Hello classmates, here we post an example about: How to do activities in our classroom. We attach all the aspects you need to know.

Getting  Hotter

One child thinks of something in the room or something she can see trough the window and the other child try to guess what it is. After each (except the first guess), the child says, the child says your getting hotter, if the guess is nearer to the correct object than the guess before, or, you are getting colder if the guess is further away. The child who guesses it correct can then think of another object in the room and the game continues.

Learning objectives:

- Make simple questions

- Participate into class group

- Use and learn some new vocabulary

Skills to develop:

Communicative skills (speaking, listening, conversation)

Place in the correct stage:

We place it in the second stage of Primary Education (8-10 years)

Contents:

-          Different categories of vocabulary such as clothes, food..

-          Simple sentences and questions.

Language for instruction:

-          Children should ask some questions and the classmates will answer “ you are getting hotter” or  “ you are getting colder”

The professional skill you are developing:

-          -Evaluation for learning (assessment)

-          Motivation

-          Integrate new technologies in class

Guess who?

One child thinks of one of the characters in the course book the class is using. The other children take turns to ask yes/no questions to try and find out who the character is. The questions must be general (e.g. Does she like soccer? Does she live in…?). If the answer to a question is, Yes, the child can then try and guess the character’s name.

Learning objectives

-           Make simple questions in English

-           Participate into class group

-           Use and learn some new vocabulary

Skills to develop

-           Communicative language competences: Conversation, listening and speaking.

Place it in the correct stage

-           We place it in the third stage of Primary Education.

Content

-           Vocabulary about how to describe somebody or something

-           Make questions about the different characters.

Language for instruction

-           Instructions for the children: Children make questions as Has he/she got blond hair? Has he/she got any pet?

-           Answer yes or no to guess who.

The professional skills you are developing.

-          Evaluation for learning (assessment)

-          Motivation

-          Life together

-          Intercultural

Hiding in the world

Put a map of the world or glove where all the children can see it, preferably very close such as spread out on the table in front of them. If possible also have a picture book of famous places around the world. Say, I´m the world. Where am I? The children try to guess where you are. Help them by suggesting they try to guess large areas first, such as continents (e.g. Are you in Europe?), and help them to pronounce the name of the continents in English. After they have guessed the continent, they can try to guess the country (e.g. Are you in France?). After they have found the country, they should try the guess the city (e.g. Are you in Paris?). It will help if the map has the names in English; There are many countries and place names that have phonically regular spelling.

They must then guess where you are in the city. It may be necessary to help them by showing them some pictures of famous places in that city, drawing pictures on the board, or writing the names of famous places on the board. They then guess, are you on the Eiffel Tower? If the place is correct but the preposition is wrong, write…Eiffel Tower on the board, and write on with an X through it. They should guess whether you are in or under the Eiffel Tower.

The game can be used to introduce a new preposition. You could say no to in, on and under, and they need to say things like, are you near the Eiffel Tower? When they genuinely try to say things like near or behind, get them to use gestures to show you what they are trying to say, and then help them say it. If the children have pictures books of famous places, they can play the game among themselves.

Learning objectives  

-          Make simple questions in English

-          Participate into class group

-          Use and learn some new vocabulary

-          Know different places from the world

-          Know different prepositions.

Skills to develop

-          Communicative language competences: Conversation, listening and speaking.

Place it in the correct stage of the curriculum

-          We place it in the third stage of Primary Education.

Content

-          Names of different continents, countries, cities and places.

-          Make questions about the different locations.

Language for instruction

-          Children must make questions about the continent, the country, the city and the place where they are.

-          They have to answer yes or no and use the preposition finally.

The professional skill you are developing with the activity

-           Evaluation for learning (assessment)

-           Motivation

-           Intercultural

Last Wednesday it was our gestion class, we did our presentation about two activities called: Guess who and Hiding in the world. This entrance has done to explain our experience in class.

Firstly we have to say that it was an excepcional experience because we did a funny work and all the classmates worked together. It is very important that teachers improve paticipation in class.When they are working in groups, it is essencial that childrens can talk,participate and have fun  when they are learning and these types of activities are adequate in primary education.

Secondly we must say that we had a really  good time. We recommend something like this to put into practice in our classroom.

Also, we have to tell you that it could be a hard work and why? Because you have to organizate your class, your pupils and the time you spent in each activity. It is basic that you have a good planning and a good way to evaluate your pupils. In our opinion it was a bit problem because we didnt know how our classmateswas going to reponse.

We post you our photos during the exposition here!