PLANNING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

When planning an assignment for students, teachers make sure they’ll be teaching, assessing, and reassessing to measure learning and to form further instruction.

They have the opportunity to also carefully plan assignments that bring their students’ interests to light. These interests may also be the catalyst for a strong connection between the teacher and the students.

Try having your students do a presentation where they share 10 facts about themselves, including pictures or video. Before they do their presentations, make sure you do yours first. This way, they get to know you on a more personal level.

This kind of exercise can be modified for any age group, and it can be done in any subject. How can this be done? You can ask a personal question like, “How do you think physics plays a role in your everyday life?” or “Why do you think we need to learn geometry?”

Make sure you create opportunities for students to learn more about you, and for you to learn more about them. Share a personal story that revolves around a lesson, or discuss a question that lays the foundation for the subject.

Planning these opportunities for learning ensures that you won’t let all the other tasks get in the way.

--oOo-The author is Teacher III at Cacutud Elementary School