We support less fortunate children in Cebu City, Philippines. Our aim is to give them educational opportunities and to learn to be mature and responsible people, so they may have a bright future. Sapnay means "to support" or "to take care of someone with love" in the local language, Cebuano. Liz : the filipina coordinator of Sapnay. Lomi : one of the Japanese women board members of Sapnay. Chang:one of the Japanese women board member of Sapnay.
2012/10/31
2012/10/24
Tutorial ③
This afternoon before I went to B.J's place, I texted J.B and Ann Gabriel that I am coming. When I arrived at their place, Daniel was happy to see me. A.M texted me that she will text her younger sister to accompany Gabriel to Daniel' house. But Gabriel didn't show up. So J.B, Daniel' s mother volunteered to look for Gabriel. She saw him near the river. She brought him along and he was ashamed of his t-shirt because there are many holes on it. Charles came down after a fresh shower. Eric didn't show up. His house is very far from Daniel.
I then started my class. We reviewed multiplication and division. Charles was poor in Math according to his mother. So I explained to the 3 children that in order to excel in Math, they should know the multiplication table. They should memorize them. So I gave them tests. I let them read the instruction if they understand and when they do, that's the time they will start answering the questions.
Gabriel is lazy to answer. He doesn't want to think. But I persuaded him to answer. he sometimes cheats. He looks at the multiplication at the back of his notebook. I told him that you should know and memorize the multiplication table. Daniel have difficulty at first with the instructions but when I explained to him he answered them correctly. Since the grade 3 boys are still answering the Math, I gave a test to Charles about alphabet staircase. The instruction is to put the words shown in alphabetical order starting at the bottom and climb upstairs. He did it correctly.
Next test is to use the words given to finish the sentences. He has difficulty here because he is poor in comprehension. I always have to give a hint into what word should be used. It was Charles turn to answer Math. I gave him a multiplicatioan and division to solve. He was learning so fast. I gave him some hint into how to check his answer in division.
For the 2 boys, I let them match the sentence by drawing a line to the picture. They take turns in reading the sentence and draw a line to the picture. It is a test if they really understood the sentence they are reading. Gabriel was not good at it. Then they answer about pronouns. They circle the word that finishes each sentence. I gave them a hint when to use him and his. You use him if there is no noun after. Use his if there is a noun next to it.
Afterwards, I read a story to them about King Midas and his Goldfingers. They were very interested to hear the story specially Charles. Everything that the king touches turns to gold. But he returned his power because greed can lose someone you love. Since all he touches turns into gold, he cannot eat or drink or cannot play with his daughter. He doesn't want his power because he wants to live to take care of her daughter.
At 4pm, we adjourn and I went home. I reminded everyone to memorize the multiplication. Our next session will be on Thursday. I have a very important thing to attend to on Wednesday.
Regards,
Liz
Children’s Activities October 21, 2012
1st
Session – Grades 2 & 3
Time:
8:30am – 10:00am
Attendance:
1) Gabriel 2) Sarah 3) Eric 4) Hanna 5) Daniel
I let
Gabriel lead the prayer “Our Father” as our opening prayer.
My
lesson for today is about Parts of Speech – we have Noun, Pronoun, Verb,
Adverb, Adjective, Preposition and Conjunction. They wrote them on their
notebooks that they bring during activity. Since it is on the wall, all the
children were moving their tables and chair so that they can clearly see the
poster and copy them on their notebooks for them to read so that next meeting,
I will give them a test.
A noun is the name of a person,
place, thing, idea, or quality.
Examples: John, Mary, boy,
girl, children; Pasadena, CEC; classrooms, notebooks; freedom,
intelligence; hope, anger, joy
A pronoun takes place of a noun.
Examples: I, mine, me; you,
yours; he, his, him; she, hers, her; it, its; we, ours, us; they, theirs, them.
A verb expresses an action or a
condition (a state of being).
Examples: Robert will eat
the hamburger. (action)
Sara is happy.
(condition or state of being)
An adverb describes a verb,
adjective, or other adverb. Adverbs usually tell how (for example: slowly),
when (e.g., lately), where (e.g., there), how much (e.g., very), or why (e.g.,
therefore).
