they
read or hear. It is very common is various fields of life like
literature, politics, and advertisements.
Reaction is made when as the readers, response to what is
asserted in a text. Reaction is an action taken in response to
something. Reacting to assertion is an essential skill in
language learning. Making reactions will allow readers to
express their thoughts and feelings about the text or situation
resented. One can decide to agree or disagree on the given
text.
Some words in giving reactions
Group Activity
The teacher will divide the class into 5 groups via count off.
Each group will be assigned to one assertion. Each group will perform
a role play using the assertion given and should give at least 1 positive
and 1 negative reaction to the assertion.
IV. Evaluation
A. Identify the term defined in each item. Choose your answer from the
words inside the box and write it on the space before each number.
Assertion Reaction
___1. It used to let the readers feel that they should agree to what
they read or hear.
___2. It is an action taken in response to something. Reacting to
assertion is an essential skill to language learning.
___3. I wish I could have expressed this idea earlier, because now
someone else has taken the credit.”
___4. When I don’t get enough sleep, I feel irritated. Therefore, I try to
go to bed earlier.
___5. “Please stop talking! You interrupt me.”
___6. “I feel sorry for my countrymen who have been affected by the
series of lockdown. They must be in hardship to survive every day.”
___7. “When you shout, the effect is I am unable to work with you and I
feel angry. Therefore, I would like for you to stop shouting and tell me
what you want.”
C. Identify the reaction given in each item. Write Yes if positive and No I
negative.
___8. Absolutely! So that social distancing is observed.
___9. Rarely, sharks like to play with humans.
___10. Certainly, it is not advisable to swim when your stomach is full.
V. Assignment
Directions: React to what is asserted by completing the statements. Write
your answer on a ½ sheet of paper.
Assertion: It is advised that we must stay home and keep ourselves
healthy.
Your Reaction: Exactly, we must
______________________________________________or not
necessarily since __________________________________________.
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FRANCIS M. ELCHICO
Practice Teacher
Approved by:
GENALYN C. SOLINAP, LPT.
Cooperating Teacher
III. Procedure
A. Preliminaries
e. Prayer
f. Greetings
g. Checking of Attendance
h. Review
B. Lesson proper
A. Activity
The teacher will present two paragraphs to the class and will ask the
students to read paragraphs A and B silently. The students are to compare
which paragraph is more clear, formal, concise, focused, structured, and
backed up by evidence.
A B
B. Analysis
After the students have read and understand the given paragraphs,
the teacher will ask the following questions:
1. Which paragraph is clear, formal, concise, focused, structured, and
backed up by evidence?
2. Do you have any hint of what could be our lesson today?
C. Abstraction
The teacher will read the objectives. After which, the teacher will
present the definition of academic writing and its features.
Academic Writing
It is any type of structured written work generated in an
academic environment, typically in a form of a paragraph. This can
be seen as persuasive and insightful essays and academic articles.
It is brief, concentrated, well-structured, and evidence based. Its
aim is to help the readers comprehension.
Example:
Poor example Improved
Avoiding the use of personal pronouns such as you, I, and we
We need to conduct the The researchers need to
experiment. conduct the experiment.
You can easily forget how life It is easy to forget how life
differs 50 years ago. differs 50 years ago.
Avoiding rhetorical questions
How can these problems be Certain measures must be
solved? discovered to solve problems.
Avoiding “emotive language” that shows biases
The investigators were very The investigators did not
shocked to see the test. expect the result.
The italicized words/phrase in the first column were changed and
improved in the column second statement.
Example:
Sentences NOT OBSERVING Sentences OBSERVING
caution caution
The commitment to some of the It may be said that the
social and economic concepts was commitment to some of the
less strong that it is now. social and economic concepts
was less strong than it is now.
As seen in the second column, the italicized used as to distinguish
between facts and claims. This means that the statement will be
less generalize and this provide strengths to the claims you are
making.
D. Application
The teacher will ask the students to compose a three (3)
paragraph informative essay about COVID 19 following the various
features of academic writing. Use the criteria as a guide.
Criteria: Organization of ideas: 5 points
Writing conventions: 5 points
Neatness: 5 points.
