Great lessons

Yesterday (Tuesday) and today (Wednesday) we had the pleasure of watching Holly, Pam and Berenice teach their students. All three had very energetic lessons which kept their students actively involved.

Holly taught her students some basic vocabulary to describe their favorite colors and food. She used picture cards to introduce the vocabulary, and then played a game to help the students remember the words. She then taught them to say, “My favorite color is …” “My favorite food is …” and “What is your favorite color?” and “What is your favorite food?” The lesson culminated in an activity where students ran back and forth in the classroom, and the student who was “it” had to tag a student and then ask them one of the questions. The students really enjoyed the game.

Pam decided her hot (non-air conditioned) classroom wasn’t the best place for her lesson, so she brought them downstairs to the open air pavilion underneath one of the buildings. She taught them direction words for left, right, forward, stop, turn around, etc. She then had them dancing to the music of some kind of slide song. The students really got into it.

Berenice had a similar lesson and activity. She started with the song lyrics on overhead, and had her students practice reading words like left, right, forward, back, turn, spin, etc. Once student could confidently read and act out the words, she had them practice the lyrics and movements in small groups. By the time she had them do the song and dance to the music, they performed it with great confidence.