We are teachers!

1 Peace

We all had a role reversal today. Mrs Say became the student in the class and all the children in 1 Peace became the teacher. The children had a chance to spot mistakes and 'mark' the individual writing.

'Marking' in progress

'Marked' writings are being displayed on the board

I go through the 'markings' with them

Rationale for doing this activity:

This strategy is being used as it is an effective teaching and learning strategy for students of all ages. It teaches them to be a self-directed learners and working in a group also promotes collaborative learning. Letting them be the 'teacher' gets most of the students excited as they are finally getting the chance to 'mark' somebody's work.
From the 'marking' process, they are able to spot mistakes their friends made and when it is their turn to write, they will remember not to make the same mistakes.

Whether this strategy works?
Immediately after this activity, students are able to spot their own mistakes in their own writing!

Parents, you can try using this strategy at home with your child too. If you have an elder child, you could use their writings and let your younger child 'mark'. :)

Below is a video which captures an ongoing discussion among the students, whereby they are able to identify the missing full stops, the mixture of upper and lower case and grammatical mistakes.

Have a great day and I will see you, parents, tomorrow for the Meet-The-Parents session tomorrow. It starts at 8.30am in the hall. Below is the schedule for tomorrow:

Time	Program	Venue
8.30 am	Arrival of Parents	Hall
8.30 am – 8.40 am	Welcome Speech by Vice-Principal, Mr Jeremy Ang
8.40 am – 9.00 am	Introduction to initiatives and programmes by level leader, Mdm Maisarah and Miss Serene Ng
9.00 am – 9.25 am	Parents to move to respective classrooms	Classroom 1C, 1D, 1H, 1K, 1L, 1P, at Level 1 2C, 2D, 2H at Level 1 2K, 2L, 2P at Level 2
9.30 am – 10.30 am	Briefing by Form Teacher and Co-Form Teacher in the classroom
10.30 am – 11.30 am	Orchestra Performance cum Recruitment drive, school’s Niche CCA - Elias Chinese Orchestra (ECHO)	Hall
11.30 am – 12 noon	MC Online Workshop (P1 parents only)	Computer Labs 1 and 2 at Level 1
12 noon – 12.30 pm	Briefing on Learning Support Programme (LSP) – Selected parents only	Learning Support Room at Level 1

Love,
Mrs Say