Teaching Practicum 1: Teacher Georgina Hernandez and Geovany Abrego 

Topic: Great outfit!
Class Nº 5

To start the class, students were given an envelope that contained some pieces of paper, they were asked to work individually and to for the puzzle. Then, teacher Georgina asked the students to check if their classmates' puzzle were ok.

Second, teacher Geovany presented the the alphabet in order to review the pronunciaton of the words. Also, students were introduced with eight flashcards of the clothes vocabulary, with their corresponding spelling and the question "How do you spell it?"

Students were given eight small flashcards of the clothes and they had to put them face down in the desk. When teacher Georgina says the name of a clothes, students had to take an image until find the right item, the student who found first the item won a point.

Big flashcards previously presented were pasted around the classroom. Teacher Geovany asked the students to stand up, and to paid attention to the clothe that teacher was going to say. The students should run and take the flascard that was said.

Three teachers were asked to participate in a game where teacher Georgina had to said to the students a name of a clothes and students had to draw it in the board, the volunteer teachers might guess the item.

Teaching Pacticum I: Teacher Fernando Canales

Topic: The family members

Class Nº4: Reading

Teacher fernando started the class reviewing the previous vocabulary with flashcards pasted in the board. Then he asked the students if they knew the pronunciation of each word.

To continue, students were presented with finger puppets of the family and the teacher presented all the family members, then students had to perform members the same by themselves.

NOTE: I think that this activity was great because could attract the students attention.

To finish, students were presented with scrambled words, where they had to listen carefure to the family member that the teacher says, to form the correct spelling, the winning group had a juice and a cookie.

NOTE: In my opinion the class was very created and well organized.

Teaching Practicum I: Teacher Yesmin Perez.

TOPIC: 'The Family Members

CLASS Nº 03: Listening.

Teacher Yesmin presented the Topic 'The Family'. The class started by presenting some pictures about family where students had to write the correct name of each picture.Students were asked to stand up and make groups of three and  students should run and write in the board the correct name of each picture that was pasted in the board.










Then, teacher Yesmin presented eight pictures representing  some verbs, like: work, read, etc. Studentrs needed to paste a flaschar of the family member that they thought that was related to the verb. Also, the pronunciation of the vocabulary was reviewed.








To finish the lesson, teacher Yesmin asked students to stand up and to create some sentences by using the family vocabulary and the verbs presented during the class.

Workshop, part 2

We went to the Departament of Art and Culture of Don Bosco University, to continue with the acquisition of new and useful learning. As usual teacher Geovany (the art teacher), suggested us to take off our shoes and to start to walk around the room and to smile at our classmate. Then, we made an activity with a balloon. The balloon represented or lives, at the beginning we had to keep the balloon just with one finger, then with two and so on, until keep the balloon with both hands. Moreover, we had to exploit our classmates' lifes (the balloon), that threat represented the problems that we have through our growth process, but we had to fight to keep our lives, until the appropiate time comes and snatches our lives (when we exploit the balloons).

NOTE: This class was more attractive and significant for me, en special the activity of the balloon, that showed how hard is to keep our lives 

Furthermore, we passed infront of our classmates to tell a story where we had to put in practice all what we had learned in the previous class, also teacher Geovany was helping us with the voice modulation and the place management. Then, he gave us feedback and encouraged us to improve some details.

To finish, we had an activity totally different, the teacher played relaxing music and we had to give our partners a massage, and then our classmates had to do the same with us.

NOTE: I liked this activity because we were very relaxed, and it was not something common. :D

August 31

Second class by Karla Rajo and Karla.

Topic: Verb To BE, she/he.

Class 2-Grammar

Nº of students: 05

First, students were asked to make a circle, then, they had to pass a doll and when the teacher stopped to count, the student who had the doll, must had to pass to match a flashcard with the correct meaning.

NOTE: the visual material that teachers presented were attractive and colorful.

Second, in the presentation stage, the teacher presented the topic "Verb to be, she/he" with flashcards. The teacher advised to the students that the pronoun "She" was for girls and "He" for boys. Moreover, teacher asked to the students to get in groups, and to create a collage. One group had to find images for "She" and the other group for "Him".

NOTE: In my opinion the topic was explained clearly.

