AFTERSCHOOL: SPRING 2010

I'm always excited when this class begins: I miss my students from the former 5th grade!

but oh boy...they are a lot of work to keep occupied; they get to slow and sluggish...and interesting in other things.

nonetheless, I'm still excited to have them back, and I intend for this small group to do a lot of vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Originally we were going to do she sells sea shells by the sea shore.

I think i want to start with something they're familiar with, maybe going back to reviewing parts of the house and doing a "my home" unit. combine it with their "where are you from curric. from a few weeks back to talk about different types of homes around the world, then do a craft project.

play LEMONADE

look at CATCH book (4?)

WINTER CAMP 2010 Jan 20~22

DAY ONE: welcome & learning instructions; prepositions & household objects

DOL: use a dictionary to look up five vocabulary words. Read, write, & Draw. Read aloud together for Fluency.

Warm-up activity.: Way up in the sky

Pick English names, make nametags

CLASSROOM RULES

I am talking, you are listening

No eating/drinking in class

No handphones

ENGLISH TALKING ONLY

Everyone works, Everyone plays!

ENGLISH ONLY

Name games

I AM…HE IS…SHE IS….WE ARE (actions)

SLAP-TAP using names

(ZIP-ZAP: using nametags & the mystery bag)

THROW THE BALL

VOCABULARY: PREPOSITIONS beside, in, on, under, through, in front behind, in between (SING the SONG!)

PLAY SUSAN SAYS using chairs & blindfolds.

Classroom Scavenger Hunt: search for and write down objects and where they are.

Worksheets—See what they know (house objects & prepositions)

Prereading worksheet: companion to One Snowy Day~

READ words for fluency

SNACK

VOCABULARY GAME: SLAP GAME

Afternoon conversation: what is the best thing to do when it’s snowy outside?

Pre-reading: look at a book cover and tell me about what you see. What do you think this book is about?

Read a story.

More name games: sheet drop.

ABC order with names & blindfolds.

READ together: One Snowy Day

END WITH A SONG: ~GING GANG GOOLIE~

CLEAN THE CLASSROOM .

Line up according to ABC order @ the door. We will sing a goodbye song and then go. See you tomorrow!

DAY TWO: ZOO animals & Can/Can’t

DOL WARM UP

Worksheet—companion to the HICCUPS for ELEPHANT

Read for Fluency

CONVERSATION: Can you…. count backwards from 10?

…. From 100

…. Walk backwards? (have a backwards walking race)

…. Run, fly,swim, talk, jump, write, climb

New vocabulary: ANIMALS: elephant, hippo, monkey, giraffe, lion, alligator, penguin, eagle, pig, sheep

Worksheets. (CATCH UNIT 6)

Guessing game: it is/isn’t it can/can’t

Reinforce vocab activity PPt: BIG PIC & Remembery

ACTIVITY: groups of 2-3 Venn diagram in groups—give each student an animal, they make a venn diagram about things each animal can/can’t do. If they BOTH do it, put it in the space where the circles intersect.

SNACK

CRAFT ACTIVITY: It’s a ________ It CAN ________ It CAN’T _________.

(hang them on the Classroom Projects Wall)

ACTIVITY: LEMONADE

CONVERSATION: When you have the hiccups, what do you do? Does it work? (pretend to have the hiccups, and let them tell you how to cure it)

READ STORY Hiccups for Elephant

CLEAN THE CLASSROOM. See you tomorrow!

(XTRA TIME activity: Heads-up seven up (can a hippo fly? Yes it can’ no it can’t!)

DAY THREE: Review; real/make-believe, the witch goes to school

Hands-on Creative Project: Give students a stack of carefully chosen “random” flashcards from what we’ve been studying all week. Students must create a comic from the vocabulary provided.

Vocab pre-reading worksheet: each Comic group will do 1~2 words and then we’ll get together and fill them all in. Write/create sentences together. (this is a great opportunity to work new vocab into conversation. Cafeteria example) do you like to eat in the cafeteria or the classroom? What do you do in the morning? Etc..etc…

Read words for fluency~slow-slow-fast

Read for fluency in pairs

Pre-Read cover TOGETHER fill out worksheet together

SNACK TIME

GAME: catergories snapping game

DISCUSS: Talk about the difference between Real & make-believe

Do the worksheets (3 pages)

Read THE WITCH GOES TO SCHOOL

1^st) teacher reads, asks questions (students try to answer)

2^nd) students read together aloud (teacher re-asks questions, students answer)

3^rd) listen to E-book read. (teacher re-asks questions, students answer)

XTRA time activity: ACTION MINEFIELD

Clean the classroom really really well—it’s the last day!!!

