Everything during this year around the world is making me think of you. I feel so lucky to still be able to harass you daily via Facebook!
All the way across our great earth, I miss you and send you love. Both classrooms are packed with great folks from all over the world. This is a major plus of working in Boston or any other multicultural city: thanks to the worldwide experience of your students, you get to travel without leaving the city! In its simplest form, this goes: I do, We do, You do. More complexly, first there is a Mini-Lesson : the ITM teacher shows massage steps 43 on a model while all the students watch and take notes.
Similarly, the BPS English teacher stands in front of the class and models a reading or writing strategy using an overhead projector or other visual device. Second, there is Guided Practice : the ITM students each pair up and practice massage moves 43 with their own hands while the instructor does the moves again on her own model, calling out each of the steps as the whole class does them together.
Meanwhile, the BPS English teacher guides her class in trying out the reading or writing strategy from the mini-lesson together, using pencil and paper or wall charts. Hands-on, together. Third, there is Independent Practice : the ITM and BPS students try out the strategy on their own, with the teacher s circulating to offer encouragement, hints, and corrections.
Students can look back to the demonstration notes and handouts for help as all us masseuses-in-training are doing in these photos! At ITM, you better shower well, moisturize, and wear clean clothes, because otherwise the up-close-and-personal experience that is Thai Massage will be a stench-y nightmare! Having key vocabulary and ideas pasted a few feet from your face makes learning easier for both kids and adults! Hung on top of its mirrored walls, ITM has charts of the muscles and bones of the body, and a list of the shorthand symbols used in our Thai massage manual pictured, below.