Furthermore, students were presented with flash cards with drawings of she or he, then they were asked to get in groups of two, where students have to complete the correct sentences, according with the picture that the teacher showed.

NOTE: students were anxious to know what was the next activity.

In the production stage students played the dynamic "Simon says", students were asked to stand up and to make a circle. The teacher touched a part of the body but said the opposite, for example: the teacher said, touch your legs but the teacher was touching her head. The students that made a mistake, passed to the front to complete a sentence.

To finished, students made a circle and passed a ball, when the teacher stopped to count, the student who had the ball passed to the front check if the sentences that were pasted in the board are grammatically right or wrong.

NOTE: I think that this dynamic, was a good idea to check if students had understood the topic.

August 24

First class by Hazel and Abigail.

Topic: My family

Class 1-Vocabulary

Nº of students: 3

To start the class teacher Hazel pasted in the board a chart with a "Family tree" with the spelling of the family members. Then, students made a circle and passed a ball and when the music stops, the kid who had the ball must take a flashcard with a family member and paste it in the correct place of the tree.

NOTE: I think that teachers Hazel and Abigail are very creative to make dynamics.

Second, teacher Abigail pasted in the board flashcards of the family members and explained the spelling and the pronunciation. To check if students had understood, teacher Abigail removed the flashcardas and played a memory game, where students had to remember each family member.

Then, teachers moved the desks and put an object related to the family member, for example: the desk that had the word sister also had a doll. Moreover, when the teacher said a name of a family member students had to run and take the correct object, and the student who take it first get a prize.

NOTE: the activities that teacher Abigail and Hazel did were amused.

Third, students were given envelopes with scrambled words, then teacher said a word of a family member and students had to form the correct spelling of the word. The student who finished first got a point.

To finish, students were presented with a matching game, flashcards of the family members were pasted in the board with a number. Students had to choose two numbers to find the correct pair of family members. The student who matched more pictures got a point.

NOTE: The game was great for children, and I realised that they were very excited to participate.

In this practicum 1, teaching students will deliver the lessons as follows:

Unit 1

Monday, August 24 - Hazel and Abigail Vocabulary

Monday, August 31 - Karla and Karla Rajo Grammar

Wednesday, September 02 - Fernando Listening

Monday, September 07 - Yesmin and Dennis Reading

Unit 2

Wednesday, September 09 - Georgina and Geovany Vocabulary

Monday, September 14 - Vanesa and Fatima Grammar

Wednesday, September 16 - Hazel and Abigail Listening

Monday, September 21 - Karla and Karla Rajo Reading

Unit 3

Wednesday, September 23 - Fernando Vocabulary

Monday, September 28 - Yesmin and Dennis Grammar

Wednesday, September 30 - Georgina and Geovany Listening

Monday, October 05 - Vanesa and Fatima Reading

Unit 4

Wednesday, October 07 - Karla and Karla Rajo Vocabulary

Monday, October 12 - Hazel and Abigail Grammar

Wednesday, October 14 - Vanesa and Fatima Listening

Monday, October 19 - Georgina and Geovany Reading

Unit 5

Wednesday, October 21 - Yesmin and Dennis Vocabulary

Monday, October 26 - Fernando Grammar

Wednesday, October 28 - Karla and Karla Rajo listening

Wednesday, November 04 - Hazel and Abigail Reading

Monday, November 09 "Closing Ceremony".

Workshop, part 1

In this activity all teaching students went to the Department of Art and Culture in the Don Bosco University to develop many useful skills and to put them in practice at the time of teaching a class.

At the beginning, the teacher asked us to walk around the room and to smile at our classmates and also to blowing kisses to the other classmate in order to create a good atmosphere and to feel confident.

Then, we were asked to sit down making a circle, and also we were given a piece of paper and markers to write 4 questions: Who I am?, How this activity could help me?, What could made me fail? and How could help others?, this questions were represented by an animal or an object related with our personality. Furthermore, we had to pass in front of our classmates to perform the role play that we had wrote.

To finish, the teacher gave us feedback of the role play, and then he taught how to articulate the voice when teaching with  big or small groups.

NOTE: My classmates and I really enjoyed the workshop because we learned something new and we shared a good moment with all.