viernes, 11 de abril de 2014

FUTURE TENSE: WILL T-SHIRT

With a "Will T-shirt" you can explain Future tense to your students easily...they will love to be the one who wears the T-shirt. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES: One student wears the T-shirt with a Will in the front and a Won't on the back, the rest of the students will guide him/her in order to get the correct position in the sentence. GRADE LEVEL: 2nd and 3rd Cycle Primary. OBJECTIVES: Reaching kinesthetic learning styles', gamifying the lesson, materializing grammar concepts, creating a cooperative environment. EXAMPLE OF SENTENCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Dm8kBWaYYmHcLz9WPyot_4znPO20PTQwKY8ne6_QFU/edit

IRREGULAR VERBS: Manipulative Articulated Boxes

These articulation boxes are really interesting, you can add new vocabulary any time you want. It is easy to create by children and they will love to take their box with them everywhere. Try it with irregular verbs! Proposed Activity: Irregular verbs, vocabulary of the unit, phrasal verbs, discourses acquisition. Grade level: All grades in Primary. Objectives: higher motivation and involvement, transforming teaching into mobile learning (they can take it everywhere), fostering quizzes and contests in the playground.

ACQUIRING VOCABULARY: Manipulative Word Spyglass

It is easy to create and students love to search words through out the classroom's walls. Try it! They can do their own Word Spyglass in Art and Crafts and use it in every subject you want to. SUBJECTS: Any subject delivered in L2 PROPOSED ACTIVITIES: Acquiring new vocabulary (searching for words for a gap filling worksheet, crossword or a list) GRADE LEVEL: Any grade in Primary OBJECTIVES: Fostering motivation and involvement, gamifying a tedious activity, reaching all learning styles and ADD/ADHD students.

VIRTUAL MANIPULATIVES IN THE CLASSROOM

We all know that children love videogames, using Minecraft in our teaching process will engage our students in any topic we want to introduce.Watch this video and comment! Your opinions are important....