Teachers: Heinar, Josué, Andrés, and Ronald

Topic: Toys and Games

Part 1

Grammar part: I have / I don’t have

Vocabulary to present:  bike, teddy bear, plane, car, doll

The first part of the class was taught by Heinar and Josué. They presented to children some vocabulary words related to toys such as bike, plane, car, doll, and teddy bear. The way that Heinar started the class was very interesting and it motivated children to participate in it since the activity consisted on having children making a puzzle (see picture one). One of the activities we liked from the fourth class (the first part) was one in which the teacher asked children to make a circle and to walk around an arrow and next to the arrow; there was a box which contained some flashcards of a doll, a bike, a plane, a car, and a teddy bear. Then, the teacher counted from 1 to 10 and the child who was pointed by the arrow had to take out of the box one flashcard in order to say the name of the toy he/she took as you can see in picture two. It was very interesting to see that every child wanted to participate, and some of them were stopping in front of the arrow because they wanted to take the flashcard.

 

Picture one. Children making the puzzle.

 

In our opinion children had a great improvement, we could see it in this class because all children were participating in all activities and also almost all of them acquired the new vocabulary.  Teachers did a very nice job.

 

Picture two. Children walking around the arrow. 

Part 2

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

Vocabulary to present: ball, train, robot, kite

The second part of the class was taught by Andrés and Ronald. They presented some other new words related to toys and games like ball, train, robot, and kite. Even though there were some difficulties when giving instructions, teacher made a very good job. One of the activity we liked and enjoyed more was one in which children had to say one of the grammar words and then they had to throw a ball into a hoop (like basketball). All children wanted to participate, and there were some of them who participated more than once. It was evident that children enjoyed this activity because they were laughing all the time, as you can see in picture three. Besides, the teacher’s performance was good because children felt comfortable playing and participating all the time.

 

Picture three. Children throwing the ball into a hoop. 

This class was one of our favorite since children not only participated in all the activities but also they did it with a great pleasure. Moreover, teachers did a very nice job; they had some mistakes like all of us like for example in some parts of the class it seemed as if they (teachers) were losing the class control due to the fact that some children were not paying attention (especially in the second part of the class). However, at the end teachers solved this problem, so they had a good result of the class.

Very nice job guys!!!!