I was quite pleased with how my project turned out this
week! Success! On Tuesday, Caleb and Susan went with me to Tagore Public School
and we taught the 3rd and 4th grade combined class. This was my favorite class from my week of
teaching in the past, and I knew they would be good. It started off a little rougher than desired
because of the language barrier, but we ended up getting 2 translators so
things went smoothly after that. I had 3
worksheets for them: one with important aspects of the presentation for them to
fill out as the lesson progressed, a matching worksheet of different scenarios and what they should
do in that scenario, then one on vitamins and fruits. The matching sheet was only pictures so I
brought markers and let everyone color it in after they completed it correctly.
The kids participated in answering questions, loved the coloring, and seemed
very engaged. I altered the lesson
slightly depending on the class: on Wednesday I had 2nd graders, so
I gave them the same info on germs but skipped the first worksheet and just did
the coloring and the vitamins/fruit worksheet.
On Thursday I had 5th and 6th graders, so we did
all of the worksheets and it was at the perfect level for them. On Friday, I had little first graders so we
only did the coloring worksheet. For the
first grade class, I actually walked them downstairs and we all washed our
hands together at the faucet next to the toilets because I wanted to make sure
they learned and remembered.
While
the kids were eating lunch on Wednesday, Caleb and I watched to see if they
were actually washing their hands.
Pretty much all of them went to the faucet after coming out of the
bathroom, but hardly any of them actually used soap! Even the older kids were
not using it! We discussed how we could
buy some soap and donate it, and also
wondered if we could laminate my
handwashing chart to post up on the wall next to the faucet. Then one of us (I forget who) suggested we
paint a reminder up on the wall! We asked the prinicpal and his daughter if
that would be okay, and they said yes.
The daughter was a bit hesistant and kept asking me if I was sure I
would be able to paint it up there. We
talked to Dr. Prabhat, who agreed to get us paint and write out for us in Hindi
what we wanted up on the wall. Hopefully
next week we can accomplish that in addition to teaching at a different school J
One
month until I am home
Much love,
Alyssa
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