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Hi! We are Caryn, Bee Guat, Priyatharisini,Farah and Loqman. We are a group of future teachers hoping to gain more experience on how to teach Mathematics creatively and effectively. Please feel free to view our blog and we hope to hear from you. Your ideas, comments, criticism, suggestions or advice are highly welcomed! Thank you!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

"Its Show Time!!" -Maths Simulated Teaching-

Hooray! This week was 'Maths Show Time'...Frankly admitting all of us (acting as pupils) had a GREAT time participating in the simulated teaching conducted by our friends. Thumbs up to all the 3 groups that have presented!

As for the first group, they taught about '2D Shapes'-square,triangle,circle, rectangle.Their activities were simply engaging and enthralling especially their shape song-This song indeed trigger a sense of exicetement and fun as
well as to remember the names of the 2Dshapes easily.In fact, their creative idea of using plasticines to get the pupils to mould the shapes that they have learnt was indeed effective and practical in which pupils are offered an hands on learning practice to apply what they have learnt regarding 2D shapes through an appealing approach.
Next, the second group presented on the Math's topic of 'Time'.Their teaching of time to the kids were conducted in a simple yet effective manner.In fact it was also taught in a fun and amusing manner that indeed grab our attention.Their last activity on the "Time Game" was simply impressive and enthralling as it involved the pupils to work in groups to read the time and participate in guiding their leader to click on the correct time, thus earning bonus points.We truly had a great time and enjoyed supporting and cheering for our friends.The learning atmosphere was indeed very exciting and cool.Bet the kids will love it too!

Lastly, the third group's teaching topic was about 'Money'.This topic was presented in a very inspiring,practical and relevant manner related to the pupils' daily life situation,The real life examples that they gave was indeed applicable and functional as there was a smooth transition linking the pupils to their daily life occurrences and indirectly tapping on their previous experiences related to money.The activities that were conducted were appealing and enjoyable especially the "Treasure Hunt " game.The game was interesting and engaging as it created a sense of mystery as we hunt for the clues looking for the 'treasure' and working in our groups cooperatively.
Overall, all three simulated teaching were well conducted by each groups and unique in their own ways as well as effective and pertinent to their intended maths topics to be taught.Congrats to all 3 groups.We indeed learnt a lot and had a momentous experience!

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