Closing Ceremony.

To conclude our Teaching Practicum 1 with kids, we prepared a short ceremony for them. We spent many time looking for a way to make students feel happy. This was a party for students to express them our thanks and give them a reward.

The party started at 9:35 am, and each of the six students came without any problem. To start the class, each pair of teachers passed to the front to make some game with students, this to envolve them in a comfortable environment. We played some game with some balloons, where students had to pass the balloons with their hands, legs and many other parts of the body.

At 10:30 am we as teachers had prepared some videos about the classes that we taught with students and we presented at them, students really enjoy each video and they were really grateful with us.

At the end, we gave them some rewards, a diploma, some candies, and a piece of pizza with soda this to express our thanks for them.

In conclusion, I feel extremely grateful with each students, because I learned many things with them. I think that they help me to improve in many skills and to develop better classes. They are the best students that I never have had and I pretty sure that they will be a good students.

Extra Class: Olive Oil.

THIS CLASS WAS PRESENTED FOR GROUP 02.


To present the warm up stage, students were asked to get in pairs, Teacher Wendy gave students some pieces of paper and markers, they should  put the page above their partner's head and make the drawing that teacher Wendy said.

Besides that,for the Presentation stage, students were given with a worksheet about vocabulary that they had to complete by matching a word with the meaning that they thought. Then, students had to shared their answers. After this, teacher explained the vocabulary that was unknown.

To present the During stage, Teacher Juan gave a text  and a worksheet about Olive Oil, students were asked to read the text. Moreover, students had to complete the questions in the worksheet and shared the answer with the class.

After this, Teacher Fernando and Jeannette wrote on the board four stages: The beginning, Benefits, Uses, and The future. According with text that were given to the students that had already read, they should write one of the stages previously presented in a blank page. Besides that, students must passed to the front to explain the stage that we were asked to complete.

To sum up, students were asked to stand up and to make a circle. Teacher gave them some flashcards with disordered spelling of the vocabulary and students had to guess the word.

Extra Class: The wisdom that binds us together.

At the beginning of the class,Teachers Giovanni and Georgina presented the game 'Broken Telephone'. Students were asked to make two lines and memorize a Proverb, students had to pass the phrase by whispering it to the next person and the last student in the line had to write the proverb on the board, if the proverb was written corrrectly, the group got a point.

 
Besides that, Teachers Karla Rajo & Karla Pineda presented the Pre-Stage, students were asked about what  they thought about Proverbs, students had to give some ideas and then, teachers specify the meaning and provide some examples of proverbs. Also, students were presented with new vocabulary and teachers gave them pieces of proverbs and students had to find the partner that had the other part of the proverb.


For the During-Stage Teachers Abigail and Hazel, students were provided with two worksheet, that they must answer by reading a text. Students were asked to read loud the text, and when they finished to complete the worksheet, they compared the answers with the whole group.


Moreover, for the Post-Stage Teachers Fernando and Yesmin continue with the class, students were asked to get in pairs and to stand up, they had to choose a paper and read the proverb that the paper had. Then, students were asked to tell their partner and to the whole class an experience related with the proverb.


To finish the lesson Teacher Fatima and Vanesa presented the Wrap-up-Stage, students were given a paper with a proverb. Students had to represent the proverb through a drawing and then they had to pass to the front of the class to show their drawing and their classmates had to guess the proverb.

Teaching Practicum 1: Yesmin's Group.

TOPIC: 'Toyland'.

CLASS 20: (Reading).

N° OF STUDENTS: 06

TEACHERS:

Abigail Rauda

Karla Pineda

Yesmin Perez

Karla Rajo

Hazel Rivas

To present this class, teachers got together with 5 classmates, each partner choose one of five stages and they divided it to teach one stage for each teacher.

For the Warm-up Teacher Abigail began the class presenting a ball, students had to play Hot Potatoe, when music stopped the student who had the ball, needed to pass to the board and choose one of five pieces of paper that were pasted on the board. Students had to put in order a word about Toys that were in disorder inside of the paper that he/she chose.

Besides that, Teacher Karla Pineda presented a review about the last topic, teacher showed 8 objects related with Toys, presenting new vocabulary too, asking them to repeat the target vocabulary twice. Then, Teacher Karla asked students to read each name tag. After this, students were asked to close their eyes, when they closed their eyes, Teacher Karla hide some objects, after a while Teacher Karla asked students to open their eyes  and were asked with the question Which Toy is missing?, students had to look for the Toy that had dissapeared. Moreover, Teacher Karla presented some adjectives as Beautiful, Big, Ugly and Small. Where students had to make some sentences using the target vocabulary and adjectives.

To present During stage, Teacher Yesmin began giving to the students 3 worksheets. After this, Teacher Yesmin started to read the conversation part by part, when the had already finished Teacher Yesmin asked them to answer Yes or No in the first part of the worksheet. Then, students were asked to read their answers asking them Yes or No. Besides that, Teacher Yesmin asked students to work in the second part, students had to answer according with the story. At the end, Teacher Yesmin asked students to stand up and were compared their answer with a classmate.

Moreover, Teacher Karla Rajo asked students to stand up, Teacher presented some little pictures of Toys, students should take 2 pictures and were asked to create a conversation with a partner using target vocabulary and adjectives. After this, Teacher Karla asked to a pair to make a conversation in front of their classmates.