Thank you for making Winter camp SO SPECIAL!!! ~much love, Susan

SEPTEMBER: Gettingto Know You

Greetings!

Take attendence.

Review Classroom rules & consequences

Play a name game: Actions

Interview and Present:

Go over interview sheet and vocabulary on it.

Make sure students know what's expected of them before turning them loose!

Break up into pairs and fill out and interview sheet.

Present your parnter to the class.

See you next week!

SEPTEMBER: New Semester

Welcome back returning students, welcome new kids pick English names.

Everyone makes nametags--Susan laminates them.

Circle up on the stage: go over 5 rules of Special class

1) English only

2) Be ON TIME. if you're late, wait in the back of the classroom to be invited in!

3) No food in Class, NO PHONES!

4) pay attention when someone is talking!

5) have fun! try to learn English!

Name Games:

I am...she is...he is...

Sheet drop rover

ABC order with letters then names.

Grade 6: SUMMER PROJECT

MULTI-CLASS PROJECT: objective: students will work together to create a student newspaper. 1 lesson=2 weeks. each week teacher will present a different topic and associated vocabulary, then students will work independently in groups of 2-3 to create documents for the paper.
before end of class, introduce the next topic, and have them bring materials/ideas that they think will be good for the paper.

choose: 2 editors who will choose how the newspaper will ultimately look
and writers

sections:
weather
fashion
advice column
opinion
horroscope
Events & Announcements
World News
Letters From the Editors
Classifieds

Crosswords
puzzles
brain teasers

recipes for summer

Class Review

There are 22 students in my 6th grade class.
I miss a lot of these kids, since they're not in my regular classes anymore.
Therefore, Coming to my Language Center becomes a novelty, a privilege.
But, oh, boy are they a rowdy bunch! I hope this momentum keeps up as the year goes on. 6th graders are notorious pissy-missies & misters.

But I really like these kids. and I know they enjoy coming to class.
So I hope to keep up this enthusiasm.

5/21/09 class review:
I used this class to practice for my upcoming open class, since the group is rather large, and they've already been through all the 5th grade curriculum. Plus, a little review can always be helpful.
So we practiced the games/activities we'll go through this Wednesday for Open Class.
I am so excited! What a Show-off I am...

We played ZIP...ZAP...Sorry? to warm-up
Then we had a quick review session of vocabulary and directions,
Then we did Where's my Chair? Blindfolded Directions...game.
See game descriptions here.

Class review 4/9/09

Oh these 6th graders are a handful!
it reminds me of all the angst and how things can change so fast. why oh why do sweet 5th graders turn so wierd and awkward when they hit that grade? strangely bigger, more sour.

Still they are a lot of fun. they are just so rambunctious on a thursday afternoon.
We started out playing the standard toss the ball and say the name game, then timing it.
I didn't expect them to have so much trouble just keeping it in the air, not dropping it. So it took a lot longer than I'd expected. (seems to be the theme of this class)

Initially I just want to develop a group comfort level, create an environment of comraderie, where the kids can feel comfortable sharing, playing, and studying together. So for the first little while, I'm going to do my best toincorporsate some team building activities into the curriculum.

Then we learned the phrasal points,
"I'd (would) like..."
"I'd like you to...."
"Why don't you..."

I started out with a ball and asked them what they wanted. the first kid to say "I want to ball," got it, and then they all started shouting.
I got the ball back and introduced, I would--->I'd....."I'd like the ball," and the chaos ensued again. this time I used 2 balls--one blue, one red.
got the balls back & changed it, "I'd like you to + ACTION+ the ball." "
and the same with "Why don't you+ ACTION+ the ball."

I don't know why but this activity got the kids really riled up. there were balls and shouting and that's it. I kindof let the chaos happen a bit, as long as I heard them shouting out the appropriate phrases.

I gave the kids 3 pics of fruit. They had to write 3 sentences using our three new phrasal points, then they could go home. Surprisingly, this was difficult for some of them, many of them forgot to put in theACTION word, others just copied the 1 sentence I'd written on the board.

Goals for next class: I didn't even get thru half of what I wanted to, so theres much more to cover. Next week I'd like to start with SHOULD as a talking point. play "what are you doing?" and start to work on our skits, what SHOULD you do when you meet someone for the first time? what SHOULDN'T you do?