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.

Teaching Practicum 1: Teacher Giovanni Abrego & Georgina Hernandez

TOPIC: 'Body Talk'.

CLASS16: (Reading).

N° OF THE STUDENTS: 04

To start the class, Teacher Georgina asked some classmates to stand up since, real students couldn't go to the university because of the weather. First, Teacher Georgina explained the game called 'Hands to Hands' where students needed to work in pairs and when teacher said a part of the body, students had to put the part of the body that teacher had said together with their classmate but they don't needed to separate their part and so on, until students couldn't touch their bodies.

After this, teacher Gio made a review about the last topic, presenting some adjectives like: long, short, beautiful, big and small. This review helped students to focus more in the topic and how the could use an adjective using one part of the body, after this teacher Gio asked students to share the favorite part of the body praciting with the adjectives and vocabulary.



For the During stage, teacher Georgina gave students a worksheet and a little pieces of paper which had a little story, students should read the story and after this, they needed to answer some questions that were presented in the worksheet. First, Teacher Georgina read the story and then she asked some students to help her to read the story again. Then, Teacher Georgina asked some students to read the instructions and complete each question with the corresponding answer. To finish, students must to stand up and compare their answers with a partner, and then Teacher Georgina helps students to answer correctly each question.


To complete the Post stage, students were given a blank page, what students needed to do was to draw their favorite part of the body, creating a sentences using one or two adjectives that they prefered. When students finished to draw, Teacher Gio asked them to stand up and show their drawing with their classmates describing their favorite part of the body.




To finish the lesson, Teacher Georgina played a game called 'Body Salad'. Students were asked to stand up and make a circle with their desk, each student were given a part of the body, e.g. 'Foot or Arm'. When a classmate said one of the two parts of the body already mentioned, they should stand up and move to another desk, the person that was no sitting needed to say 'Foot, Arm or Body Salad' to move again.

Teaching Practicum 1: Teachers Vanesa Paniagua y Fatima Arias

TOPIC: 'Body Talk'.

CLASS15: (Listening).

N° OF STUDENTS: 06

To start the class, Teacher Fati asked students to stand up and make two lines, they were presented with the name of the parts of body and they were asked to make the drawings on the boards. The student that finishes first got the point.

Teacher Vanesa presented 9 flashcards about vocabulary, Teacher Vane presented the name of each part of the body and students had to repeat the name, them students were asked to repeat again. After this, students needed to make sentences using the grammar I HAVE & I DON'T HAVE, using flashcards.
For example: I have Feet. Then, teacher Vanesa asked students if they remembered the Adjectives, she pasted the adjectives on the board, then Teacher created sentences in a positive way and negative way. Besides that, Teacher Vanesa played a game that was Hot Potatoe, the student who had the marker had to pass on the board and create a sentence using the parts of the body, the adjectives and the verb 'I have & I don't have'.

Students were asked to listen an audio and work in a worksheet where they needed to focus in the audio and write the correct words on the worksheet to complete the task. Teacher Fatima played the audio 4 times. At the end Teacher Fatima asked students to compare their answers among them.

For the Production Teacher Vanesa asked students to stand up and make a circle, students needed to choose a paper and the student who had the smallest paper had to choose a flashcard and needed to describe a monster using the name 'I'm a Monster' and using the grammar 'I have & I don't have', the adjective,colors, numbers and some parts of the body, students had to pass to the board to describe a monster. T helps students to describe  the monsters.

To finish the class, Teacher Fatima played a memory game,  they needed to choose a color to match the same picture, who had more pairs got a point.

Teaching Practicum 1: Abigail Rauda y Hazel Rivas.

TOPIC: 'Body Talk'.

CLASS14: (Grammar).

N° OF STUDENTS: 04

 Teacher Abigail and Hazel presented the grammar lesson about the topic Body Talk. For this class Teacher Hazel  presented the topic where students had to work in pairs and create many sentences as they could, with the scrumbles words that Teacher Hazel had given to the students. The group who creates more sentences was going to be the winner.






Besides that, Teacher Aby asked students to stand up and read some sentences about some pictures, one group from the left needed to read moving to the right and the group who was in the right needed to read moving to the left.




