University of Puerto Rico in Humacao English Department Shirlenne Peralta 842-07-6270 Practice Teaching Practice Supervisor- Dr. Nilsa Lugo
REFLECTION #12 November 3-7, 2014
I still can’t get over on how fast time is going! I’m on my twelfth week of practice teaching and I’ve had many pleasant and not so pleasant memories. Although my group is very hard to control and I still struggle with that, I have grown to know them and love them. This week we continued with Unit 3.3.which is about Fables. Since in this unit folktales are intertwined with fables, I decided to read one of those first. My students and I read Juan Bobo and His pig. They really enjoyed the story and were eager to answer and summarize the story for their classmates who were absent. This week in their morning message, I wrote that they had a special guest. The guest was Juan Bobo’s Pig; which was a cardboard pig done by my cooperating teacher Ms. Gina. I brought a long black wig, a scarf to put on it as a dress and a sparkly necklace. The pig looked fabulous and the kids loved it. I continue to see my students growing and learning and it is gratifying. I see it in simple things such as them answering present instead of “presente” and saying absent, although they do try and what they really say is “ausent”, I see their efforts and willingness to speak English and that fills me with joy. As for homework, I already integrated my plan of doing assignments for points in class and not for homework. It is not going as perfectly as I planned it in my head because there is a big problem… more than half the students did not bring the folders I asked. This behavior was