Example: The old man walks slowly.
Adjectives
describe, or modify, nouns and pronouns.
Examples: tall, young, pretty,
light, blue, new, white (The tall, young, pretty girl is wearing a light
blue dress with her new white shoes.)
A preposition usually shows
the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another part of a sentence.
Examples: My pencil is under
my desk by my foot.
Martha drove from LA to NY.
A conjunction connects words,
phrases, and clauses.
Example: The dog and the cat are hungry.
When I let them copy, everybody went
nearer because according to them, the letters are very small. I noticed Daniel
was complaining. He was putting his notebook on the wall as he writes them on
his notebook. I asked him if he can see clearly? I stepped back and grab
Daniel to move backwards and asked him if he can read the letters? He said
no. I think he has problems with his eyesight. I will just observe him more.
Having a poor eyesight can be one of the reason why a child is not attentive in
his class.
After writing, I gave them a drawing
paper to copy a colorful design using only crayons and also to keep them busy
because there is still time left for the activity. I put them on the wall in
the kid’s corner.
After they all submitted their
drawings, I served them hamburger and Milo and I distributed the mango cakes
that Min & Hana brought for the children. They really love to drink Milo.
While they were eating, I asked Mr. Kazu which drawing is the best? His choice
was Daniel because his drawing was nearer to the design they were copying. So
I graded Daniel’s drawing as 1st! He is improving! I am so happy.
I
thanked A.M and J.B who helped me prepare the hamburger
and Milo.
At
10:00 am, Daniel lead the closing prayer “Angel of God”.
2nd Session – Grades 4 to 6
Time:
10:30am – 12:30pm
Attendance:
1.) James 2.) Jack 3.) Mike 4.) Lily 5.) charles 6.)Ava
7.) Fortune 8.) Dorothy9.) Anna10.) Nikky 11.) Rachel
7.) Fortune 8.) Dorothy9.) Anna10.) Nikky 11.) Rachel
Report
We
started at exactly 10:30am. Our opening prayer was “Mother Mary’s Tagalog song”
which Dorothy, Mike and Fortune are the leaders. For our exercise,
Rachel performed and exercise she learned from her Girl Scout camping. We all
listened and followed her when she performs.
Our
last value for this semester was all about Sportsmanship. This means that in
every game you engaged, if you lose, you should not get angry. You should
accept that you didn’t win and you should shake hands with your opponents. I
asked the children if they really understood sportsmanship?
They chorused “yes”! Rachel is always chosen to be a contestant in grade 5 because she is good.
She always accept defeat when the contest is fair. But she is much happier if she won the contest.
I told them if they play badminton or volleyball, once you finish playing the game, they should shake their hands of their opponents. Thanking them that it was a good game.
They chorused “yes”! Rachel is always chosen to be a contestant in grade 5 because she is good.
She always accept defeat when the contest is fair. But she is much happier if she won the contest.
I told them if they play badminton or volleyball, once you finish playing the game, they should shake their hands of their opponents. Thanking them that it was a good game.
Since
S.S and R.M didn’t show up to help me in preparing their snack, I
ask the assistance of H.S because I cannot do it alone. Thank God she gladly
accepted my plea. While we were preparing their snacks hamburger and Milo, I
let the children draw anything about Christmas. Just to keep them busy, I
instructed them to draw anything associated with Christmas. Most of them draw
Christmas trees and decorations in the house like Christmas lanterns.
During snack time, Mr. Kazu instructed me to tell the children about the educational tour. I discuss with them the schedule, the attire to wear and what to do during the tour. I divided the group into four. I wrote all the cat 12:00nn children’s names on a paper and let Mr. Kazu pick the members of group 1. Group 1 is composed of Mike, Fortune and Nikky. Group 2 is composed of Avw, Charles and Rachel. Group 3 is composed of Jack, Dorothy and lily. And last but not the least, Group 4 is composed of James and Anna. All the 4 boys were equally distributed in each group.I explained to them the buddy, buddy system. Their group is responsible for keeping the group in joining contests, should look at each others shoulder and specially makes bonding moments so that they they will know more about their co-scholars. They will all be responsible for their actions and behaviours during the educational tour. Each high school student will be assigned to a group.
