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Offline skoblowh

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First open class, after school (help!)
« on: November 08, 2016, 10:48:40 AM »
Hi everyone!

I just started working about a month ago and I have my first open class next week. My co-teacher is very nice, but has difficulty communicating, so I'm not sure exactly what to expect.

It's an after school class and she said I can choose to teach either 4th or 6th grade. The 6th graders are much higher level, but some of them are pretty unenthusiastic. The 4th graders are lower, but they have a lot of fun, except for one student who refuses to participate, no matter what. It seems like her homeroom teacher has just accepted this.

I have after school classes with both grades this week, so maybe I'll introduce a topic and next week I'll reinforce that with games and a variety of more active activities so the parents will have a show? It's a bit unclear to me what an open class is supposed to be.

Any advice would be really appreciated!
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Offline Jaydie_S

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Re: First open class, after school (help!)
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2016, 11:47:46 AM »
I could use some help with this as well!
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Offline lisay06

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Re: First open class, after school (help!)
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2016, 02:37:09 PM »
Open class is where teachers and parents can come and watch you teach your students. It's like a regular class, except now you have an audience. You do want it to go well, so I suggest using familiar activities that have worked in the past that got the students excited and mingling with each other. Also, they like it when the students interact with you too. So, do some form of comprehension review --ask them questions and they raise their hands to answer.

It's really nothing to worry about. Good luck!
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Offline skoblowh

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Re: First open class, after school (help!)
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2016, 11:36:30 AM »
Thank you!
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Offline tommyb.goode

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Re: First open class, after school (help!)
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2016, 11:52:00 AM »
Keep it simple and make it as fun as you can.

One piece of advice: make sure every student says something... I teach in a public school and have 20 kids in a class so this can be tough but parents will complain if their kid said nothing...

As the others said, nothing to worry about really. Just teach a standard lesson with some kind of fun games/activities...

(AND consider yourself lucky: I have these twice a year with every single class!)
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Re: First open class, after school (help!)
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2016, 12:41:33 PM »
Yeah make sure every kid gets to talk. I make sure that happens by making a review PPT for the beginning and end of class. I don't have big classes so it's easy enough to put in 10 quick questions at the beginning and 10 at the end, each with a student's name on it so they HAVE to answer, the parents know/think that i know their kid's name, and so I don't accidentally forget someone. I tailor the questions so the different levels too so that I know the kid will be able to answer properly.

Otherwise just have fun. The kids are gunna pretend to be angels cuz their parents are watching so they've got a lot of pressure on them too. And do games they like/you've played with them a lot. Don't whip out a new game that they might not understand or like, do something they want to participate in because it will make it look like the kids are a lot more engaged.
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Re: First open class, after school (help!)
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2016, 02:34:27 PM »
Quote from: kriztee on November 09, 2016, 12:41:33 PM
Yeah make sure every kid gets to talk. I make sure that happens by making a review PPT for the beginning and end of class. I don't have big classes so it's easy enough to put in 10 quick questions at the beginning and 10 at the end, each with a student's name on it so they HAVE to answer, the parents know/think that i know their kid's name, and so I don't accidentally forget someone. I tailor the questions so the different levels too so that I know the kid will be able to answer properly.


Oh, that's a great idea. My classes are very mixed level and some students are very hesitant to speak at all. Thank you for your advice!
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