IV. Evaluation
V. Assignment
The teacher will assign the students to look for an example of an
interview, dialogue, and a conversation. The students will write their
assignment in their English notebooks.
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Practice Teacher
Checked by:
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
III. Procedure
A. Preliminaries
i. Prayer
j. Greetings
k. Checking of Attendance
l. Review
B. Lesson Proper
A. Activity
The teacher will show a short video to the class. The students will
listen carefully and jot down the process of the interview from the short
video.
B. Analysis
After watching the short video, the teacher will ask the following
questions:
1.What have you observed in the video?
2. Does the interviewer has a pattern in asking questions?
3. What do you think is the connection of our lesson to the video you
have watched?
C. Abstraction
The teacher will introduce the topic to the class by defining interpersonal
communication and interview.
Interpersonal communication – it is a verbal and non-verbal
communication of facts, ideas, and feelings between two or more people.
Speech, facial expressions, body language, and gestures are often used in face-
to—face communication. The efficiency in which one transfers messages to
others is used to measure one’s interpersonal communication skills.
D. Application
The teacher will ask the students to find a partner. Each pair will
conduct an interview following the guidelines in conducting an interview
with his/her partner interchangeably using the guide questions given.
The students will write their answers in a ½ sheet of paper and will
present their interview questions and answer to the class.
1. What is/are your hobby/hobbies?
2. What is your favorite subject?
3. What is your comfort food?
4. What do you usually do first thing in the morning?
5. If you can wish one thing from the genie, what would it be?
Why?
IV. Evaluation
A. The teacher will present five (5) statements to the class. The
students will tell whether the statements state fact about the Guidelines
in Conducting Interview. Write TRUE if the statement is true and
FALSE if not on the space provided.
___1. It is necessary to plan and prepare in conducting and interview.
___2. You must provide the purpose of the interview.
___3. Asking question one at a time is not ideal.
___4. Do lose control of the interview.
___5. You must encourage responses in conducting an interview.
B. Examine the scenario in each item. Write YES, if it is an
example of an interview and write NO if not.
___6. A teacher talking to a student about the exams.
___7. A lawyer interrogating a witness.
___8. An applicant answering the panel’s question in an employment
screening.
___9. A foreign asking the local for directions.
___10. The hosts of Magandang Buhay Show gathering data from the
responses of the
guests.
V. Assignment
The teacher will ask the students to look for example/s of a
dialog and a conversation, and then differentiate dialog from a
conversation. Write your assignment in a ½ sheet paper.
III. Procedure
A. Preliminaries
a. Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Checking of Attendance
d. Review
B. Lesson Proper
A. Activity
The teacher will divide the class into groups with five to seven
members each. Each group will be assigned a situation where they will
have to create their own script and engage in a dialogue. The situations
are:
Group 1: A student asking his/her classmate about the quiz
tomorrow.
Group 2: A group of friends buying a snack at the canteen.
Group 3: A group of friends ordering coffee at Starbucks.
Group 4: A teacher and his/her students talking about their project.
Group 5: A passenger asking another passenger in a bus about the
destination of the
vehicle.
Group 6: A family in a family reunion.
Group 7: A person asking about the best tourist spot in the
Philippines.
B. Analysis
The teacher will ask the students the following questions:
1. What have you observed in our activity?
2. Is it easy to engage in a dialogue/conversation?
3. What do you do to have an enjoyable dialogue/conversation?
4. Based on our activity, what do you think is our topic today?
C. Abstraction
The teacher will introduce the definition of a dialogue and conversation
and the guidelines in engaging in an effective dialogue and conversation.
Dialogue – is the most personal and intimate form of dyadic
communication. In some ways, it’s similar to a chat, except it’s more
intimate and concentrated. It may be written or spoken conversation
between two or more people.
Guidelines in Engaging an Effective Dialogue
Example:
A. Listed below are scenarios or instances where DIALOGUE is
acceptable.
- A student and his/her parent talking about school matter.
- Chatting on the phone with a classmate talking about a project
- Spouses talking about family finances
- Comforting a friend who has just lost his mother
This situation is an
Just go to your school’s FB example of a DIALOG
page and you will see it. since the talk of two
classmates about
enrollment process is
I see. I think I will do it online. more intimate and
Thank you. purposive.