During snack time, Mr. Kazu instructed me to tell the children about the educational tour. I discuss with them the schedule, the attire to wear and what to do during the tour. I divided the group into four. I wrote all the cat 12:00nn children’s names on a paper and let Mr. Kazu pick the members of group 1. Group 1 is composed of Mike, Fortune and Nikky. Group 2 is composed of Avw, Charles and Rachel. Group 3 is composed of Jack, Dorothy and lily. And last but not the least, Group 4 is composed of James and Anna. All the 4 boys were equally distributed in each group.I explained to them the buddy, buddy system. Their group is responsible for keeping the group in joining contests, should look at each others shoulder and specially makes bonding moments so that they they will know more about their co-scholars. They will all be responsible for their actions and behaviours during the educational tour. Each high school student will be assigned to a group.
The
children ate their snacks, hamburger and
Milo at 12:00nn. Everyone was delighted and they were all full. I distributed
also the cakes that Min and Hanna bought for the children.
3rd Session – High School
Time:
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Attendance:
Ashley, Kayla, Andrew and Chloe
Ashley arrived so late. She arrived at1:50nn. She
was late because she just came from Talamban and there was heavy traffic.
I let
Chloe lead the opening prayer “Our Father”.
Our
topic for this day about values is “Sportsmanship”. I asked the children if they know
sportsmanship? Kayla didn’t know what it is. I explained to her during a
volleyball game and your team lose, they should accept their defeat with a
smile.If you lose in a games, you should not be mad instead you should be glad
because you can learn something from your mistakes. I asked them if anyone joined a contest like
Math, Science or Spelling contests? They all chorused “never”. So I explained to them whenever you are in a
contest, one should shake hands to the opponents to show them that you are
“sport”. If you won, you should do likewise to the lossers.
I
explained to them about educational tour. I told them that they will be
assigned to a group. I put numbers 1 to 4 and roll them. I let the children
pick a number and that will be the group they will be joining. Ashley will be
joining group 1, Chloe joins group 2, Andrew joins group 3 and Kayla will be
joining group 4. I explained to them that because they are much older and
wiser, they should take care of the younger ones. They need to bond with them
specially Chloe and Andrew, this is their last tour that they will be
joining because they will graduate in March 2013. They were all very excited.
I served
them their snacks hamburger and Milo.
It
was Chloe’s turn to wash the plates and tumblers. They they all brushed
their teeth.
2012/10/22
tutorial ②
I'm
Lomi.
Almost all
children got their report card of 1st grading. Some children have not
gotten them yet.
I don't know the reasons....
Unfortunately,
some students got the failure marks. Liz and the board members
were discussing
how we could support them. Finally, Liz decided to be a tutor
after
school.
She has her own
son who is a university student and loves our scholars like her
own
children.
Liz's
report
I was worried this afternoon that
nobody will show up inspite of my patience with them. I could not help but I
get outside looking for them near the bridge. Charles' s mother saw me with her
son. She went back to the school to look for Daniel. She told me that Daniel
didn't finish writing on his notebook and his mother is with him.
At
4:30pm, Gabriel showed up and I tutored him first. He has problem with English.
He is a distracted child. You should not loose patience. His mother told him
that if he does good, i will give him a surprise.
I scan his notebook but he has
no assignment. He was not able to write all the 10 questions from his English
lesson. it is about future tense. Only 3 questions that he was able to copy. So
I taught him that he should add will to the verbs. Ex. go - will go, play - will
play and clean will clean are the future tense of this verbs.
After 15 minutes,
Daniel arrived with his mother. I scan his notebooks and he has a problem with
division. So both Daniel and Gabriel was eager to know what my topics are.
Gabriel was lying down on the table. I just let him do whatever he wants as long
as his attention in on our lessons.
I let them review their plurals if they
understand. Nouns in the book, I explained to them how to change from singular
to plural. First I ask them if they understand the nouns mango, foot, child,
tomato, plate, cup, baby and candy. Afterwhich I teach them the plural of the
nouns. They got it right the plural of child is children. But normally you
should add s and taught them add -es if the ending of the noun is o. If it ends
in y, change y to i and add es. If it has double o, change these to double e.
