Juan & Raúl's class

Class 4

Topic: My pet

Vocabulary: Cat, dog, snake, rabbit, turtle, bird.

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

 

It was the fourth class for the children. I consider it was a good class because they overcame most of the problem which the previous groups had had.

 

The class started with a warm up activity. It was to sign the “how are you” song. Although they just sang it once, they enjoyed it because most of them already knew the lyrics and that it is the song they have to sing at the beginning of every class as a kind of routine, so they can internalize it.  

 

After they sang the song, Juan started to introduce the topic “PETS” by asking them if they liked pets. I could see that few of them could understand what he was asking since the word “like” was new for the most of them. Then, Juan introduced the vocabulary about pets through a power point presentation. It was a great idea to introduce the topic in that way because they can see the pictures in a better way.Then, Juan introduced the vocabulary about pets through a power point presentation. It was a great idea to introduce the topic in that way because they can see the pictures in a better way.I remember he continue  showing some pictures about pets and asking the name of every pet in order to elicit vocabulary. I could notice that my

case of study, Darlin, did not know much about the topic. She could have showed this because she is a younger child compared with the rest of the class, and her cognitive area is not as developed as an older child. Probably she may need more time to think and say what is being asked. 

 

Then, the practice stage started, and one of the activities was to pass a ball while they listened to a very nice music for children. When the music stopped, the child who had the ball had to go to the board and write the missing letters for some words regarding with the new target language. It was very interesting because I could notice that every time the words were more and more difficult; however, children were able to do a very good job.

 

Another very interesting activity was one in which the children had a little book. In it they had to paste some images according to what every page said. All children did it excellent in this part because Raúl was modeling one by one. However, in this same task they had to write down the missing letters in the words below of the image. I thought that all children had done it well because the complete word was above

of the image, but I saw Imelda’s book, and she missed the last word. I think that it was not because she was not able to do it, but because she is just a six year old and she is in disadvantage of her speed to complete some tasks as older children. As it was an activity that required using fine motor skills, she is not still in the stage in which she can be able to copy letters or words, but not in the same speed of their partners. Besides of that, it was a great activity.