First group

Topic: My dream job

Teachers: Bryan Melgar

                  Eunice Menjivar

                  William Alexander

                  Eduardo Escobar

                  Tomas Lievano

The profession was the topic that this group presented and they came up with a fantastic idea of dress acording with  some of the most famous  professions. There was a soccer player, a teacher, an actor,  polie officer, and a doctor. This create a good environment for students because they felt more confident and more relax.

The first teacher was Tomas that review some of the vocabulary studied in the previews class. Something that I like was that they create some name tags that included their names and a profession asigned by the teachers.

The presentation of the topic was in charge of teacher Eunice. She explained the topic and the professions by doing mimics in order that students got the meaning of the

profession. The question what do you want to be? Was presented by Eunice as well and she  took anough time to explained point by point the question and the answer. Then, teacher bryan made his students practice by playign the “hot chair”. This activity allowed students feel comfortable, and this helped him to create a good environment in which they learn in an diferent way and not just siting down llisten to the teacher. Student were focused during the whole activity because they had to pay attention to the song because when it stopped they had to find a chair. The ones that left standing had to said a question and an answer about a profession. Students really loved this activity because all of them were set out to win.  Teachers Eduardo and William continued practicing with their students by usign two different activities.

The first one was the famous “hat” in this activity students made a circle and pass the “hat” to their classmates while they heard a song, and when the song stopped the one that got it said a profession that they would like to perform.

The activity was interesting, students were engage and themos timportant they practice what they studied. The other activity consisted on write on the board and write either a question or an answer. In this activity students were a litle bit nervous because they had to write; however, teachers helped and encouraged them to ketp going. I enjoyed this class a lot because there were many activities that involved all the students. Moreover, the performance of each teacher was awesome, and the most important I learnt in every single antivity. 

Third Group

Topic: My day

Teachers: Vannesa

                  Luis

                  Wanda

                 Jennifer

                 Ada deyanira

In this class the topic was “My day” and I was expecting to learn new teaching teachniques and new activities.

The topic was introduce by Jennifer and students were focused during the whole introduction. Besides, she sang a different sogn with the sutdents that included the phrase Can you tell me the time? since they were teaching daily routines and the time. She used a big clock that was pasted on the board in order to tought them how you ask for the time and an activity perform in some hours of the day such as get up, eat lunch, go to bed, and do the homework.

Then, teacher Wanda continued teaching the time and review some of the dialy routines. However, this time sshe created the question  “What time do you __? And they had to complete the sentence with some of the daily routines to which they were introduced to. 

The very next activity was “Lottery”  developed by teacher Deyanira. Personally I really like this activity because students had fun while they were practicing the time. Deyanira monitored students pretty well and ketp them focused on the practice. Besides, students were  engaged and this help her to perform her activity without any problem. Then, she asked them to lifted out a paper in which there was a question like time do you get up? And the questions vary with other daily routines. Students practice one each of them by doing a question and answer it by telling the time that they perform the activity. The next teacher Luis that  kept his students doing a matching game. The cards that were used in this activity were big enough for students to identify the pair of the other picture. The activity in my opinion was apealing for students because they complete it succesfully. The last activity allowed students to stood up, walked, and ran. The teacher in charge of this activity was Vanessa, and it consisted on shout a daily routine or a specific time and studnets had to find the pictures and touch it. Students had a good time with this last activity because it was a time to relax but they kept learning.

I want to point out that this group did a good job in this class because they prepared enough material for students to practice. Besides, there were new activities that were created acording to the age of the students. I really like some of the activitis that is why I have to say that my expectation were achieved.

Workshops

Coping with Stage Fright and How to Speak in Public

The last two wednesdays I participate in a workshop with the art teacher. Before the workshop I was very anxious about this activity because I wondered about the activities that I was going to do there. My expectations were learn to dominate my nervous when I am in front of a class, learn how to be the authority in the class, and how speak correctly in a class. The first day of this workshop I was very nervous but the teacher was so dynamic and cheerful that I felt comfortable there. Moreover, I know all of my classmates because we have been in the same classes for months so I felt almost relax.

During this workshop I participated in many activities and I really enjoy it. First, we present us making a movement and was very funny. Then we walked in a circle and we make mimics to our classmates. I could complete this activity; however, it was very difficult to be make the three movements that we had to make. This was the first activity in which I started to socialize with all of my classmates and that helped me a lot to feel comfortable. Besides, there was another activity in which I participate and this was to be the mirror of one of my classmates. It was very funny because I did everything that my other classmate did and some things were not common at all.

