Teaching Practice HSIE Mercedes Abrego: Wendy Solano Garcia

TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

To start with, I have to say that my teaching practice was really significant for me, i got to know great people at the school, students, teachers, administrators, and people who work at the school.

As I work with small children (sixth- seventh graders) as well as young learners (nineth graders) I learn some things that I consider important for my teaching career, first of all, I noticed that small children have short spam of concentration so when they got uninterested they start to playing around and bothering their classmates I had to try to find the way to get their attention back so as to continue the flow of the class, so it could be said that classes with 6th and 7th sometimes had to change a little bit from what I had previously planne, it is possible to say that contigency almost always happened. Despite that, I really enjoyed the time I spend with the smallest students of the school it is a great experience spending sometime with kids they teach you many things that you could not image, and also I have always believed that when they say what the feel about you it is a sincere feeling, I think their words true, I think that what children say comes from their hearts, they say what they feel no matter wht others might think about it.

regarding to my 'older' students, I have to say that, at the beginnig I was nerviuos about teaching nineth graders as I was used to teaching only small children, but as soon as I started teaching to them i noticed that I had nothing to be nervious about, they were really great students I enjoyed the time we spent together, I could say we got along really well. Eventhough there were some times (mainly at the beginning) that I had tostood firm and let them know that I was also a teacher. but in general it was really grea to teach them and also to teach 6th and 7th grades.

Finally, I could say that a teacher should never say they know everything about teaching, because I believe that one never learns everything about teaching, I think it is a life-long process and every student you have teach you something different everyday.

I know that I am just starting my process as a teacher, but I could say that my students teach a lot of things that were unknown for me.

I hope to learn everyday a little bit about how to be a good teacher and more importantly, how to be a better person.

WENDY PAOLA SOLANO GARCIA

MATERIALS USED IN TEACHING PRACTICE

I tried to be creative in my teaching practice and totake to the classroom so students didn't get bored and believe that English Classes were monotonous. I took to classes readings, games, activities to do in groups among others.