Iliana & JC’s class

Class 5

Topic: My body.

Vocabulary: mouth, nose, tooth, teeth, eyes, ears, hands, feet, foot.

Grammar: Do you have…? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.

 

It was the fifth and the last class of the second period, and it was definitely a very good class since Iliana and Jc tried to improve all the errors that we had made. Unfortunately my case of study did not go again, so I will not talk about her.

The class started with the warm up activity, and I personally think that it was the best way as that song could have been carried out because it was not only sung but also it was danced, and I saw that all children enjoyed a lot doing it in that way –even I did it too.

 

Next, Iliana started presenting the topic “My Body”. She had two uncompleted bodies on the board, and she started introducing the vocabulary putting and saying the missing parts to the first body. Then, she asked the students to pass to the front and put and say the names for completing the second uncompleted body.  I consider it was a good activity for introducing topic, I consider she could have showed them the vocabulary some other times before asking them to pass to do it because they just had encountered the vocabulary, but they had not clarified it, so they needed to review at least a more time, ad also because there were several words at the same time and they needed to little by little. However, it was just what I thought.

 

Then, the practice started. One of the activities that was very interesting was the one about “king Simon” because I consider it was a great idea to bring an object that called students attention, and at the same time could help to the students’ learning because when children saw the monkey they engaged in the activity and tried to do what king Simon asked for. Also, it was interesting because students not only followed JC’s instructions but also they could participate giving them. In this way, they were not just listening to the vocabulary but also saying it, and if they could not do it JC helped them so they could not feel intimidated.

 

Also, another activity that really got my attention was when they sing the song “shake, shake….” because I could realize that children were getting bored. However, when the song took place all of them got involved again in the class because they just love movement activities. Therefore, this activity made them to feel excited. In this way, they can learn more easily because with activities like this, they really want to learn.

 

At the end, they ended with the “good bye” song. However, they did a good job because they not only sang the song but also they taught it little by little until most of the students were able to sing it. It was a very very nice class.