Hi guys! I just want to share what happened during class today.
So, every 2 months, I visit this elementary school. They make me do classes with 1st to 6th graders. I do my classes as a T1 for 1st and 2nd graders, with the homeroom teacher usually at the back. Since it's almost Christmas, I did a Christmas themed lesson. We played Christmas bingo, and musical chair (something we do in my home country when it's Christmas). I asked the 1st and 2nd grade JTE if they're okay with me doing musical chair or something else in the class. They all said they wanted to do the musical chair. Today, I went and taught the first grade students. As we were playing the musical chair, one kid murmured something to his classmate. Immediately, the JTE yelled at the kid and asked to repeat what he said out loud. The kid said something along the lines of how unfair it is that he lost. He wasn't crying or anything. Just kinda bummed out, I guess. The JTE got really mad, and he was taunting the kid asking if we should just stop the game. He then decided that we should just end the game. Now, I'm left a little freaked out because there's still around 20 minutes left of the class. It was also a bit awkward. Thankfully, I have a backup plan in case something happens.
This is the first time it has happened to me. I was a little taken aback that JTEs could just cancel activities mid class. Anyway, has something similar happened to you? What did you do to keep the class going?
by Old-Recognition5269