This
activity is designed for a fourth grade class level (9-10 years old).
There are 24 students in the classroom, one of them is a special
needs student. Their mother tongue is Spanish and we can find four
different nationalities: Spanish, Moroccan, Russian and Peruvian. The
school is located in the city of Madrid. The
length of this activity is one hour time.
The objectives are make
students to meet and interact each other and create
a good atmosphere in the classroom.
The
students will work in pairs, in groups of four and individually.
The materials are papers,
coloured pencils, erasers, computer (with an Internet connection) and a
digital board.
We will start singing a song from the Internet (Youtube). It is a song to know
the family members (“I`ve got a mother”, “I`ve got a father,
etc.). It´s perfect as an ice-breaker activity and the students will
be able to say some sentences of the song. We will listen to the song
twice.
The students will work in pairs and they will have to say each other
the members of their family (for example: “I`ve got two brothers”,
“I`ve got a grandmother”). Students can ask questions about
family or others things (“Do you have a pet in your house?”).
Also, students can say other things related to their family (“I
like to play football with my father”, etc.).
Later,
as a individual work, they will have to write a simple composition
about their family and they will draw a picture of their own family.
When
all students have finished, they will have to read the composition to
the rest of the class.
Next step is students will have to write one sentence about how English can
improve their lives in their future. All sentences must start with
the same structure (“If I know to speak English I can...”). The
teacher will say some examples about it (“... I can meet other
countries”, “...I can meet other people”, etc.).
When
all students have finished, in groups of four, they will have to read
their sentences to each other.
Finally,
each student will write his/her sentence in a piece of paper and
stick it on a poster that will be displayed in one of the walls of
the classroom.
This activity is for a second grade english class (7-8 years old). It is about parts of our body (head, shoulders, knees, toes, etc.).
Later, the professor will teach to the students the words that are going to be learned (head, shoulders, knees, toes, ears, mouth, eyes and nose). The teacher will teach the words like the song´s movements.