Then Teacher Hazel played a game, students had to read some sentences that were pasted on the board, those sentences had a missing letter so, students had to read the sentences with the missing letter, for example (Have, don't, I).

At the end, students needed to read the sentences with the missing letter and then they had to throw a ball on a Roulette, if the ball pasted on one number of the Roulette, students got those points.

Teaching Practicum 1: Teachers Karla Rajo & Karla Pineda

TOPIC: 'Body Talk'.

CLASS13: (Vocabulary).

N° OF STUDENTS: 06

Teacher Karla Rajo began the class playing a game called The Bottle, students needed to split the bottle and the student who pointing out the bottle had to paste on the board a part of a body related with a chart that was on the board.

(Teacher Karla used CCQ to be sure if the names of the part of the body were correctly pasted).

Then, Teacher Karla Pineda presented 10 flashcards about the body, Teacher showed a picture and asked students to repeat twice the name of each part of the body like Ears, Eyes, Mouth, Arm, Leg, Hand, Foot, Feet, Nose, & Head. Then Teacher Karla asked students to help her to put each name of the part of the body in the corresponding image, after this Teacher Karla asked students to repeat each name again.

After this, Teacher Karla Rajo asked students to stand up, teacher played a game where Teacher Karla had to said one part of the body and students needed to touch it just to remember the last activity, then Teacher Karla presented another game where teacher had pasted on the board two charts with missing parts of the body, what students needed to do, was that teacher made two lines with students and when Teacher Karla said a part of a body students needed to choose the correct part of the body and run to the board to paste it in the space that corresponded to the part of the body and also they needed to pasted the corresponding name of that part of the body.

   




















Teacher Karla Pineda played a game called 'Simon says', when Teacher Karla said 'Simon says touch your eyes' each students had to touch their eyes, but if the teacher just said 'Touch your eyes', students do not have to touch any part of their bodies. If a students get confused, this student needed to pass to the board and says again 'Simon says touch'..

Teacher Karla Rajo gave students a worksheet and some colors, what students had to do, was that Teacher Karla said a part of the body and students should to draw it on the worksheet. Moreover, when they had drawn the part of the body they should pass the color to the other classmates and so on. At the end Teacher Karla asked for a volunteer to show their draw pointing out at least two part of the body that had done.

Teaching Practicum 1: Teachers Vanesa Paniagua & Fatima Arias.

TOPIC: 'Insect Life'.

CLASS12: (Reading).

N° OF STUDENTS: 06

Teacher Fatima began the class playing a game. Teacher Fatima made two lines with students and before this Teacher Fatima had pasted on the board different insects, what students had to do was that Teacher Fatima gave them a Fly Swatter, when Teacher Fatima said a name students needed to run and hit the correct insect with the Fly Swatter, who got more points won.




Then Teacher Vanesa pasted 9 pictures on the board related with insects, after this Teacher Vanesa played a game call Hot Potatoe with students, the student who had the hot potatoe needed to pass to the board and paste the correct name of an insect in the corresponding flashcard. Then Teacher Vnaesa asked students if they remembered the five adjectives, Teacher Vanesa helps students to remember the adjectives and then with students helps, Teacher Vanesa classified each insect in different adjectives like Ladybug is small and beautiful.

 Teacher Fatima gave students a worksheet, students had to read a little story with a worksheet in which they needed to work it, then Teacher Fatima read the whole story and asked students to with her and then alone. After this, Teacher Fatima asked students to read the story one by one, and also the instructions, when students finished, Teacher Fatima made students to compare their answers, then Teacher asked students to work in the second part making the same, at the end students needed to compare with a classmate.

(Teacher Vanesa helps students to work in the worksheet and students really like this activity).

Teacher Vanessa follow the class giving to students a worksheet, glue and scissors, where students needed to read the sentence and then they had to cut some little images and past in the corresponding place in the same worksheet. Before this, Teacher Vanesa asked students to read each sentences that were in the worksheet. Then, students were asked to compare their job with their classmates and also to read what they had done.

Teacher fatima asked students to sit on the floor, students needed to put their hands behind their backs and when Teacher Fatima said a name of and insect students needed to touch the picture, who had a point was going to be the winner.