Then I reviewed them. This time they got it right.
Next subject we tackle was
about Math. Daniel's mother told me that he has difficulty with division. I let
them write the multiplication table up to 5. Daniel got 50 while Gabriel got 43.
Not bad. I taught them how to multiply 2 numbers. The first number, I was
teaching them but the next they know already how to multiply.
Next is division.
3 numbers divided by 1 or 2 numbers. They now know already.
The two of them just
lack focus. I gave them assignments to be submitted next Thursday. We finished
at 5:45 pm. It was already dark. I was afraid that the boys will go home very
late. I send them near the road of their place while I proceed to NSO to wait
for my ride to my house.
What a day! It was fun and I felt fulfilled knowing that
the boys have a big chance that they will pass their subjects in the
future. Eric never came to the office.
It must be so hard for them to catch up with their classmates. But
NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP. You can
do it.
I hope that you can enjoy studying.
Love you, guys!
Lomi
2012/10/18
Tutorial ①
Eric was absent today. Yesterday, he was present in school. I will check on him tomorrow.
Only Daniel showed up for the tutorial classes. Gabriel went the other way because I didn't see him. He gave me a great nod when I ask him during lunchtime that he should be present in the afternoon during tutorial class.
I texted M.V if Gabriel passed by. If so, could you tell him to go to the office for our tutorial?
M.V answered that she saw Gabriel and told him to go to the office because I was waiting for him. Gabriel, on the otherhand, didn't listen to her but instead run towards their home.
I texted his mother and replied when on my way home about 7:15pm that she will talk to Gabriel about this matter when she comes home.
Daniel was really improving with his Mathematics. He failed this subject last 1st grading. He has a big chance that he will pass this subject. Next week, we will tackle Filipino and Science.
By Liz (+_+)
2012/10/16
Children’s Activities October 14, 2012
1st
Session – Grades 2 & 3
Time:
8:30am – 10:00am
Attendance:
1) Sarah2) Gabriel 3) Eric 4) Daniel 5) Hanna
I let
Sarah lead the prayer “Our Father” as our opening prayer.
I
arrived at 8:10 am and all the children are there except Hanna. Hanna arrived
at 8:40 am. We started at exactly 8:30am. All the children are reading books.
They all are talking and sharing to each other what they’ve seen in television.
They don’t want to start yet the session because they are still watching some
pictures on the books.
I
decided to read with them and let them understand all about sharks. Everybody
was attentive while I read and point out to the pictures about sharks. Gabriel
interrupts the discussion so many times. I would listen to him if his topic is
relevant but if not I will tell him that we concentrate on the sharks. Gabriel
told me that his teacher read to them the story about the “The Crow and the
Pitcher” last Sunday’s lesson, and he answered all the questions his teacher
asked them. I told him that if only he would concentrate in listening, he can
learn something. I was reading the book invertedly to them. Can you imagine? They
all want to see the pictures of different kinds of shark so I just read the
facts. We finished the book and afterwards, I let them choose the books they
want to read since they still have time left. I served them their snacks Banana
Pancakes and milk. They all ate their pancakes and drank their milk. After
washing their plates and tumblers, they went back to their seats and read their
books they chose. I was happy that children got interested in reading and
watching the pictures on the books. They were eager to learn and their faces
are very happy while exchanging their view to others.
I
thanked C.G who helped me prepare the Banana Pancakes and milk.
2nd Session – Grades 4 to 6
Time:
10:30am – 12:30pm
Attendance:
1.) Mike 2.)James 3.) Jack 4.)
Rachel 5.) Lily 6.) Ava
7.) Anna 8.) Dorothy 9.) Fatima Siarza 10.) Chrisjiem Vedida
7.) Anna 8.) Dorothy 9.) Fatima Siarza 10.) Chrisjiem Vedida
(Nikky is absent.)
Report
We
started at exactly 10:30am. Our opening prayer a Tagalog prayer they just
learned from school. Rachel, Mikeand Dorothy are the leaders. For their
exercise, they performed the “Insomnia” which James is their leader.
