Teaching Practicum I

October 7Unit 4: Body parts (Vocabulary)

In the warm up activity students were asked to sit down on the floor and then they need to play with a bottle to select one student to pass to the front to order the body of an image pasted on the board.  The warm up activity worked as an encounter, because teacher were presenting the part of the body, studets just had to guess which word belongs to each part. Since my point of view, it was a nice activity for students to become familiar with the vocabulary, they quere predicting and guessing.

In the presentation stage, teachers introduced the vocabulary by presenting flashcards and name tag per each image of the body parts. Also, teachers were providing the correct pronunciation per each part of the body. It worked a lot, students also were enthusiastic, because most of the parts that they pasted on the body were correct, and they did not have a clear knowledge about them. 

In the practice stage students were asked to touch the part of the body that teachers were saying. Then, in the second practice students were in two groups and they had to look for the part of the body that teachers provided them, and then they had to go and pasted it on the board. This was a nice activity to internalize the new vocabulary, by playing this game they were puting into practice the new words, and they were matching the new vocabulary with something real, with their own body. If I have the chance in the future to work with children, I would like to apply this activity, because it is fun for the students, and they learn a lot by practicing. 

Then, in the production stage students were playing "Simon Says", and they had to touch the part of the body that they were listening, but "Simon" was touching a different part of the body than the one that he was saying to make the activity  challenging for them, because that is the purpose. In this stage we could realize that students had internalized the new vocabulary, even if "Simon" was touching another part of the body, students were not confussed. The class was funny and the materials used was good. Students learned and enjoyed all the activities. I would apply those activities, because they accomplish the learning and teaching purpose.

October 12Unit 4: Body Parts (Grammar)Teachers: Hazel Rivas and Abigail Amaya. 

For the warm up stage students were asked to draw the body part that they were listening. Students were participating, and they remember the vocabulary, sometimes they get confussed but that was the purpose of the activity, to make a review about the previous class, activing their previous knowledge, because they were going to use it in the class.

In the presentation stage a body was presented and every single part of the body was named. Teachers introduded some adjectives (big, small, ugly, beautiful) 

In the practice stage students were asked to be sitted on the floor, teacher provided them little squares of paper, and students need to form short sentences. 

In the wrap up activity teachers used a roulette, and that roulette had different numbers in order to use it for the scored. Students need to answer a question and the group that respond correctly the question had to throw a ball to the roulette, and depending on the number that would be the score. 

October 4Unit 4: Body Talk (Listening) Teachers: Vanessa Jovel and Fatima Arias

For warm up activity students were divided in two groups, and they read a piece of paper in which they had a name of one part of the body written, and they needed to draw that part on the board, and their groups has to say that part of the body 

 In the presentation stage, teacher asked to the students if the name on some papers corresponded with the picture to active the previous knowledge. Then, teacher make a short review of the grammar section “I have and I don’t have”

In the  during stage teacher provided a worksheet to the students, and they needed to listen an audio to complete the sentences in the worksheet. When the students got all the answers they were asked to compare their answers.

In the next activity teacher provide to students some flashcards with some monsters, and they need to describe the monster using the target vocabulary.

  

In the wrap up activity studets played a memory game.

October 19Unit 4: Body Talk (Reading). Teachers: Georgina Alfaro and Giovanni Abrego.

 In this class no children were present, so all the classmates was the students.

In the warm up stage, we played a game similar to twister, in which we need to connect a part of the body that teacher said with the same part of the body of our classmate.

In the presentation stage, teachers introduced vocabulary, and also the adjectives “beautiful, ugly, big, small, long and short”. 

In the during stage teacher provided to us a piece of paper in which we could read a short description in order to answer a worksheet. 

   

In the post stage, teacher provided to us a paper and some color pencils to draw our favorite part of our body. After draw we explain our part of the body

   

At the end of the class, in the wrap up activity we played the "salad game" 

October 21 Unit 5: Toyland (Vocabulary) Teacher: Yesmin 

In the warm up activity Students were asked to work in pairs to correct some sentences.

In the presentation stage teacher introduced the question "Do you have a...?" and the possible answer to that question.

 

After that teacher provided to students a worksheet

 

October 26th Unit 5: Toyland (Grammar) Teacher: Fernando Canales.

For the warm up activity I asked to students to pass to the front and take a piece of paper with a name of a toy, then they have to go and look for the one that correspond to that name. Then we practiced the pronunciation of every single toy. 



For the next stage I introduced the question "Do you have a...?" and I provided some examples of how to create a question asking for a toy. Then I introduced some 7 different prepositions of place, and I explained the correct use for those prepositions and the way in which they can use it.





