Second lesson - literacy (house) 2nd Oct 2012

 Whole – warming up:  

Materials needed: computer- video clip of (talking flashcards- my house)

1.       Show the children talking flashcards clip (YouTube- My house) , this video focus on 4 words e.g. window, door, roof and chimney .

2.       Point at different parts in the computer during the video.

3.       Repeat with the Audio the four new words.

4.       Ask the children to repeat\ try to remember  the new words.

 

Extra activity for the whole if the first activity did not fit the 15 min:

(flyswatter)

 materials needed: picture flash cards of  (window, door, roof and chimney)  -you can draw them-  sticks (as the number of students you are going to involve in the activity)

1.       Ask the children to sit nicely in the circle.

2.       Ask to children to come in the middle of the circle to model the activity for others (choose two from the high  ability once so they model it with good understanding of your instructions).

3.       Put the picture flash cards on the ground.

4.       Ask the children to point at the chimney for example and the  at the door.

5.       Ask them to be more faster so they win ( at the beginning the children will need some of the teacher guidance to hit the right picture but then they will remember two and step by step they will get it).

 

Focus activity (small groups)  15 min

A.       (flyswatter) 6-7 min

         The same process  that I have done in the whole

B.      draw a house with (window, door, roof and chimney) 6-7 min

 

1.       Ask the children to draw their house with (window, door, roof and chimney).

2.       Ask them what they have draw? How many windows they have in their pictures?

3.       Give the children the chance to express what they have drawn.

Reflective journal

Because there is no smart board in the classroom this is did not stopped me using some technology , I used the teacher computer which is near the carpet and the children can see what is display in the screen,  but there were some important issues that I should avoid next time.

1.       The way of children sitting in by that  I mean, I couldn’t organize how the children sit in front of the screen because this was like a new thing for them to have. Some of the children were standing up and some of them were walking around the class and I couldn’t control them o even see them, it was like tornado of the children in the class.

 

So for the next time I will tell the children  in Arabic that “I know that we are going to get excited and we want to see the movie but in order for me to show you the movie you should each sit in your place don’t move, don’t get closer from the screen and keep your hands for yourself … what should we do ??  (let the children say)

ask them why should we do that ?

 

2.       In the focus activity I should make sure that the picture flashcards don’t move while the children hit it because they forget about the activity and they take the flash cards away of the center. So in the next time I will have a “blue tack” at the back of each flash card where I make sure that they are stick to the tale and do not move during the activity.

3.       Because the focus activity is in one of the corners it is difficult for other groups to focus on their tasks if my group keep hitting the pictures strongly and more than one time. Next time one of the rules for this game will e hit one time and not loudly or you lose a turn. For the second group, I had different idea which is “ ask the children to put their hands up, the one that they hold the stick with, and after they hear the word I keep model for them how to hit gently.

 

4.       Actually because this is like a first time for the children to have a game in the focus it was hard for me to guess what their reaction will be and if this game will fit with their level or interest. I observed the first group and they were interest for the first 3 min  only which makes me think what should I change or add so they are engaged again?

I asked one child to be the teacher and pronounce one of the four words after I review it for them. The children become more engaged and they were waiting for their turns to e the teachers by that I hit to points at one which are first, I make them interest again and secondly, they are reviewing  the words orally and link it with the picture.