Our
topic for today is Love for God - Prayerful. I let Rachel read the first page
about Love for God.
I asked the children who prays to God before they sleep? Some children admitted that they don’t pray but some do. So I let the children recite their prayers so that other children would listen and practice also how to pray. Lily, Rachel, Mike, Anna, James and Fortume recite their prayers on their seats. During the discussion, we have visitors. Min, one of Sapnay directors and his friend Hana. I stopped the discussion and they all greeted Min. He was delighted to see all the children grown up. He was giving them words of wisdom. Afterwards, the children introduced themselves to Min. He and his friend Hana were very excited to hear their introduction. Now, it’s Min’s and Hana’s turn to introduce themselves. Min was telling the children that he has a daughter about their age 10 yrs. old. He is amazed that the children knows how to speak English. He want her daughter to learn English too with a friend. Hana on the other hand had triplets. All of them are boys and they are all 30 yrs old and he has 5 grandchildren. They are all in a restaurant business and massage parlor. It was his first time in the Phils. Min was his interpreter because he speak English just a little. The children wanted to show off their talents to Min and Hana. Lily, Anna , Fortune and Dorothy performed the Chiquita dance while James, Mike, Charles, Jack, Rachel and Ava performed the Gannam Style dance. Our visitors were entertained of their talents. After the dance, I let the children catch their breath and I let them inhale and exhale 3 times so that they can breath normal. We finished our lessons. I told them that they should thank God for the blessings received through prayers. They should pray also to their sick friends and relatives. Before sleeping, make it a habit to pray to God and talk to him about your problems. Before taking a test, pray to God that He will enlighten you so that you can remember what you study the night before. Always pray before sleeping so that you will not have a bad dream. All the children talked simultaneously about their dreams. One by one I let them talk about their dreams. They admitted that they’ve got bad dreams because they didn’t pray to God that night.
I asked the children who prays to God before they sleep? Some children admitted that they don’t pray but some do. So I let the children recite their prayers so that other children would listen and practice also how to pray. Lily, Rachel, Mike, Anna, James and Fortume recite their prayers on their seats. During the discussion, we have visitors. Min, one of Sapnay directors and his friend Hana. I stopped the discussion and they all greeted Min. He was delighted to see all the children grown up. He was giving them words of wisdom. Afterwards, the children introduced themselves to Min. He and his friend Hana were very excited to hear their introduction. Now, it’s Min’s and Hana’s turn to introduce themselves. Min was telling the children that he has a daughter about their age 10 yrs. old. He is amazed that the children knows how to speak English. He want her daughter to learn English too with a friend. Hana on the other hand had triplets. All of them are boys and they are all 30 yrs old and he has 5 grandchildren. They are all in a restaurant business and massage parlor. It was his first time in the Phils. Min was his interpreter because he speak English just a little. The children wanted to show off their talents to Min and Hana. Lily, Anna , Fortune and Dorothy performed the Chiquita dance while James, Mike, Charles, Jack, Rachel and Ava performed the Gannam Style dance. Our visitors were entertained of their talents. After the dance, I let the children catch their breath and I let them inhale and exhale 3 times so that they can breath normal. We finished our lessons. I told them that they should thank God for the blessings received through prayers. They should pray also to their sick friends and relatives. Before sleeping, make it a habit to pray to God and talk to him about your problems. Before taking a test, pray to God that He will enlighten you so that you can remember what you study the night before. Always pray before sleeping so that you will not have a bad dream. All the children talked simultaneously about their dreams. One by one I let them talk about their dreams. They admitted that they’ve got bad dreams because they didn’t pray to God that night.
Y.Y
and S.R are busy preparing the Banana Pancakes. They just cooked a few only
by the time it was snack time so Min and Mr. Kazu distributed the snacks they
brough. A box of Panda biscuit and juice. When the pancakes were ready, we
serve them and milk were distributed also. The second pancake was given to the
children for take out.
After
their snacks, they washed their plates and tumblers and brushed their teeth.