Example:
A. Listed below are scenarios or instances where CONVERSATION is
applicable.
-friends discussing different topics.
-tourists conversing in bus stations and waiting sheds
-children on the playground
-siblings reminiscing
-families shopping in malls
D. Application
The teacher will ask the students to find a partner and the
teacher will assign half of the class to engage in dialogue while the
other half in conversation. Each pair will engage in a
dialog/conversation about how high the temperature during noontime
and what do they usually do to alleviate the heat. The students will
write the script of their dialog and conversation in a ½ sheet paper.
IV. Evaluation
A. Tell whether the statements state fact about the Guidelines in
Engaging an Effective Dialog and Conversation. Write TRUE if the
statement is true or FALSE if not on the space provided.
___1. Share your perspectives and ideas.
___2. Listening may not be observed.
___3. Understand differences from your point of view and to the person
you are talking with.
___4. Show interest.
___5. You must learn to respect other’s perspectives and ideas.
___6. When someone is speaking interrupt them.
___7. Don’t be the one to do all the talking.
___8. Exaggeration is not advised.
___9. Listen attentively.
___10. Make sure you don’t quote anyone incorrectly.
B. Supply the missing responses to employ an effective interpersonal
communication in a DIALOG. Consider the words in the parentheses
as your guide.
Situation: A talk show staff is looking for possible guest for their next
show…
Staff 1: Hey, Joe! Can you help me look for someone who can share
about summer
destinations?
Staff 2: __Of course_. (agree)
Staff 1: Great! Do you know anybody?
Staff 2: ___, (agree). I will give you the details tomorrow.
Staff 1: Please accompany me there, Joey.
Staff 2: _________________________. (refuse)
Staff 1: I see. Thanks anyway.
V. Assignment
The teacher will ask the students to look for five (5) situations where
conversation is applicable. The students will write their answer in a ¼
sheet paper
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Practice Teacher
Lesson Plan for Grade 7 STE A and BEP A
May 22, 2023
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. define the truthfulness and accuracy in determining the validity of
material;
b. examine the truthfulness and accuracy of material viewed; and,
c. express an opinion about a material viewed based on its truthfulness
and accuracy.
III. Procedure
A. Preliminaries
a. Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Checking of Attendance
d. Motivation
The teacher will show a picture to the class. The students will
enumerate the common traits of the mother and daughter and ask
them to share the traits they inherited from their parents.
B. Lesson Proper
A. Activity
The teacher will group the class into three (3) groups. Each group will be
assigned to watch a video and will report the information gathered through
a graphic organizer.
B. Analysis
After watching the video, the teacher will ask the following questions:
What is the material about?
What is the genre of the material viewed?
What information did you get from the material?
Is the information essential? Why?
Is the information truthful? What made you say so?
C. Abstraction
The teacher will introduce the topic and read the objectives to the class.
What is Truth?
Truth is the quality of being honest and not containing or telling any lie.
The word “truth” is often used to mean “in accordance with act or reality”.
Truth is factual-based rather than opinion-oriented. If you lie about
something, then what you are saying is False.
Example of Truthful Material Viewed
A news flash
A weather report
An internet-based program
Movie trailer
Documentary
IV. Assignment
The teacher will ask the students to look for the definition of internal and
external conflict along with their examples.
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FRANCIS M. ELCHICO
Practice Teacher
Lesson Plan for Grade 7 STE A and BEP A
May 22, 2023
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
d. define external and internal conflicts in literature;
e. identify the types of external conflicts in literary selection; and,
f. give the types of conflict present in a given situation.
III. Procedure
A. Preliminaries
a. Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Checking of Attendance
d. Motivation
Find the secret word: CONFLICT
The teacher will show an illustration to the class. After which, the
students will observe the given illustration. The teacher will call
random students to name each animal and find the secret word by
combining the initials of the different animal’s name.
B. Lesson Proper
A. Activity
The teacher will show two pictures to the class. The students will analyze
and identify the conflicts or problems in each picture.
A B
B. Analysis
After the students have observed the two pictures, the teacher will ask the
following questions:
1. What have you noticed in the two pictures presented?
2. What is the problem of the girl reflected in picture A? Is it a
psychological problem? Why?