To finish the lesson,  Teacher Hazel played a game, Teacher Hazel divide the students in two groups, students should form some sentences that Teacher Hazel said using target vocabulary and adjectives. The first group who form faster the sentence than other needed to throw a ball from a Roulette and where the ball fell those were the points that students got.

Teaching Practicum 1: Fernando's Group.

TOPIC: 'Toyland'.

CLASS19: (Listening).

N° OF STUDENTS: 05

TEACHERS:

Georgina Hernandez

Giovanni Abrego

Fernando Canales

Fatima Arias

Vanesa Paniagua

To present this class, we got together with 5 of our classmates, each partner choose one of five stages and we divided it to teach one stage by each teacher.

First, Teacher Georgina presented the Warm-up stage, students were asked to take a sit on the floor, teacher Georgina showed a box with a little Minion, students were asked to close their eyes and when teacher said open your eyes, one of the students were asked to answer the question Where is the Minion?, each student must to answer the question using the prepositions as Between, In front of, Next to, Behind, Under, In and On. For example: The Minion is under the Box.



Besides that, Teacher Giovanni presented a Target vocabulary as well as Prepositions, this to make students to remember the previous topic. Moreover, Flashcards and little name tags were pasted on the board. Students were asked to repeat each target vocabulary as well as prepositions, all this to practice what students had already learnt.


















For the During stage, Teacher Fernando presented an audio and a worksheet with a conversation between  two friends asking them about their favorite Toys. In the fist part of worksheet
 students should focus in the audio to put in order some events from 1-7 sentences. In the second part, students must to listen again the audio and complete missing information. At the end, students were asked to stand up and compare their answers with their classmates.



After this, Teacher Fatima presented the Post stage, for this activity Teacher Fatima had already pasted some Flashcards of Toys in different places. Students were asked to stand up and when Teacher said e.g.  Where is the Doll?, students had to look for the flashcard that had the picture of a Doll and say using the prepositions e.g. The doll is behind the Desk. Each student needed to asked the question that the teacher said.



To finish the class, Teacher Vanesa played Hot Potatoe with the students, students had to make a circle in the middle of the classroom and were given a marker, teacher start to count from 1-10 and the student who had the marker when Teacher Vanesa finished to count until 10, should pass in front of the class and Teacher Vanesa said e.g. 'The ball in next to the desk', so the student had to put the ball in the position that teacher says.

Teaching Practicum 1: Teacher Fernando Canales.

TOPIC: 'Toyland'.

CLASS18: (Grammar).

N° OF STUDENTS: 02

To start the class, teacher Fernando asked students to stand up and take a name of a Toy, students had to say the grammar I have a ..? including some vocabulary of Toys as: Ball, Action Figure, Doll, Car etc. For example, I have a Doll, when they mentioned their Toy they must to paste the name with the corresponding picture on the board. After this, students were asked to repeat each name twice, when then finished to repeat, teacher Fernando asked some questions to them e.g. Do you have a Car? and students should answer Yes, I have or No, I don't have.

For the Presentation, teacher Fernando presented some prepositions as Under, Between, On, Behind, In, Next to, and In front of. At the beggining teacher Fernando explained each preposition giving some examples to students that How the can use the prepositions, asking them to repeat each preposition twice. Then, teacher Fernando taught the question Where is the ..? using some vocabulary of the Toys, students must to answer according with the preposition, using the Toys that teacher Fernando presented. Moreover, students were asked to pass in front of the board and write a sentence using the question Where is the ...?, answering with the correct preposition and the name of a Toy.


Besides that, Teacher Fernando pasted the flashcards of the Toys in different places, students must to see the pictures and teacher asked them e.g. Where is the Doll? and students should answer e.g. The doll is under the desk.

To finish the lesson, students were given a worksheet. First, teacher readh the instruction and then students had to answer each question according with the sentences.

Teaching Practicum 1: Teacher Yesmin Perez

TOPIC: 'Toyland'.

CLASS17: (Vocabulary).

N° OF THE STUDENTS: 05

To start the class teacher Yesmin asked students to make 2 lines, before this teacher Yesmin had already wrote on the board some sentences that were in disorder. Students needed to pass one by one and should order the sentences. The first group who finished to order the sentences, was going to be the winner.

Besides that, Teacher Yesmin gave students a little paper which have a different names of Toys, after this, teacher Yesmin asked students to stand up and paste on the board each flashcard according with the name that they had in the little papers and also to paste the correct name of the Toys according with the flashcards, when they finished to paste each name, Teacher Yesmin asked them to repeat each word twice. Moreover, teacher Yesmin presented some grammar about the question Do you have a? answering Yes, I do/ No, I don't. Students must practice among them using the little papers that had already given, asking and answering e.g. Do you have a doll? and their classmates should answer Yes, I do or No, I don't.

For the practice, teacher Yesmin gave students a worksheet, where students had to write the number of each name of the Toys, according with the picture. In addition, students must to compare their answers with their classmates when the finish.

After this, students were asked to draw their favorite Toy in a blank page, when they finished their drawing, students needed to pass infront of the class to show their drawing. What students must to do was to ask some questions to the student that was in front of them, asking Do you have a Ball? and the student that was infront had to answer Yes, I have or No, I don't, according with the drawing that he/she had.