Some children who are done, asked permission if they can stay and watch 2012
the movie. I told them to ask permission from Mr. Kazu. Mr. Kazu told them that
it’s up to me. Personally, I want them to go home so that their mother will not
look for them. Since, Y.Y and S.R were not yet done, I allowed them to
watch inside the room.
At
12:30pm, we formed a big circle and the children sang “Our Father” as our closing prayer. We have
our group picture taken together with our visitors. Some of the children stayed
to watch the 2012 movie.
Y.Y
and S.R finished cooking at 1:30pm. I thank them. They left together with
their children, Fortune and Ava.
3rd Session – High School
Time:
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Attendance;
Andrew, Kayla , Ashley
(Chloe
is absent. She handed her excuse letter. She has many projects to do in school
with her group. Only this Sunday they got busy because the dealine is Monday. )
We
waited for the high school group. It was already 1:00pm but no sign of them. So
we decided to wait for them until 1:30pm. Andrew arrived at 1:15pm, Kaylaat
1:20pm and Ashley at 1:25pm running as fast as she could. At last we have 3
students. It was first time for Ashley to see Min. Ashley introduce herself
to Min and his friend Hana. Ashley is so bubbly. She loves to talk to visitors.
We
started our session at exactly 1:30pm.
I let
Ashley lead the opening prayer “Our Father”.
I let
the children introduce themselves to our visitors. Our visitors also introduced
themselves. I let them show off their talent in singing. The three of them sang
the song 12:51. Their voices blended so well according to Min. We then proceed
to our lesson today about Love for God – Prayerful. I let the Ashley read the
first page about praying for others when they are sick. They prayed only 1 time
for their sick friend. I let Kayla read the next page. For the last page, I let
Andrew read. They admitted that they sometimes pray at night and thanked God for
the blessings they received. Mr. Kazu and our visitors have to leave at 2:30 pm
to go to the orphanage. Min asked Ashley what is an orphanage. She has an
idea but she could not say it in English. Andrew was able to tell Min what is an
orphanage. I served their snacks Banana
pancakes and milk, while our visitors ready themselves to leave us. We had our
picture taken. After saying the prayer before meals, Mr. Kazu, Min and Hana
bade farewell to us.
It
was Ashley’s turn to wash the plates and tumblers. They all brushed their
teeth.
At 3:10
pm, they all went home.
2012/10/09
Children’s Activities October 7, 2012
1st
Session – Grades 2 & 3
Time:
8:30am – 10:00am
Attendance:
1) Sarah 2) Hanna 3) Eric 4)
Daniel 5) Gabriel
I let
Eric lead the prayer “Our Father” as our opening prayer.
My
lesson for the children today is the story about “The Crow and the Water
Pitcher”. I focus the children to understand what the story is all about. I got
this from the “Reading and Vocabulary” for 5+ yrs. old. I read the sentence and
translate them into “Bisaya” so that the children understand what we are
reading. If we encountered a word that the children didn’t know, we look it up
in the dictionary and explain to them in their level. I show them how the crow was able to drink
water on a pitcher by putting pebbles so that the water level will rise up
until the crow was able to drink the water to quench his thirst. The moral
lesson of the story is “Try and try until you succeed.”
After
reading the story, I gave them a spelling test. The words are as follows; crow,
jungle, water, level, house, idea, pebble, little, beak, and away. Hanna got a
perfect score. Followed by Sarah who scored 6 . Eric 4 points and Gabriel got
4 points and Danielgot the lowest
score 3 points. I gave them another test about what they see in the picture. I
gave them a dictation to see if they really listed and jot them down on their
notebooks. Hanna got a perfect score of 3 points while Sarah got 2 points.
Eric got 1 point while Daniel and Gabriel got zero. Lastly I gave them a
test to determine the baby of an animal I will mention to them like dog, cat,
chicken, pig, kangaroo. Hanna got 4 points. Sarah got 3 points, Eric got 2 while
Gabriel got 1 and Daniel got 1.
After
checking the tests of the children, they began to squander and they didn’t
remain on their seats. We served them egg sandwich and Milo. They ate them all
and drank their Milo begging for more. I gave them a second round of Milo. All
of them drank their Milo all the way down. They requested for milk next Sunday.
I
thanked C.G and J.B who helped me prepare the Egg Sandwich and Milo.