Moreover, we practice a 
little about the proyection of the voice since this is a very important aspect to take into account when teacher are working with large groups of students. So, the time to speak in front of a class came and I started to feel nervous, and kind of shy. Even though, I know all of my classmates I still feel nervous. The purpose of this activity was to manage the space of the classroom and the volume of my voice. I did this activity but I had some problems at the time speak because the volume of my voice was not correct and the management of the space needed improvement. These aspects were pointed out by the teacher and he explained to me how I can improve those aspects. That was the first day of the workshop but the second day my job was tell a story and try not to repeat the errors that I had the first time. I have to say that I feel nervous again but I could speak better this time so I feel happy about it. However, another aspects showed up and this was the use of fillers. The teacher explained us that when we are working with children it is necessary that teachers speak clear and secure.

All the activities that I perform in this workshops were very useful for me because they helped me improve some aspects. For example; the tone of my voice when I am teaching a class with many students. The proyection of the voice vary inside the classrooms, and this depend of how many students you have. The voice of a teacher should be clear and audible for every students. Moreover, the way you stand in front of a class it is very important because students can perceive your nervousness. Moreover, I learnt that the teacher is the one that control the group of students not the other way around. This is something that I will keep in mind when the time to be a teacher comes. Children are very smart and they must feel identify with you and see you as their friends instead of an old, strict person. Moreover, I learnt how to stand correctly in front of a class and how we can control that class. These two workshops helped a lot and I am happy because I was part of it. I spent I very nice time with classmates and I learnt something of each of them.   

Materials

The last workshop was about materials that are used to create teaching tools. Kriscia and I presented some types of poppets that were made with paperboard, old fabric, and paper bags. The most important aspect to take into account are the size and colors of the puppets that is why we use catching colors to make them more interesting for children. 

Moreover, my classmates share with us some other ideas to use different materials to teach a lesson. The first idea was flashcards presented by Bryan and Eunice. The flashcards contained numbers and animals to teach farm animals. However, flashcards can contained just images or they can be used to teach another topic. The activity was funny because we practice pronunciation and vocabulary about animals.

The second activity was modeling clay. This activity was presented by Brenda and Nancy. They explain us that the use of this materials help children develop their fine and gross motor skill because children manipulate the material and create what they want. Personally, I really like to use modeling clay with children because they develop their imagination at the time to create something with this material. The third option was grouping techniques that are use when teachers need to that students work in groups. 

The most famous techniques are the random technique that means that teachers choose the students randomly to be part of a group. The other one is the social cooperative technique that consist in make groups with different level students in that way students can support and help each other with the ones that have difficulties to learn. 

The fourth option was make a musical instrument with recycle materials, and my friends Deyanira and Jacky presented a type of drum that was made with a plastic glass, a balloon, and some stones.  This option was nice because we can make noise with this instrument and sing a song related to the topic that are being taught. 

Moreover, Wanda and Vanessa create a spinning wheel with recycle material too. This fantastic tool can be used in classes with different topics. In my opinion it can be used to teach colors, to ask question to students related to the topic that they are studying, or simply each color of the spinning wheel can have a command that students must complete. 

The last idea was presented by Josue and it was flip cards that it can be used to tell a story to children; however, it has different uses. One idea that came up in the class was to give a message to students by telling a story, and teachers can engage students to participate in the reading or making the mimic of the characters that appear in the story. 

The most important aspect of these idea of using materials to create teaching tools is that they are attractive for children since they like to play and have fun with their classmates. Teachers do not have to spend a lot of many to create these types of tools because some of them are made with recycle materials that are easy to found and manipulate. In this week I learnt that children learn through play and it is important that teachers give plenty opportunities to their students to practice during the class. I am happy because I have grown a lot during these classes and all the knowledge that I have acquire I will put it in practice in my classes. 