Then, for the practice stage I asked to students to stood up, and I was asking them "Where is the (Name of a toy)" and they had to go and look for the toy that was pasted in different places around the classroom, and they had to answer "the toy is (a preposition of place)..." 




For the production stage I provided to the students a worksheet with some exercises in which they can practice the new knowledge.



Even if the class was not developed as I was expecting to be, I really enjoyed, and it helped to me a lot... 

Unit 5: Toyland (Listenning)
Teachers: Giovanni Abrego, Georgina Alfaro, Vanessa Jovel, Fatima Arias, and Fernando Canales.

In this class I was supposed to improve my skills in the listening class. Thanks to my classmates to support me in that day. 



For the warm up activity teacher Georgina played a game with students, teacher Georgina had a box and a minium toy, and she was putting it in different possitions using the box, and students had to say where was the toy, if it was under, on, in next to, behind or another prepositions. She asked them several times to active the previos knowledge, obviously they new that because we did not have any children, our other classmates helped us.




In the presentation stage, teacher Gio was making a short review about toys and prepositions, practicing pronunciation and making some questions to review the previous topics.



In the presentation I provided to students a worksheet, and then I played an audio with a short conversation and they need to complete the blank spaces by showing listening comprehension. Then students were asked to compare and share answers.



For the post stage teacher Fatima pasted toys in different places around the classroom, then she was asking them for the location of every single toy, and they had to answer using the prepositions learned in classes. 




For the wrap up stage teacher Vanessa played a game using a box and putting in the box an object and students need to answer to the question "where is the toy?"



Again, thanks to my classmates that helped me with my class, I really apreciate your help guys!

Unit 5: Toyland (Reading)
Teachers: Karla Rajo, Karla Pineda, Hazel Rivas, Abigail Amaya and Yesmin.

In the warm up activity students played the hot potato game and the one that had the hot potato had to pass to the front and take a flashcard and form a word.

In the presentation stage she present real toys and she started to ask to the students the name of each toy, then students needed to pass to the front and practice the pronunciation of toys. Then, students needed to close their eyes and then open it and say which one was the toy that was missing. Then teacher introduced the adjectives to describe a toy.

In the during stage teacher Yesmin provide to students a worksheet, then he provided them a piece of paper with a short story, after reading the story students needed to complete the worksheet.

In the post stage children were asked to choose two pictures and they had to work in pairs, they need to create a short conversation about it.

In the wrap up activity teacher provide to students several words, and she was saying a sentence and students need to form that sentence using the piece of papers. Then the group that form the sentences had to pass to the front and throw a ball and depending on the number that match it will be the score.

Topic: Proverbs (Reading)Teachers: Giovanni Abrego, Georgina Alfaro, Karla Monge, Karla Rajo, Hazel Rivas, Abigail Amaya, Yesmin, Fatima Arias, Vanesa Jovel, Fernando Canales.

The warm up activity was the “Telephone broken” and students need to pass the message and then they had to write down the complete phrase. The phrases used were “You have two choices. To control your mind or to let your mind control you” and “If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule. Never lie to yourself”.

In the presentation stage, teachers introduced key words that students were going to use in the next stages. Teacher were providing examples and definition about every single word.

During stage: teacher provide to students two different pages. The first one was the text related to proverbs and the second a worksheet divided in two parts. Some students were chosen to read one paragraph before answering the worksheet.

In the post stage we provided to students a piece of paper in which students had a proverb, then they had to say with their partner what they think that was the meaning of each proverb. Then they had to share a story in which they could apply the proverb that they had.

In the wrap up stage teachers were using a different proverbs with the students, and they were asked to work in pairs and they had to draw something that matches with the proverb that they had.

Topic: Olive Oil (Reading) Teachers: Fernando Cabrera, Luis Cashpal… Etc.

In the warm up stage teacher asked us to work in pairs, then we had to draw the things that they were saying on the head of our partner.

 

In the presentation stage teacher provide us a worksheet in which we had to connect the definitions with the words that we thought that was correct.

In the during stage teacher provide us a worksheet and a short story about oil, then we had to read that story and complete the answers in the worksheet.

 

In the post stage teacher provide us a marker in which we had some numbers, and depending on the number that we had we had to write about that without read the story.



Later, we presented our charts to the rest of class explaining each idea.

In the wrap up stage teacher Cashpal show us some charts in which he had words in disorder, then we had to guess the word that was on the chart.

Clossing Ceremony

They played the game “Fruit Salad” to have fun with the kids. Teachers were playing different games with the students to give them a funny moment that they can enjoy and remember as a really nice experience for them.




After playing several times, teachers gave to the students their diplmas.






Teachers present the videos that we made about all the classes that we had during all the semester.



At the end of the ceremony they had the food, was funny because it was kind of difficult to had that pizza, but they could enjoyed it, and they had fun.