3. What is the problem in the picture B?
4. Are you experiencing this kind of conflict/problem in your daily life?
5. What do you think is the connection of our activity to our lesson today?
C. Abstraction
The teacher will ask the students to read the objectives and will introduce
the lesson by showing the definition of conflict, external conflict, and
internal conflict.
Conflict – the central struggle between opposing individuals and
forces. It is a problem or disagreement that the characters are dealing
with. In a literary selection is essential in keeping the interest of the
readers. It creates tension and suspense the plot, making it more
interesting. It is a fire that drives the story. Without conflict, there would
be no interesting points in the story for the readers to follow.
There are two types of conflict – external and internal.
Examples:
External Conflict Internal Conflict
1. Demonstrations against the 1. An individual’s decisions
police. challenged by his conscience.
2. A person struggling against the 2. Having a hard time to choose
heavy rain. between what is right and what is
wrong
3. Juan gets in a lot of fights. Most 3. Juan gets in a lot of fights. Most
of the time he starts them, and he of the time he starts them, and he
knows it’s his fault, but he cannot knows it’s his fault, but he cannot
control himself when he is angry. control himself when he is angry.
4. Karen is walking to the bathroom 4. Karen is walking to the bathroom
in the middle of the night. All the in the middle of the night. All the
lights are off, and it is completely lights are off, and it is completely
dark. She is almost too afraid to dark. She is almost too afraid to
continue walking. Suddenly, continue walking.
lightning strikes her house, and she
smells fire.
Man vs man, man vs. nature, man vs society, man vs technology, and
man vs supernatural are the five primary form of external conflict.
Man vs Man - occurs when two characters ague or disagree with each
other.
Example:
Man vs man is presented in the short story by Rony Diaz “The
Centipede”. The story is about between the two siblings, Eddie
and Delia, who grew up hating each other. Delia beat Eddie’s
pet dog Biryuk. As his revenge, he threw a centipede to his
sister’s lap which scared her so much.
Man vs society- refers to the conflict between the main character and
the main society where he/she lives.
Examples:
The criminals resisting law enforcement officers.
The thief fleeing from the cops.
The main characters in the story Romeo and Juliet were
forbidden to marry because they came from two rival families.
Their families are enraged by the possibility of their marriage.
Man vs Technology – a literary term that describes the struggle
between a fictional character and some kind of man-made invention.
Example:
A great example of man vs technology conflict is Philip K. Dick’s Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Here’s a quote from it:
‘Do you have an information that there’s an android in the cast?
I’d be glad to help you, and if I were an android would I be glad
to help you?’ ‘An Android,’ he said, ‘doesn’t care what happens
to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for.’
‘Then,’ Miss Luft said, ‘you must be an android.’
D. Application
The teacher will display six boxes in front of the class with types of conflict
written on it. Each student will be given a strip of paper with a situation
written on it. The students will be called one by one to come in front to
read the situation in the paper strip and drop it inside the box where
he/she thinks it belong.
IV. Evaluation
A. TRUE or FALSE. Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and
write FALSE if otherwise. Write your answers on the space before each
number in a ½ sheet of paper.
__1. Conflict is known as the struggle or the problem that the characters in
a story encounter.
__2. Internal Conflict happens between a character and an outside force.
__3. External conflict occurs within the character’s self.
__4. Man vs society happens when a character has a struggle between
laws or beliefs of the people in the place which they live in.
__5. Fighting against a harmful animal is one example of man vs himself.
B. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the types of conflict present in the given
situation.
1. On a desert island, a character was stranded for a week.
2. The protagonist is determined to defeat the antagonist.
3. Kristine was once teased for being heavy, but then she lost a lot of
weight. Now Kristine is very skinny, but she still sees herself as an
overweight girl.
4. The company here Miss Jane works had a new policy where only male
employees can get a promotion. She disagrees with the new policy and
tries to seek equality.
5. In the Ghostbusters movie, a group of three scientists/parapsychologists
hire out their services as experts in catching and disposing of supernatural
creatures, such as ghosts and poltergeists.
V. Assignment
The teacher will ask the students to search for possible ways to resolve
a conflict and give an example of an act in resolving conflict in a non-
violent way and write it on a ½ sheet of paper.
