Understand Reflexive and Intensive Pronoun the easy way!

Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns:

myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves, etc.

If a pronoun is removed in a given sentence and does not affect the meaning of the sentence, it is Intensive Pronoun, if it does, it is Reflexive.

Kapag may mga panghalip na nabibilang sa mga ***self/selves na pronoun--halimbawa't inalis ito sa pangungusap at hindi nakaapekto ang pag-aalis na iyon sa kabuuan ng pangungusap, ang inalis na pronoun ay Intensive Pronoun. Kapag naapektuhan naman ang pangungusap dahil sa pag-aalis ng pronoun, ang inalis na pronoun ay Reflexive Pronoun.

e.g.

INTENSIVE:

You yourself must be responsible in maintaining your high grades!

Let's remove the pronoun.

You must be responsible in maintaining your high grades!

Did the meaning of the sentence change? No. So, the pronoun yourself in this sentence is an Intensive Pronoun.

REFLEXIVE

We treated ourselves to pizza.

Let's remove the pronoun.

We treated to pizza!

Did you notice the change in the sense of the sentence? Yes. So, the pronoun ourselves in this sentence is Reflexive Pronoun.

AGAIN:

Kapag inalis ang pronoun at hindi nabago ang ibig sabihin ng pangungusap, iyon ay Intensive Pronoun. Kapag naman inalis ang pronoun at nabago, tila may kulang sa pangungusap dahil sa tinanggal na pronoun, iyon ay Reflexive Pronoun.

Pre-School Reading 101 Part 5

BEGIN TEACHING READING 

Step by step by step

Teaching reading is a process. This process is not complicated. This should be followed to successfully help a kid learn how to read.

This is imprtant: Teaching a special kid is different. They have special process to follow. I'll make a module on that later on. But for now, I'll write a module as what we can follow for ordinary reading session.

1. Assessment.
This process involves knowing the kid, knowing what his background is.

2. Reading readiness.
There is a non-reader and a reader. Non-reader can lear since they already have the background to be able to learn. What is this background? Learners have the background sunch as the sounds and the facts around them.

3. Reading difficulties.
I will surely find time to make another module wchich will tackle how to assess if a learner has actually reading difficulties even before he tries to learn reading. And how to fix those kind of reading difficulties.

TIPS ON HOW TO ASSESS KIDS:
1. Teachers or parents should know the level of the kid.
These are the levels I know what I observe from my pupils.
LEVEL 1: The kids who belong in this level is almost empty. They don't know everything. They are the eadsiest to teach.
LEVEL 2: The kids who know the alphabet.
Level 3: The kids who can distinguish every letters.
LEVEL 4: The kids who cannot distinguish the different letters.
LEVEL 5: The kids who can distinguish the sound of each letter of the alphabet.
LEVEL 6: The kids who cannot distinguish the sound of each letters.
LEVEL 7: The kids who can blend consonant-vowel.
LEVEL 8: The kids who cannot blend the consonant-vowel.
LEVEL 9: The kids who can blend consonant-vowel-consonant.
LEVEL 10: The kids who cannot blend consonant vowel.

***The said levels above can be inserted under two categories. These two categories are: Kids who are willing to learn and the kids who are not willing to learn.

Knowing the kid before teaching him is really very important. From the teacher's background about the kid, he can teach the kid properly and more effectively.

WHAT TO DO WITH A LEARNER WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO STUDY READING?

In dealing with children, there's no better way to make them like something by inculcating in their mind that he has no choice but do that certain thing to do.
Example, many parents why their kids are not eating vegetables. But actually, a kid will eat if he who knowds that he has no other choice but to eat that food.
A kid must study and a learner who doesn't want to study should come to the point that he must learn. If he doen't like, make him like it. I don't believe that a learner will not study if he has no other choice but to study. It has just something to do with conditioning the mind.
If if will take "hitting the kid's butt" it is not a problem. Many parents just think that it is against the right of the learner. But parents or teachers have the right to do what is right to make the learner what they know the learner should be doing.
Sounds confusing to understand? I just mean that student must study it! Must learn to read. Whatever this might take.

WHAT TO DO WITH MISBEHAVING STUDENT WHILE STUDYING?
The good thing about education,stduents are actually eager to learn. And has open mind to learn. There are just factors why learner doesn't want to study.
Here are my lists:
1. The teacher is boring.
2. The teacher is not prepared.
3. The teacher is too kind.
4. The teacher is too strict.
5. The teacher is expecting too much from the learner.
6. The teacher is spoon-feeding the learner.
7. The teacher's expectation fromt he learner is too low.
8. The teacher is lazy
9. The learner experienced something extraordinary for him.
10. The learner dislikes the teacher or vice versa.
11. The learner is clueless of what the teacheR is talking about.
12. The learner is lazy.
13. The learner is trained not listening.
14. The teacher didn't train to sit down, listen and learn.

Pre-School Reading 101 Part 4

COMMERCIAL 2: TIPS FOR PARENTS 

Teacher and parents should work hand in hand...

There are different kinds and types of parents. And there are also different kinds and types teacher. And each kid is also unique.
From this fact, many problems arise.
What should we do?
Some parents are really sensitive and over-protective. Some parents are just so busy that they don't even have time for their kid.
Sometimes, they expect too much to their kid and others are clueless, at all.
Some parents box education and education student and so, teacher are also boxed to their expectations. The student is the one suffering.
Some parents dgive too much freedom rooted on their trust to the teacher where the teacher gets bored. Most of busy parents who have no time for their kids are really the "teacher's enemy".
Here are my tips to balance this problems:
1. Make a "memorandum of understanding".
First of all, even before the teaching session starts, the teacher and the parents must talk regarding expectations and things that about the kid- for the teacher to know the student.