Speaking Activities

This resent class has to do with activities that are useful to practice speaking. Personally I learnt a lot because my classmates create many activities that were very attractive for kids. The purpose of these activities was take some of the activities and put it in practice in our classes. The activities that my classmates presented were the broken telephone, the hot chair, The interactive activity with pupets peresented by wanda, the guesing activity that vanne presented. Personally one of the activities that I really enjoy was the flying balloon that was presented by our classmate Josue. This activity was very interesting, and it consisted in hit the balloon and say an animal every time that we touch it. Moreover, it was nice because we use a balloon to create the activity. Another activity that I really like was brenda's activity that consisted on  through a monkey and say our favorite fruit. All the activities were very constructive for me because I learnt what we can do and say at the time to work with children. For example, the vocabulary that is used to teach children should be simple because children do not master the language yet. 
Moreover, the Instructions of the activities must be short and clear at the time to give it to our students. The color of the pictures or material that teachers use should be very colorful. Children like and pay more attention to those images or visual aids that are attractive for them. Another thing that I learnt was that we need to involve all our students in the activity by encourage them that the activity is funny and the most important that tehy will learn a lot. Children are very smart and they pay attention to everything that is why teachers need to pay attention to the time and the cons that activities may present at the time to perform it. It is neccessary that we as teachers ensure that all the elements that we will need are apropriate and that they will work. These are just some of many aspects that I lernt in this workshop and I am very excited to put in practice this elements that I learnt. 

Songs and Chants Workshop class

The class for this week was funny and interesting because we share a set of songs and chants with the purpose of have a verity of song that we can use with our students. All our classmates chose carefully the song that they presented and explained the age, the stage, and the purpose of the song.  My classmate Thomas presented The Finger Family this song describe the members of the family and requires that children represent each family member by using their fingers.  

 Then, he presented Five Little Monkeys song that is used to practice numbers. I really like this song, and I cannot stop singing it. Moreover, Bryan gave us the song I Have a Pet that include some animals such as dog, cat, and fish. His other song was the Bath Song that talks about parts of the body and it should be used as a warm up if the topic was already thought. 
Then, Olmes sang the If you are happy chant that it is used in the during stage to practice the feelings or emotions topic. Besides, our friend Eunice transported us to the zoo with the two songs that she presented. These songs were Let’s go to the zoo and Walking in the jungle that are used in the during stage, and the two of them talks about wild animals. 
                                                        The next songs that we sang were ten little airplanes that is

used to practice numbers. Also, we sang  old mack donald farm presented by Josue that talks about animals. 
Then, Xunaxi presented the What’s your name song that is used the first day of classes in order that students ask the names of classmates. Furthermore, Nancy gave us the lyrics of I see someting blue song that is use as a warm up, and in the during stage to practice colors. Besides, in this song teachers can replace the blue color for any other color that they studied in previews classes. 

Jacky introduced the songs This is the way that talks about daily routines and the song If you are wearing something red that it is also used to practice colors and that color can be substituted by any other. The song Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes was presented by Jennifer and we spent a very nice time dancing and moving our bodies with this song to practice parts of the body. Moreover, she presented the Animals farm song that talks about farm animals. Our friend Deyanira gave to us the lyric of Days of the week that was really interesting because it has different rhythm inside the same song. Then, Vanesa performed the Skeleton dance that talks about bones. This  is a nice but difficult song to sing that is why the ages to which this song can be thought is  from 9 to 12. 

Brenda presented The clothing song that include clothes like socks, pants, and shoes. Besides, she presented the Color objects song that include some objects and the color that represent them. My other

classmate Kriscia gave us the lyric of the Greeting song and Five little Ducks that was a very nice song with a little bit of salsa rhythm. Finally, our classmate Wanda chose the alphabet song, and the good morning song. I learnt a lot in these two classes and the most important thing is that I definitely will used these song with my future students. 

Creating PDP and PPP Lesson Plans

In this post I present the two lesson plan that I create this week. Besides, I will share with all of you how this process was. The process of create a lesson plan require organization, knowledge, creativity, and specific objectives. These are the aspects that in my opinion are the most important at the time to create a lesson plan. Now I will explain the experience that I face while I did these two lessons.

Before starting creating my lesson plan I felt a little bit nervous. Even though, it was not my first time I felt confuse about the topic and included aspects that I needed to evaluate. Moreover, I got confuse at the time to divide the lesson in the framework PPP OR PDP. These two frameworks are the ones that are use two plan either a planning for productive (listening and writing) or perceptive skills (reading and listening). These were the issues that I faced but after some explanations from the teacher I could start creating my lesson plan.