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PROFESSIONAL
READING
Title: Ways to Increase a Student’s Attention Span
Author: David Reeves
Include Physical Activity-give the learners a break for active play like
bouncing a ball, quick stretching or jumping jacks before giving them
another task.
Adjust time Frames- break content into smaller time intervals, avoid
discussing the whole content simultaneously. For instance, 15 minutes
discussion, 5 minutes break then proceed to another 15 minutes
of discussion and break for a little and so on.
Play Memory Games- memory games help one to hone that focus for
kids in a fun way, examples of memory games are red-light-green-light,
I-spy or Simon Says, this game forces a child to concentrate
and increase attention.
Rate (and change) Task- sometimes learners do not pay
attention because the task is too hard, by that allow students to rate the
task from 1-10 and when they give 8 out of 10, ask them what they
wanted to change to make the task bearable.
Remove Visual Distractions- the environment of the classroom should
not be overwhelmed with visuals. If there are visuals that distracts the
learners focus and attention, try decluttering them.
I might say that one of the challenges that teachers frequently encountered is
the problem with students’ engagement and interaction and today it worsens
the fact that our mode of teaching has shifted from face-to-face into online
learning. From the article written by Hubert Ham, he suggested the use of
games as a new tool and techniques to engage learners and at the same time
assess them. In his work, he elaborated the difference of the two terms,
gamification, and game-based learning.
Gamification- it is where some elements of the games are added into a non-
game activity. Example for this is alternating the instruction of the non-game
activities into the mechanics of the chosen game.
Advantages of Gamification can engage both intrinsic (pleasure and fulfilment)
and extrinsic (recognition and rewards) motivation.
Teacher can take control of the activity because he/she is the one who created
it.
In the part of the teacher, it can also engage their creativity in new ways and
allow them to explore more exciting approaches for learning.
Game-based Learning- it uses games such as existing boards, social or video
games to teach the content in an engaging way.
You leverage the content of a game to accomplish your desired learning
outcomes. Advantages of Game-based Learning Can access a various ed-tech
tools that will fit the content of the lesson. Costs are relatively low, plenty of
video games in YouTube are easily accessible. There are plenty of specialized
games to choose from, such as video, card game or board game etc.
Reference: Ham, H. (2021, March 31). 2 Ways to Bring Games into Your
Classroom. https://www.edutopia.org/article/two-ways-bring-games-your-
classroom
WEEKLY
JOURNALS
Week 1: March 21-23
On the second day, we have our cooperating teacher check the lesson
plan we have prepared for that day. There are some corrections ad revisions
needed but I am glad that the second day went well. On the third and last day
of class or the week, we prepared lesson plan, have it check by our CT, and
teach as usual.
The first week was an adjustment phase. I wasn’t able to have a good
night sleep because I keep on worrying how to teach properly and how to
improve myself. I am a little intimidated by the students specially in 7 STE A
since I knew that the cream off the crop of the whole grade 7 students is in that
section. Nonetheless, the first week went well.
Week 2: March 27-31
The second week was a bit different than what happen in the first week.
On first week, focus on preparing our lesson, teaching and guiding grade 7
students. On one hand, the second week was different because we were
assigned temporarily to different CT’s and handle different grades and
subjects.
I was assigned to handle STEM and HUMMS classes for the whole week.
At first, I am worried that the classes were hard to handle since they are
different in terms of age, grade and behavior compared to the grade 7 students
I am usually handling. However, when I entered their rooms, it was different. I
did not feel out of place at all. The students welcomed me and converse with
me from time to time. Although there are still differences compared to grade 7
when it comes to their more matured behavior and height.
The good thing is that I don’t have to teach and prepare a lesson plan for
them since their teacher already gave them an activity to finish by the end of
the week. I only must make sure that the students are not going out place. I
was also assigned to supervised them while they are competing the activities
assigned to them the entire time I am inside their classroom.
For the entire week of interacting with the students of STEM 11 and
HUMMS 11, we were able to form a bond where whenever we bum each other
on the hallway we greeted each other. Over all, the week was fulfilling and
enjoyable
.
