Today I had an observation on a Maori lesson by Lorelei. Must say I was quite nervous! Of all the subjects I teach, this one is the one I am the lest confident is teaching. I have had a lot of fun teaching the focuses we have had at Vardon, and this term the focus is on movement. The structures and ideas that have been provided by the Maori team have been so supportive and have given been a lot more confidence in attempting teaching Maori. And my class just loves it, they really get into the activities that we do together. It has also provided opportunities for a few of my Maori students to be the experts and leaders, when usually they are too shy to share.
The lesson went really well, and the kids had retained so much knowledge from the previous week, which I was really excited to see. We recapped the words we had learnt, and connected these to images. We then moved onto learning the question 'What are you doing?' in Maori, and then replying in Maori. During the lesson Lorelei reminded me about parts of the structure and things that she suggested should go next. She also modeled some parts for me to refocus things that I had forgotten from the correct structure.
At the end of the lesson, Lorelei gave me some pointers for my next lessons:
- ensure during oral choral that I build up from the end to the beginning
- practice saying the Maori phrase with the whole class together first splitting them into half (perhaps even using the finger eyes.)
- After getting the students to practice in pairs, get one or two pairs to share in front of the class
- Play 'ping pong' to get students to practice the phrases even more
- my next thing i'd like to try in my lesson is 'penei, pena' - simon says
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