During the process there were many aspects that I wanted to include; however, I learnt that is necessary to analyze the aspects that we want to evaluate and keep in mind our objectives. The time goes fast when I am creating a lesson plan because I pay too much attention to some aspects. For example, think about the warm up activity that fits better. This is one common thing that happens to me while I am doing the planning. Another thing that I face in this process was that every aspect to evaluate must have a purpose. Teachers should not  include something just to fill the time. After I create my two lesson plans I realized how hard is the job of a teacher because they create a lesson plan for every class and that is what I will do the rest of my life. I really  like to be in charge of the classroom and measure the knowledge of my students so I will enjoy it and of course I will do my best to help my students.

Don Bosco University

Teaching Practicum I “Teaching English to Young Learners”

Teacher:  Susana Lisseth Anaya                                    Date:   August, 24^th 2015

Topic: My Classroom

Objective:  By the end of this lesson students will be able to list and pronounce 6 objects that are used in classroom by asking what is this? what is that?

Target skill: Listening, grammar, writing           Planning Framework: PDP 

Time	Stage	Active/Procedure	Details
5 minutes	Warm up	-This activity is called “Late for School” Students will imitate all the movement that the teacher does this involve wake up, getting dress, brushing their teeth, take breakfast, etc. When they are ready to go to the school they realize that is “Saturday” and they go to bed again laying in the floor.	Aim of the Activity: Break the ice Type of learner: V, A, K Interaction: T-S
15 minutes	Pre-listening	-Working in the same groups students will guess what the topic is by watching some images in a power presentation. -Teacher will provide the topic and the vocabulary that students will use. -Teacher will explain the use of what is this? And what is that? To ask for the names of objects.	Aim of the Activity: Present the topic Materials: Power Presentation Type of learner: V,A,V Interaction: T-S, SS.
20 minutes	During	-Students will practice the pronunciation of the classroom’s objects by listen to an audio. -Students will have a page will many classroom objects and they will listen to an audio then they will cross it out the objects that they listened. -Students will practice with a partner the questions what is this? And what is that? Asking the name of some objects of the class.	Aim of the Activity: Practicing Materials: Audios, page with objects of the classroom Type of learner: V,A, Interaction: T-S,ss.
20 minutes	Post	-Students will take a number and make a group with the partner that have the same number, then they will create a conversation using the names of the objects that are found in classroom and what is this and what is that questions. -Students will play the game called “hot potato” and there will be two selected groups that will share their conversations with the rest of the class.	Aim of the Activity: Materials: Type of learner: V,A,K,V. Interaction: T-S,ss.

Don Bosco University

Teaching Practicum I “Teaching English to Young Learners”

Teacher:  Susana Lisseth Anaya                                    Date:   August, 24^th 2015

Topic: My Classroom

Objective:  By the end of this lesson students will be able to identify and write correctly the name of 5 different objects in the classroom using the question what is this? what is that?.

Target skill:  Listening, writing           Planning Framework:  PPP

Time	Stage	Active/Procedure	Details
5 minutes	Warm up	-children will stand in pairs and would be “front to front” with their pairs. Then will listen to the instructions of the teacher and when she says “change” they will change pairs. The teacher will give the instruction for example back to back, elbow to elbow, knee to knee, etc.	Aim of the Activity: Break the ice Type of learner: V, A, K Interaction: T-S
15 minutes	Pre-listening	-Teacher will present the topic “my classroom” with the help of some flashcards that have the name and the picture of some objects that are found in classrooms. -Students will be introduced to what is this? What is that? Question in order to ask for the name of the objects. -Students will use these questions to ask their classmates and teacher for some objects in the classroom.	Aim of the Activity: Present the topic Materials: Flashcards Type of learner: V,A,V Interaction: T-S
20 minutes	During	-Students will sing a song to practice the name of the objects of the classroom -Students will walk around the classroom and asked 3 students to the name of the object using the question studied.	Aim of the Activity: Practicing Materials: cd player classroom Type of learner: V,A, Interaction:T-S, SS.
15  minutes	Post	-Teacher will give a short test to students it will include to fill it with the name of the correspond object.	Aim of the Activity: Know what student have learnt Materials: Type of learner: V,A,K,V.
5 minutes	Wrap up	-teacher will play the same song that teacher played before but students will need to write the name of the object that they heard and write down with the missing name of the object in the lyric.	Aim of the Activity: Know what student have learnt Materials: Type of learner: V,A,K,V.