We only have two school days for this week since the Holy Week is
approaching. I have to make sure to teach all the things I needed to teach and
make sure that the students understood the topic fully. This is also where I
was able to enhance my time management skills and be more resourceful.
I can say that this week was fruitful and enjoyable. I learned to manage my
time, use all the resources available, and interact with the students as well.
Week 4: April 11 – 14
We only have four school days this week. I started the week reviewing the
last weeks lesson with the students as their third quarter exam would be next
week. I was told by my CT to review all the past lessons for third quarter.
To make the review lesson with the students easier, I made a PowerPoint
presentation of all the past lessons to make it convenient during the
discussion as I only have to click for the next slide to appear with the lesson to
discuss. Since I started being a practice teacher in the middle of the third
quarter, I had to study their previous lessons to have an effective review
discussion with the students. Good was that my CT gave me a printed copy of
their previous lessons.
After the reviewing the past lessons with the students, we had a
summative test for me to gauge their understanding and knowledge of the
lessons which would be included in their third quarter exam. I notice that
students from higher section did a good job with their results, on one hand,
the lower sections needed more attention and careful reviewing to make sure
they would be able to remember the past lessons and give a good result
during third quarter examination.
This week might be tiring yet fulfilling at the same time as I am seeing
students improving and giving me good results so far.
Week 5: April 18-20
This week the atmosphere inside the classrooms is a bit chaotic as it was
the exam week and passing of projects for the third quarter. As usual, on the
18th off April, I had the students review their previews lesson as the start of
their exam would April 19 and I have to make sure that the students are in
good condition both mentally and physically.
On the first day of the week, we checked the student’s examination paper
and recorded their results. A new experience was also introduced to me by my
cooperating teacher. It was to get the ratio of the students who got the wrong
answer in each item of the exam to determine if the teacher have to re-exam
the students.
Experiencing new things for me is like opening a new world’s door. I get
to learn new things and earn new knowledge. It is the same with what I have
just experience on the first paragraph. It’s like sailing in dee ocean and seeing
new marine species for the first time. It’s overwhelming but one you get use it;
it’s going to be like a normal day in the park.
After two days of checking and recording the student’s exams, I was
tasked to continue teaching for the fourth quarter for a day since my
cooperating teacher will be practicing the students for their speech choir
competition on Friday. At first, I only focus on teaching, but on the later art of
the week I was assigned to teach and practice the students for the speech
choir competition.
Practicing with them was really fun, we get to know each other more, we
laugh whenever we commit mistakes with our formation. Though I am not an
artistic person, I was able to still create steps and formations for the students.
It’ a whole new experience again.
I remember our late dean Sir Lorenzo keep on saying that teachers are
resourceful. I experienced and can attest to that as I have proven that being a
teacher, you are not just teaching lesson, you are touching lives and imparting
knowledge in different ways using different medium.
Although we did not win, the closeness of our relationship built during
practice will forever be part of my life.
Week 7: May 02 – 05
For the week, my routine is almost the same. Entering the school,
preparing my lesson for the day, teach and check the student’s quizzes or
activities. I was also able to form a good relationship with my cooperating
teacher as we discussed the next lesson and where to get more references.
She also taught me how to make it easier and less time consuming whenever
you are teaching using manila paper or cartolina by using double sided tape.
Aside from that, my cooperating teacher also taught me how to use notes
in my PowerPoint presentation to make sure that I will not forget any ideas I
want to ass to my explanation. It was an eye opener for me. This week has
been productive as I have learned a lot from my cooperating teacher.
I would use those tips and ideas to make my teaching career easier yet
productive.
Week 8: May 02-12
After my first period with the STE A, I will then process to my next class
which is the grade 7 BEP D. This is the challenging part as most of the
students are having trouble reading and comprehending a single syllable
word, what more if it is a sentence. This is where most of my strength was
spent as I must teach them individually with their reading, writing, and
comprehension. Although it was hard, but it also gave me a feeling of
fulfillment whenever a student improved.
My next period would start after one hour of rest after BEP D. It gives me
time to breath and reflect on how I should improve the students learning and
knowledge. It’s challenging but I like challenges as it lit the fire within me to
strive and conquer those challenges.