WE WERE THE TEACHING PRACTICUM I TEACHERS!!!!!

Teaching practicum I

Class 6: Great Outfit.

Teachers: Fatima and Vanessa.

Teachers started the class trying to active the previous knowledge of the students

Teacher Vanessa started to play the hangman game, she asked to the students to say a letter and trying to guess the word that was hidden.

After play the game teacher Fatima started to show some flashcards to present the topic.

After that teacher asked to students to make 3 groups, teacher asked to the students to stand up and make 2 lines, students had to be backwards, teacher said an item to a member of the pair, they had to make the draw quickly and show to their partner and that classmate had to guess the item. Who guess first the word got a point.

Class 7: Great Outfit.

Teachers: Abi and Hazel.

Teacher Abgaili started the class playing a song. Then teacher asked to students to form couples and teacher Abigail gave to each couple the lyrics of the song in desorden and students had to listen the song first and look for the orden of the song. then teacher pasted on the board parts of the lyrics of the song in desorder, then students listened the song again and they had to organized the lyrics.

Then they continued presented the topic and pasting on the board some flashcards, while they were presenting the topic they were activing the previous knowleadge, asked to the students about the previous class. Then teacher explains the questions "what is this?" and "What are these" and also provide them the posible answers per each question.

After that teacher started to play a game call "the clothes line" and they put on a line some images of different clothes and they started to play with the students.

teachers were saying a name of the clothes and students needed to go and take the picture that corresponded to the name that teacher were saying.

Class 8: Great Outfit.

Teachers: Karla Rajo and Karla Pineda.

The class started with Karla Pineda, she start in the warm up activity playing a game with a roulete, they started playing with the roulete, the item that the roulete showed students needed to look for the item that corresponded to the name that the roulete had.

Then the class continued and teachers pasted some flashcards on the board, and they started asking to the students for the name of each item to active the previous knowleadge. Then they started to practice some colors.

Then teachers presented a book with an story, and also they provided to students some papers in which they may read the story to the next activity, and also provide them a worksheet that they were going to use after read and listen the story.

After that teachers provide to students some papers to play a Bingo Game with different sentences and by listened the words that teachers were saying, and if they had the word they needed to mark with and "x" that part.

Class 9: Insect life.

Teacher Fernando Canales.

The class started, I pasted on the desks the name of different insects, I asked to students to change spots and look for the paper, then students needed to pass to the front, in the board were pasted some images of different insects, students needed to identify the insect that correspond to the name that they had found pasted on the desks. That activity was just to introduce the topic and check the previous knowleadge about the topic.

After check the previous knowledge I started to correct the items, and to introduce the new topic. Students were practicing the new vocabulary.

After introduce the name of the insects, I introduced 3 different questions: "what is your favorite insect?, what insect don't you like? and what color is it?"

After that, I asked to students to made a circle, and one student will be in the middle, the student that was in the middle were representing an insect, the other ones had a name tag with an insect name. I was going to say a name of an insect and the student that was in the middle had to look for the person that has that name.

The last activity was about a game in which students were divided in two groups, and they had to pass to the front and I was providing them a name of an insect, and they had to describe that insect and the group that guess the insect had a point. The winner group won a chocolate.

Class 11: Insects Life.

Teachers: Gio and Geo.

The class started with teacher Gio, and in the warm up activity they were playing the "insect basket" game, some students has an insect name, and others has another name, when someone says one of their insect names they had to change places, and if someone said "insect basket" all of them had to change places.

Then teacher Georgina presented the topic, and also she introduced the new vocabulary: "Dangerous, ugly, beautiful... Etc."

Then teacher made an activity in which students needed to pass to the front and take and adjective and pasted next to the picture that they though that was correct to describe the insect.

In the next activity students listened an audio and teachers provided them a worksheet and while listening the audio they need to fill the information on the worksheet. After completed that activity students compared answers with their classmates.

Class 12: Body Talk.

Teachers: Karla Rajo and Karla P.

For the warm up activity students made a circle and they started to play the bottle game to select one student to pass to the front to complete the body parts in an image that was pasted on the board.

In the presentation stage teachers introduced the new vocabulary with some flashcards, and also with the name that corresponded per each image. After that student were asked to pass to the front, and teachers provided them a name on one part of the body and they had to pasted it next to the part that corresponded to the name.

For the practice stage students were playing a game in which the teacher said a name and they had to touch the part of the body that teacher was saying.

For the production stage, students were playing the "Simon Says" game, practicing the vocabulary.

In the last activity the students worked on a whorksheet and then they compared answers.

The class was emjoyed for all the students, and also for all the teachers that were there, including to me. The materials, the activities that was developed on the class was very good.