MY PETS

Hello, everyone

This time I'll tell you about my experience with children. The things that I did well and what I have to improve for the next class.

Teacher Juan and I started with a song called How are you today, this to help kids get into action with all the activities we were going to do in the class, all students were motivated singing the song, but our fellow told us that children rarely practice it or that they had allowed the children to sing and do the motions themselves, so I'll take it into account for the next time.

Then teacher Juan presented the topic with a PowerPoint presentation about pets, he started to ask what this is? Showing them a picture, so that the children responded that it was ... and he did so with all the images related to the vocabulary

As a first practice the teacher Juan played the hot potato to find a volunteer to do an activity, so when someone got the potato when the music stop, this person had to pass and chose the correct picture that the teacher asked for. These activities worked well because the students understood the directions and were able to do it.

It was my turn; I started with them asking them. I like cats, dogs, turtles, and when they said Yes, they had to move to a place where he had put a poster with the phrase Yes, I do, on the other hand children who say no, they had to move to the other poster that said No, I do not. At the beginning of this activity I noticed that they did not understand, so I got nervous and adapt the activity had not as planned, at the end my colleagues told me I had to model more activities for children to understand me.

In the next activity I played with the children Sharks are coming. I told them they had to answer those who, when I tell them Sharks are coming, at the beginning I noticed That the activity did not work well so I adapt and I Asked I need group of 3, 4, or more students, and by the time it worked well, then When They were in group I gave them a handout with the vocabulary words and a matching activity. Firstly, I gave them a set of vocabulary Pictures That they did not see to put in the correct vocabulary word, I was modeling each of them, When They Already had finish I told them to do the filling in the blank activity, but I noticed That some Already have of them do it, and I this was not in my plans, but I did With The students who did not do yet. The purpose of this activity was recognized that the vocabulary words students through pictures, and the filling in the blanks activity; at the end they were able to do it.

Here is the planning that we use in the class

Teaching Practicum I “Teaching English to Children”

Names of the Teachers: Juan Jose Cañas and Raul Guillermo Montoya Díaz. Date: Friday, October 4^th 2012

Lesson: 4 Topic: My pet Vocabulary: Cat, dog, snake, rabbit, turtle, bird.

Objective of the lesson: By the end of this lesson, SWBAT to recognize and name of different pets. In addition, they will be able to distinguish the difference between Yes, I do and No, I don’t while hearing and watching some flash cards.
Time	Stage	Procedure	Notes
10-11¨	Welcome Song Warm up	I will set up the song so the students can once again sing along with both teachers. Children stand up in a semi-circle and I give them the directions to follow.	Aim of the activity:To get the students sing. This will be important to remind them that they are welcomed to the class. Type of learner:A-K Interaction: students- teacher Materials:none Responsible:Juan Escobar and Raul Montoya
15¨	Presentation	Introduce my topic “Pets” by showing them some pictures in order to elicit some vocabulary example: dog, cat, snake etc. I will show them the picture and will say to them the name of each animal, after that the students will listen and repeat the vocabulary three times. In this activity to introduce the topic the teacher will make a review of the alphabet spelling some words of the vocabulary and also some review of the numbers for example asking, how many letters the word cat has? The student will say three. Later I will show them a power point presentation in which there are some pets from the vocabulary, the teacher will use the pictures of the animals to practice the vocabulary, and the students will listen and repeat the name of each animal.	Aim of the activity: Encounter and remember target vocabulary Type of learner:V-A Interaction:students- teacher Materials:paper with a picture, projector, laptop, speakers, USB. Responsible: Juan Escobar
10¨	Practice	To practice the student will sit down on the floor and we are going to play HOT POTATOE A ball has to pass around in the table will be different names of animals and in front of the class some pictures of the pets, the student in the game has to pick up the name of the animal and he or she has to match the name with the picture. I would ask to the rest of the group to say the name of animal for practice and to help the student to match the word with the right picture.
10¨ 15¨ 15¨		Activity 1: Ask to the students to seat on the floor making a circle, and then, the teacher will show a wrong flash card and ask to the students. ¨Is this a cat¨, no, they will answer, ¨this is a dog¨, and the teacher will do with all the flash card of vocabulary. Activity 2: The teacher will say stand up—[pause [--- Do you like CATS, DOGS. ü Then, the teacher will say, the students who say YES have to move to a place where say ¨YES, I DO¨ ü Then, the teacher will say, the students who say NO have to move to a place where say ¨NO, I DON’T¨ the teacher will show to the student who are in the YES, I DO place a picture and ask them ¨Do you like¨ just to be sure if they understood, the teacher will do the same with the other group Activity 3: Step 1: In order to practice vocabulary I will use the activity: sharks are coming* (I will model saying: sharks are coming showing a picture with sharks, then kids have to say ¨how many¨, so I will say the number, for example: 2, 3, 4) to make groups, and when someone get out I will see a picture and I will ask ¨what is this¨, the kid will say ¨¨cat, dog, etc¨, also what color is this: red, blue, black, etc. Do you have a cat?	Aim of the activity: help students to internalize and remember vocabulary, also to help student to get familiar with the grammar structure “do you have (name of the pet)… yes, I do… No, I don’t ” Type of learner: V-A Interaction: Teacher- Students Materials: Flash cards Responsible: Raul Montoya
15¨		The teacher will give to each student a handout where they have to glue all the pets. The handout will have the name of the animal and the space to glue the pet picture. The teacher will model with one handout at the same time. Then the teacher will say go to page 2 and tell me what animal we have there, ask some students to make sure if they understood the lesson We will set up the song so the students can once again sing along with both teachers	Aim of the activity: to help students internalize vocabulary pets. Type of learner: V-A-K Interaction: students- teacher Materials: Handout, and flash cards Responsable: Raúl Montoya
Assignments and announcements: *If the teacher notice that students don´t understand the game, the teacher just have to tell them ¨I need group of 2,3, or 4, so on¨