As a last lesson of artmaking, I think the lesson of "My Monster Feels Funny" was a successful lesson for the students. For the past six weeks, I have seen some students not being able to engage in the lesson and spending time not doing anything. However, this week I was happy to see almost all of them trying their best to make the monsters with fabric and cotton. Especially, I was most happy to see Mamoud really working hard to think of a monster image, cutting out the shapes, and putting different features. It was almost the first time to see him focusing on the artmaking and not fooling around. And at the end, he was very proud of his work that he has finished.
Since the first week of Saturday School, I knew how Mamoud was a student who can work seriously in the art projects. However, once he sat around other boys, he started to talk a lot and not focus on the projects. I didn't know exactly what to do to help him bring out his creativity, so I tried to talk to him by his seat and ask him questions. There were many also other students in the classroom, so I guess I didn't try more after seeing him not changing and continue to fool around. After seeing him work today, I realized how it would be important to find each individual's interest when they don't seem to be excited by any other artmaking lessons. Although it could be a little difficult to find everyone's interest and make the lessons, I think I learned some methods how to treat the students who cannot find excitement in the class and help them in different ways.
I’m so happy to hear that all of your students this time around were into your “My Monster feels Funny” lesson! It’s so rewarding to see students engaged into the projects at hand, especially students like Mamoud. It can be tricky at times to get the students refocused after they are so used to fooling around with their peers all the time (we have in too in our class). I think it was great Hooin that you decided to bring out his creativity by talking to him at his seat and asking questions. I’m sure Manoud felt more inspired after seeing that you cared enough to take the time and just communicate with him alone. I’m glad to see that you realized it is extremely important to find each individuals interest as well. I think all of us beginner teacher have discovered the same thing during this journey. It’s a great feeling to be able to make a difference in young ones lives!
ReplyDeleteIt's very exciting to see student's who don't normally engage in the material actually enjoying themselves and performing the tasks. Joe and I had a student (as most of us did) like this who never seemed truly interested in a lot of the material, but once we talked, asked questions, and really pulled out his interests, he seemed to get a lot happier. It's very rewarding seeing every student engage and have fun in the classroom, it's important to strive for that every single class, but there are definitely days where we won't get that. That just gives us motivation to work harder and find new ways
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