2nd Session – Grades 4 to 6
Time:
10:30am – 12:30pm
Attendance:
1.) James 2.) Jack 3.) Mike 4.) Lily 5.) Ava 6) Charles 7.) Dorothy 8.) Fourtune 9.) Nikky 10) Anna
(Rachel is absent because she is obliged to attend the burial of her uncle
in Basak, Mandaue City. Her mother, H.S informed me already .)
Report
We
started at exactly 10:30am. Our opening prayer was “Who Am I?” which Fortune and
A are the leaders. For their exercise, they performed the “PSY – Gangnam
Style” which James is their choreographer. They also performed the
“Chiquita Dance” with Lane Lily as their choreographer. They really enjoyed the
2 dance crazes. They were very alive
during the greetings.
Our
topic for today is about Self-reliance. I let James read the first page
about self-reliance. The picture on our book was doing household chores without
being told. Some children admitted that they sometimes wait for their mothers
to tell them to do their chores. Some also automatically do their household
chores without being told. I let Lily read the 2nd page about
self-reliance. The picture was about the children in school cleaning and
helping without being told by their teachers. The children also help bring the
things of their teacher. Some would erase the blackboard without being told.
Anna and her classmates cleans the floor after morning session. They want their
teacher to be happy by keeping the floor clean and shiny. In James’s
classroom, he helps to make it clean by picking up papers on the floor and put
it in the trashcan. Fortune also volunteers to erase the blackboard without
being told. Afterwards, I gave them a test of spelling of the opposites. They
should write in their notebooks the following; big, thick, short, narrow, low,
deep, sad, fat, old (man), dirty, strong, cheap, hot, open, hard, loud, wet,
tight, tidy and new. Anna got the highest score of 15 points out of 20 points,
next was Lily with 14 points, Dorothy with 12 points, Jamesand Mark
with 11 pts, Charles 10pts, Ava 9pts, Fortune and jack 6 pts. The lowest
was Nikky 4 pts.
Since
we have more time left, I let the children make an origami because our kid’s
corner looks bare. Everybody was then very busy making Halloween pumpkin head.
M.V was the only one helping me today. She got ot busy putting egg sandwich
spread in their slice bread and making the cold Milo drink. Everybody loves the
taste of egg sandwich except Ava and Dorothy. According to them they are not
used to eat egg sandwich so they don’t like the taste. Almost all the children
had their 2nd round of Milo drink. They were all smiling after they
ate their snacks because their stomachs are full. Then they washed their plates
and tumblers and brushed their teeth.
At
12:20pm, we formed a big circle and the children sang “Amahan Namo” as our closing prayer.
Some
of the children stayed to play cards and make some
origami. I told them that they have to leave at 1:00pm so that I can start my 3rd
session. Indeed at 1:00pm, Fortune, James, Mike, and Dorothy left the
office.
3rd Session – High School
Time:
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Attendance:
Chloe, Kayla, Ashley
(Andrew
is absent.)
I let
Chloe lead the opening prayer “Our Father”.
We
started at 1:10pm. I let Chloeread the first page about Self-reliance. She
cannot pronounce well the words. I let Kayla read the second page but she was
also stammering. She cannot pronounce well the words. Both of them didn’t
observe punctuations like a comma. When you see a comma after a word, you
should pause then proceed to the next words of the sentence. This time,
Ashley arrived at 1:18pm. I was teaching Kayla and Chloe how to read and
pronounce the words correctly. They were very
interested to learn how to read because they want to be confident in
reading aloud in the class. I told them how important for them to deliver
because they have many reporting in high school. I told them to read books and
newspapers.
Chloe
requested to see short films so that she will have an idea about them. So the 3
girls look and see and listen to the conversations in the internet. They all
watched 4 short films. Chloe indeed have an idea already how to start their
film making.
I
served them their snacks egg sandwich and cold Milo drink. They were all
hungry. They ate them all and drank their Milo.
It
was Chloe’s turn to wash the plates and tumblers. They they all brushed
their teeth.
At 2:55
pm, they all went home including Lily, Anna and Ava who were in the room
making more origami.
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