Dear fellow geograhers,

Hope all's going good with you guys.. The previous microteaching lesson was real interesting! A new twist was added to the learning of volcanoes! I thought it was great what Shou Wee did with the tapioca flour. Never would have I taught of doing that in my class. These microteaching sessions are indeed a great avenue to allow us budding trainee teachers to learn so much more

Shou Wee's Microteaching session 4

Excellent work babe! Seriously, you handled the class well and delivered a great lesson. I felt it was well prepared and activities were exciting yet not too challenging for secondary 1 students who are new to the world of volcanoes. As mentioned in the class, getting the students to draw their impressions of volcanoes allowed the students to easily get into the swing of the lesson. There was a gradual shift from the previous topic to the new one as Shou Wee began her lesson with a fun activity, and did not just simply dive in into a brand new topic. The slides were well done and the lesson was delivered step by step. A great thing that Shou Wee did was to call out the names of  different students at specific intervals and ask them if they were following he lesson. This was a excellent method of keeping all students at attention instead of asking the entire class as a whole whereby some students just nod even though they are not very clear. Although the 'noisy' table tried to get most of Shou Wee's attention, she did not focus all her energy on them. This again, was clearly shown as she asked students individually if they understood.

Shou Wee entered the class and instructed the students to put books from any other subject away. This I feel is important so as to allow students to focus all their attention on the teacher and the subject. Cluttered tables do not make a very conducive environment for students to study. Shou Wee went one step ahead by showing the different flows of 'lava' which provided a great closure to the lesson. It would have been nice to see how she would have concluded the lesson. Was a pity we did not have much time. Something that could also be added to the teaching of volcanoes is showing a video. Students always get easily captured by the beauty of the scenery and the vicious outflow of lava. This raises their curiosity in the subject and thus, they are at full attention during the lesson.

Take care and best regards,

Raksha