Monitors and Monitresses

Wednesday (21/07/2010)

Once, given each kid a task, each became very aware of their tasks. It is nice to see that they even remind their friends. At that moment, I recalled what one of my favourite quotes said, "There are no kids who can't be taught, just kids who have not been taught." :)

a) Care –a-lot Body Movement song.
l Today, we rehearsed the song again. First, we read the lyrics, explained and then sang along together. Then, we thought of the dancing steps. I asked the kids to think to further improve the dance steps……heeee J.

b) Monitors and Monitresses.
l I explained the kids about this task. Each week, we will swap the roles by draw lots. Then, the kids have to be responsible at their duties. I will be checking their progress twice; once during their nap time and second, after school.
l They were excited because points would be collected. I brought in a small whiteboard with everyone’s name and we read through the words together. There were “days”, “date”, “Monitor” and “Monitress”. I welcome them to count their own points. These points would be transferred into a heart book which would be commented by myself every Friday. This task is to ensure that the kids understand the meaning of “responsibility”.

c) Draw Lots.
l The kids formed a big circle and waited patiently to pick their little paper which listed their duties. Our class Monitor and Monitress for this short week are as follows:
- Yun Xin : BM books. Foo Soon： medicine. Devin: Bag shelf.
- Jun Yu: toys Zheng Yuan: rubber and sharpener.
- Kwong Yong: electricity. Jun Hong: tables. Wei Jeen: pencils.
- Chun Kit: water. Qian Joe: cellophane tape.
- Wee Hong: Chinese books. Yan Shan: toys. Shi Jie: Colour Pencils.
- Chia Yen： chairs. Xing Tong: drawing books. Zhi Feng: attendance。
- Yun Wen: scissors。 Natalie Ang: Food shelf。Zhe Qing: notice board.
- Jing Kai: English books。

d) Cutting the “Hearts”.
l The kids were given 2 sheets of hearts and they cut along the line. Most of them could cut them independently except Yan Shan, Natalie and Yun Xin who needed some guidance.
l It was amazing how the class looked extra tidy after everyone left. Three kids stayed after class to clean the classroom which I would stressed to them that that isn’t the correct way as no teacher is available at the moment.