My third period for the day would BEP B. They are easier to teach than
BEP D as the students are mixed. Some are having trouble reading while most
are already good and bright students. Nonetheless, whatever section I am
teaching, I always felt that responsibility in my shoulder to hep and change the
lives of my students.
Week 9: May 15 – 19
This week was a bit different as the students only have to spend three
days at school and two days having Alternative Delivery Modality (ADM)
starting this week. As usual I teach from Monday to Tuesday, the only
difference is that I make sure to utilize each time spent with them so I could
explain the lesson more and for the students to fully understand it.
Before the end of Thursday, I make sure to give the students the activities
and topics they have to read and answer during ADM (Thursday and Friday).
My cooperating teacher even added me to the group chat of 7 STE A so I could
just sent the activities that students have to do during ADM. For BEP D, I
usually just let them copy a story or poem in their notebooks and give some
questions for them to answer during Thursday and Friday. The BEP B created
a group chat where I could also send their activities and for them to ask
questions if there are some things they don’t understand.
What we did is send the topic to the student on Thursday and Friday and
have them coy it in their notebooks and have to be checked the next Monday.
This way we can just proceed with the discussion since the students have a
copy of the topic in their notebooks. It also helped us managed our time better.
I also inform my cooperating teacher that I only have one week left as a
practice teacher. This way, my cooperating teacher can give me an instruction
on what to finish and what to submit to make sure that the transition of work is
as smooth as butter.
This week would be my last week being practice teacher at Tupi National
High School. I am rearing for my final demonstration as well as for out retrieval
program. My co – practice teachers are discussion and planning about the
retrieval program, and we also discussed about the foods and certificates for
our beloved cooperating teachers.
CONTENT
KNOWLEDGE
AND PEDAGOGY
DOMAIN ONE: CONTENT
KNOWLEDGE AND PEDAGOGY
DOMAIN REFLECTION
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
PPST DOMAIN
TWO:
THE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
DOMAIN TWO: THE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
Grade 7 - Classrooms
The Library
DOMAIN TWO: THE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
DOMAIN REFLECTION
The school has been the second home for the students. It is where they
develop their potentials, behavior, and how they interact with others. As a
teacher, it is our responsibility to ensure that the school is physically and
psychologically conducive to learners. As I immersed myself in the teaching
world, I realized how essential the condition of the learning environment is to
the student’s welfare.
It always amazes me how the school I was deployed to give all the best
conditions for the learners both physically and psychologically. The
classrooms, the facilities, and the environment makes it conducive to the
learners to learn. Rooms which are well lit, well-ventilated classrooms.
The school may not as big as other schools out there, but the quality and
importance they gave to the student’s well-being and learning was tantamount
to some of the prestigious schools out there. Facilities such as the library,
dance room, clinics, speech lab, and many more catered everything that the
students needed to discover and unleash their potentials.
The canteens can be seen everywhere, and it showed how the school
gives importance to the student’s diet. Almost all the classrooms have its own
television to make the teaching and learning more interactive and engaging to
the students. The building was study with fire extinguishers in every corner.
Over all, the school, the teachers, and non-teaching school personnel at Tupi
National High School deserve all the praises and salary raise.
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
PPST DOMAIN
THREE:
DIVERSITY
OF
LEARNERS
DOMAIN THREE: DIVERSITY OF
LEARNERS
DOMAIN REFLECTION
Each person was born unique. With the schools adapting to the
heterogeneous sectioning where students are grouped regardless of gender,
age, and background, some might find it difficult to blend in. Learners are
diverse in their own ways, some are advance learners, some are slow learners,
and some might have deficiencies or special needs, nonetheless they are all
learners and have been accepted and included.
Teaching in Tupi National High School and handling grade 7 learners, I
encountered learners of different genders, intelligence, backgrounds, and
capabilities. It was a challenge for me in choosing what approach and style of
teaching I should use to cater the learner’s needs. I handled three grade 7
sections. My first period in the morning was Grade 7 – STE A where learners
learning capability is high and can follow with the lesson and discussion with
just a single instruction. It was where I can fully unleash my teaching skills
and showcase different teaching approaches, however the next period was
challenging as the learners are a bit uncontrollable when it comes to their
behavior and some of them can be categorized as slow learners where you
have be extra in giving instructions and explaining the lesson. My third period
was easier to handle than the second period as the learners are active through
with varied learning capability.