2. Discuss who the kid is.
It's important for the teacher to know who the kid is inside the home. During this stage, the teacher must also prepare guide questions to the parents that would help him know the student more.

3. Parent must introduce the teacher to the student.

Respect of the teachers to the parents are very important. And this will be established on the first day when the parents introduce the teacher. In this stage, the parents must make the teacher feel she's worthy to be trusted. Trust and respect are important.

4. Set rules and regulations.

Parent should set rules on the tutorial session so as to make everything clear to the student and to the teacher

5. Find a right place for teaching.

There must be a place where teaching session is to be regularly done. Unless, the teacher is creative enough to make every place not disturbing.

Pre-School Reading 101 Part 3

COMMERCIAL!!! THIS IS IMPORTANT! 

TIPS FOR TEACHERS!!!

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. - Henry Brooks Adams
Being a teacher entails a lot of responsibilities. Being a teacher doesn't only mean plain teaching or instructing.Being a teacher starts dfrom s simple, dedicated and pure heart. Genuine discipline shapes what a great teacher.
Here are my list of steps to have a successful teaching career. For this will help a teacher find comfort on herself so as to teachsuccessfully.
1. Know you are a teacher.
A teacher molds the students and not the other way around. So, as the teacher, he must envision an ideal student. Teacher's every action, goal and objective will be founded by the vision. I still believe that every teacher has good goal for his students.

2. Have an end in mind.

You must envision your students based on your dream dfor him or her, or on their dream.

3. Think your responsibilies to your students.

To make the student intellectually competitive, socially upright, emotionally stable, socially involved with healthy outlook toward himself and others. And more. Students are not just a mouth to be fed or an empty brain to be trained and developed. He's created in the image of God. So a child's life and teacher's learning style should encompass a wide range of spectrum that tackles the known and unknown facts in this ethereal world.

4. Prepare a lesson based on your expertise or other's.

A teacher must prepare an intelligent lesson plan. This plan must be planned in the truest sense of the word to be able to create an output that is world class.

5. Have an Area of Expertise

It is much better for a teacher to have an area of expertise. If you are a Pre-School teacher, it is still a wide area of expertise. A Pre-School teacher can still make himself expert on a certain subject area. Like me. I majored English. But I want t find expertise on Teaching Reading. And I want to be expert on Teaching Reading for Pre-Schoolers.

I will share my ideas on how to treat the kids who are misbehaving while reading classes are going on. I will make a page especially for that.

I'm also a part-time romance novel here in the Philippines. My written novel is more interesting to read if I know my characters. Same in teaching. It helps the teacher to have "magical" connection with the student. Through this "magical connection, there's an invisible understanding the kns the teacher and the student's heart. From this invisible connection comes the learnings that produces multiplied discoveries.
The teacher must also have boundary. From this boundary, teacher's image is being developed and seen. The teacher's imae is important in creating a to have effective way of teaching.

TEACHERS: Know yourself. From knowing yourself, you can be able to create a formula to teach effectively.
A teacher might be funny for his students without him knowing it. This "funny" image can make teacher look friendlier to the students. And this can make a friendlier connection with the students. The teacher make also make his lesson funny because it would seem that the students would exect him to crack jokes, be funny, etc. But if the teacher is expected to crack joke, but the teacher doesn't know that the students are actually expecting it from him, problem arises such as teacher and student personality conflict.

Pre-School Reading 101 Part 2

Phonics: Teacher's Reading Hero 

apple, apple, aeh aeh aeh!!!

I was an Education student, Second Year College to be exact, when a mother asked me to teach her son. His son was about to enter Pre-School then. I was happy I was able to teach him how to write his name, name the letters of the alphabet, of course he was not able to distinguish all for it was just 2-month session. I was also able to teach him how to count up to, as far as I can remember, 20... I also taught him the principles of addition and subtraction. He was also able to write his name.
I know I failed to teach him reading. I didn't feel guilty because it was just a summer session. But I heard, that student of mine still excelled in his class.
When I learned teaching Phonics as the reading foundation, I was very hapy because when I taught a four year old kid, she was able to read. And I was able to teach kids how to read... As of now, I have around 10 kids whom I teach under my Summer Reading class. And they were able to read.
How to Teach Phonics as the Basic Reading Foundation?
1. The teacher must master the sounds of each letter.
Teaching kids is not easy task. It's not only because you know and you have mastered Phonics, that means you can make a kid read. No. teaching a kid how to read needs patience. And love that's springing from the heart.
Kids cannot distinguish a sound from other sound of letters easily. The teach must use gesture, facial expression or object to associate with a certain sound.
e.g. Letter a= It can be associated with open mouth.
e= can be pronounced with a smile
i=can be said with eyes blinking.
o= mouth opened like circle.
u= pouting lips
The kids can easily distinguish letters and sounds if it's associated to something. But be sure to emphasize the letter more. The negative side effect of that is the kid might remember the "associated something" instead of the letter. Test the kid if he can distininguish a certain letter, what is associated with the letter. And how to write it. That's important so that in the end, the student can also write what he reads.

Pre-School Reading 101 Part 1

When to start teaching a kid how to read?

It's been proven by Science that a child starts to learn even when he is still inside his mother's womb. So, reading and other important lessons that should be taught to a kid should start from his days in the womb.

Since this is a reading 101, let's focus on reading?

How can I be able to start teaching my kid reading while he's still inside the womb?

Alphabet song that's to be played from time to time is a nice idea. Who knows what magic it can bring the kid inside the womb? And it should be consistently done until the child finally learned to sing and distinguish the letters of the alphabet.

This is just an introduction page... I wanted this blog to be just basically base from my experiences. Iwant to share my experiences and the lessons I learned from them. I'm looking forward to reading comments from pre-school teacher; and from parents as well.