Dialectical Journal for ED 335 Teaching Practicum
Date: 1 February 2017
Observations/ Account
(What Happened?)
Students were arrived the class at 7am.
As soon as they arrived, they did their
morning work worksheet.
Morning worksheet includes
mathematics, English, Grammar, and
vocabulary.
They did their morning work until 7:15
am.
At 7:15am, Substitute teacher Ibu did the
devotion. Right after devotion, she
taught Science.
After science class, they had snack break
for 15 minutes.
I taught mathematics after snake break.
As usual I started with checking their
homework. Then I gave them review
worksheet for their tablework, and my
teacher and I, we assisted their work.
After math class, my cooperating teacher
taught English. Firstly, she did reading
aloud, then vocabulary worksheet and
writing (Research piece).
Then, we had lunch break, and every
Wednesday we have chapel session after
lunch break.
Every Wednesday, elementary classes are
dismiseds at 1pm.
Name: Matthew Uk Peng Cung
Reflections & Critical Response
(What do I think of it? What went well? What
could be improved? How? What will I do
differently? How does this connect to the
theory I have read from class?)
I like morning worksheet because I think
it makes them to get ready for class. It is
like warming up their brain to work,
since morning worksheet includes
mathematics, English, grammar and
vocabulary.
Substitute teacher Ibu did a great job but
I think her voice was too soft and small.
In my opinion, teacher should speak loud
and clear enough.
I usually speak loud enough but
sometimes I was not really clear enough.
I need to improve in this area.
I really like the way my cooperating
teacher taught writing. She made a
writing map for them, and I observed
that students did not have any problem
following her instructions.
Writing map was really helpful, and
students knew what they are doing, what
they supposed to do next and how are
they going to reach their goal.