English for kids

 I like the genially activity by Sahman Taslimi.  I will now plan a genially activity for my group.  Since I have already worked with genially in class, students are familiarized with the app and will be ready and keen to do it again. So, I propose to work on emotions through emoticons.  LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. To be aware of emotions in our lives. 2. To recognize emotions when happened by analyzing our feelings. 3. To use the language properly by designing and making a diary with the emotions and the reasons why they felt that way. 4. To use correctly the app, getting the best of it. CONTENTS - Reproducing and writing short, easy sentences in digital format. - Producing clear written messages considering the models provided. - Using basic communicative functions: opinions, feelings. - Identifying and using vocabulary related to feelings and emotions. - Reproducing and starting using basic graphic patterns and punctuation. - Using basic syntactic structures to produce short texts: quant

 https://learningenglishwithsahman.blogspot.com/ A highly visual blog that explicit very well the stages of all the tasks carried out. I like the distribution and the use of attractive pictures that get the attention and help to engage with the content. The explanation of the activities are clear and well organized, setting the goals and establishing the purposes and the tools needed. I also like the structure of the blog that boost the blog itself. https://laiasblog85.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2020-12-23T23:24:00-08:00&max-results=7 First, I miss some visual help that support the entries. The use of typography could also be better to enhance the reading experience. There is a lack of personal information as well. Nevertheless, I like the explanation of the activities. They are well organized and explained, setting clearly the stages and the objectives. 

 First I we make the groups and introduced them the app, picked the free modality and started to see the functionality of the web. They already knew how to use this kind of app since most of them are used to work with it, so my point here was to make sure every member of the team was involve in the task. Then I presented the topic they have to work with, in this case a country where English is spoken as an official language, discarding the big countries such as the USA, the UK, Canada and so on. Here, they divided the task: one looked for general information about the country, other about famous people, the other finding pictures...My help here consisted in simplify the language used to make them comprehensible for them and for the audience. They worked at home too, because of the bad condition of school laptops and they showed me the progress made. Here, they told me about some problems because sometimes they did the same work and did not progress as they wanted to. After a few sessio

The groups were made by coincidence of characters within the highest level students. They were free to make their choices and I agreed with the outcome. First, I explained the goals of the activity: - Using the English language in a meaningful way. - Using visual support to make it understandable. - Using Written language to tell a story. - Learning new vocabulary and expressions. - Being aware of the self language level. Afterwards, I showed the way the app worked. Obviously, they got really quick because they all are used to manage this type of tools. They picked and designed their story and started to work. I just stayed for them to support in any question related to vocabulary, expressions and so on. I encouraged to be creative and use their imagination. Sometimes they don't really know what they are capable of. At first they felt insecure and hesitated about sentences, using pictures, the plot and I just gave a little push to carry on. I noticed they enjoyed a lot with the pro

The video I have picked is a part of the current lesson with 4º grade kids. We are learning about the facts of wild animals, their environment and some of their characteristics. So, as a part of it I have shown this video. First, they have been learning some vocabulary about them and ways of answering in the right way. In the half of the lesson I provided with the video to be watched at home as many times as they wanted to understand generally. Then, the next session was about to listen again in class, but being conscious of what the questions are asking. We will do this a few times to make sure the most of them have got the idea. Furthermore, the task has also been designed to work with some specific ways of responding questions in present simple. They have to work on their own, just the help of previous listening at their homes. So, it's compulsory having worked with the video previously.   https://edpuzzle.com/media/5fccfa1d2a6d814107f635a2

 The activity has been designed to be carried out by an advanced group of 6th grade learners in primary school.  - First, I explained what the project was about. Although I'm not really keen on working with translations at this stage, I wanted them to cope with the fact that every language has its own personality and that it's a huge mistake trying to translate word by word only by the means of internet translator and all that stuff. I tried them to realize the importance of using English as a language itself, with its own rules and personality, though they have to take Spanish texts and turned into English with their own tools and the help of the teacher.  - Second, they were given the option of working by groups or individually and were also free to choose the topic they wanted.  - They had to find in internet ten items about the topic they pick and find a short text in Spanish about them.  - Afterwards, I adapted the Spanish texts to the level of the students in order to be

These are the steps I use to follow when working on reading skill:   1. Students have a look at the text, along with some pictures to help them to contextualize.   2. I provide them a short list with possible difficult words.   3. They deduce what the story may be about.   4. If the story is available with the ebook I play on the interactive board a few times while students try to follow the reading. If not, I say the text at a moderate speed.   5. Afterwards, I demand some of them to read it aloud, paying attention to the pronunciation.   6. They read it silently at their own pace.   7. We all speak about the text, trying to get the general meaning.   8. They answer some specific questions about it.   9. We all check the answers. The texts worked in class are those based on their close experience and attending the relevant grammar and highlighted vocabulary. These will be adapted to the level of the students according to their needs.