Teaching Practicum 1: Teacher Vanesa Jovel and Fatima Arias.

Topic: Insect life.
Class Nº12: Reading

Students were presented with the dynamic "Fly swatter". Students should stand up and make two lines, in the board were pasted pictures of the insects and students were given a fly swatter. When teacher Fatima said the name of an insect students had to run and touch the image with the fly swatter. The group that "killed" more insects got a point.

Nine flashcards of the insects were pasted in the board, students played the hot potato in order to pass at the front choose a sheet if paper with the spelling of an insect and pasted in the correct place. Teacher Vanesa asked students if they remember the pronunciation of each insect, and they had to repeat the pronunciation to improve it. Then, five adjectives were reviewed and students were asked to match an insect with the adjective that they thought that was the most suitable.

Moreover, students were given a worksheet with a story of the insects, they had to read it and answer some questions. Then, students should compared the answers with a classmate and with the whole class.

To finish, students were provided with glue, scissor and a worksheet. Students had to red a sentence and look for the right insect that was presented in the sentence, they had to cut the image of the insect and pasted in the correct space with the correct sentence. Students were encourage to read the sentences and to compare their answers.