As a pre-service teacher, I learned how essential inclusivity is to the
learners. It’s also best to use scaffolding approach when handling students
with varied learning capabilities. By using scaffolding approach during activity
session, we can group slow learners with advance learners or students who
are more knowledgeable whom can guide and understand them.
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
PPST DOMAIN
FOUR:
CURRICULUM
AND
PLANNING
DOMAIN FOUR: CURRICULUM
AND PLANNING
The pandemic which lasted for two years, has a significant impact on our
daily lives, particularly on the student’s academic and behavioral
development. This affected a lot of aspects on their learning development
which resulted in some serious problem with their performance academically.
In my practice teaching journey, I encountered some students who are
still having trouble reading and writing specially in English. Which was why
the DepEd and the school has developed a curriculum to help solve this issue.
The remedial classes program is one of those, instead having their vacant
time, the teachers have to still enter the class and conduct a remedial class.
During remedial session, the teacher will teach either numeracy, reading, or
writing to the class.
Planning the curriculum is a challenging task as the teacher and school
personnel have to collaborate and consider different angles to make sure that
of would cover or target the problem holistically as learners have different
levels off learning capabilities.
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
PPST DOMAIN
FIVE:
ASSESSMENT
AND
REPORTING
DOMAIN FIVE: ASSESSMENT AND
REPORTING
DOMAIN REFLECTION
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
PPST DOMAIN
SIX:
COMMUNITY
AND
LINKAGES
DOMAIN SIX: COMMUNITY AND
LINKAGES
DOMAIN REFLECTION
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
PPST DOMAIN
SEVEN:
PERSONAL
GROWTH AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOMENT
DOMAIN SEVEN: PERSONAL
GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOMENT
DOMAIN REFLECTION
For my personal growth and professional development, let me share that
despite being a digital native, there are a lot of things I need to learn and
relearn. The influx of advancements and updates on applications and
programs might be on a different scale of what I have learned back then. Also,
the way we are going to utilize and employ ICT will be very different now.
Before, I was using the computer’s interface as a student, but now, I am going
to use it as a teacher. They are different in a sense that in the shoes of a
teacher, I will make use of online applications and webpages to show and
facilitate the teaching and learning process. The quote, you cannot teach what
you do not know, somehow apply to this. I cannot employ and use online
applications which I am not familiar with, it might happen that I am using an
application in the teaching and learning process that both I and the students
are not aware of. It would then be a waste of time and effort. Hence, as I go
near to the teaching profession and professionally develop myself, I would
dedicate some of my time studying and updating my pool of applications and
resources. I would engage in curating resources and applications that would
someday help me in the teaching and learning process that I would engage in.
As I am still in the process of becoming professional, I try to meet what is
expected of me, it includes written standards, expectations, and even personal
or professional qualities or competencies. As I am doing right now, I try to
develop most of these because I do believe that one day, these traits and
qualities would help me better my provision and facilitation of the teaching
and learning cycle. Hence, I can say, upon doing some reflection and
realization, I have acquired some traits and have met a few competencies
already. But, in a scale, I am yet to achieve the very top of the scale in terms of
manifesting its attribution both internally and externally. So, I dedicate to
continue learning both as a person- for personal growth and as a teacher- for
professional development.
GENALYN C. SOLINAP
Cooperating Teacher
MY TEACHING
PHILOSOPHY
AS BEGINNING
TEACHER
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY AS
BEGINNING TEACHER
Roy T. Bennett reminds us that we are all different and we conquer our own
style and we shine on our own time, he quoted “You Were born to stand out,
stop trying to fit in”. In education, this implies the multitude diversity
among the students. The idea that no shoe fits all; is something that a teacher
should always remember and apply in his or her journey in teaching.
1. Philosophy of teaching
2. Dignity of teaching as a profession
3. Professional links with colleagues
4. Professional reflection and learning to improve practice
5. Professional development goals
PICTORIALS
WITH OUR KIND AND
BEAUTIFUL
COOPERATING
TEACHER, MA’AM
GENALYN SOLINAP
and her gift with an
inspirational message.