OCTOBER: Shapes Lesson #1

From CATCH curriculum;

Attendence, greetings, "Hey there!"

Vocabulary: the words: SHAPE, COLOR...triangle, circle, oval, square, trapezoid, diamond, hexagon, cross, heart, star.

Key Phrases:

What SHAPE/COLOR is it?

It's a (adj+ _____.)

Review the rainbow color song.

LEARN NEW: Students take turns pulling felt shapes from the bag what SHAPE is it? It's a triangle. What COLOR is it? It's a red triangle.

PLAY Categories

lap*lap*clap*clap* snap twice and say (red triangle....blue diamond...yellow square...) for a challenge, speed up the clapping. when kids can't come up with it, have them sit just outside the circle.

PLAY circle game: Not a_____ But a ______.

sit in a circle and give the kids a felt shape. Ask, "What SHAPE is it?"

"It's a circle!" tell them OH NO! it's not a 'circle,' it's a _______"

..get creative. encourage the kids to get creative, and act out what it COULD be!

... a cookie

... a cushion

... a compass

... an eye-patch

Hand out worksheet for homework. How many, pp 31 & 53 color, cut & paste!

When you bring it back and you get a sticker in the book!

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.

See you next week!

6/30/09 Class review: I,ME, MY continued

Oh my goodness these kids are so smart, but they are so young, and they have a LOT of energy!!!!!! it is like doing kindys all over again, sometimes. But it can be a lot of fun, too. like today.

1st, attendence. I called each student and asked them to do something: stand up, sit down, look, listen....things we've learned in class. just so each kid gets a chance to be put on the spot. this class works best when I can focus them into a circle, tables kindof stink with them.

2nd, move into a circle and review our vocabulary.
I have a PLUM.
It belongs to ME.
This is MY plum.

3rd. I brought PLUMS with me. pulled out the feelings cards, and made a drama activity even more fun. One student stands in the circle, and they see a feelings card (e.g; ANGRY) and then they must perform the vocab. script in that tone. KUDOS to Jessica for giving a wonderful ANGRY plum performance, and Rory for giving a sad performance.

finally, a short reading/paperwork activity from "What kids should know to read 1st grade"
line up and say goodbye!

6/23 class review

New Phrasal Points:
What do you have?
I have a ________.
It belongs to me.
This is my _______.

Grammar: I, me, my: when & how to use themd
New vocabulary: have, belong, & some kinds of fruit.

Start with phrases
then each student gets a different plastic fruit to hold and say the phrases. they love this, but if it becomes a distraction, take the fruit away after they talk.

Collect the fruit if you already haven't.

Put the words to music.
Ella, Ella Ella,what do you have? OH! Ella, Ella Ella,what do you have? (x2)
2ns time faster.
I have a ________. It belongs to me. This is my _______. Oh it belongs to me! (x2)

Play a passing game in the same fashion as if you were playing stella-stella-olah! clapping game. Pass the mystery bag w/ all the fruit in it first. the person who ends up with it, pulls a fruit out. then you sing "I have." the persong who ends up with the fruit in hand is out and must start to make a circle on the outside. they continue to sing and clap along.

worksheets from the "Things you should know by 1st grade" book.

6/2/09 Class Review

CATCH 1 --> Unit 3: Body Parts
Starting with a song, we have been learning morning, noon, afternoon, night. So the kids are learning the wonderful Skinnamarinkey-dink.
before/after conversa

Today's vocabulary:
eye(s)
ears(s)
mouth
cheek(s)
shoulder(s)
arm(s)
finger(s)
stomach
knee(s)
leg(s)
foot(feet)


go over new vocabulary. kids can say the word, then ask, "Is it a ____?" they can say, "Yes it is/No it isn't"

GAME: Family feud style. if you can, line the kids up in two lines IN CHAIRS.
2 kids come to the front of the class . ask them to point out a body part. first to ring bell, gets to go first. ifthey get it right, they have to find the flashcard to go with it (spelling side UP)

worksheet from activity book page 25. I photocopied it very LIGHTLY, so the trace words are GONE. then they have to write in the words, if they're misspelled, circle with marker and make them check flashcards, now PICTURE side UP!

Make sure classroom is in order before leaving!
line up and say goodbye!

this is a really smart group of kids, but some of them don't know basic stuff. The content is really basic, but it doesn't hurt the kids to practice again if they already learned it. I try to make lots of variety of activity for them so they're practicing in all sorts of ways, visual, vocal/auditory, physical. They're a lot of energy to handle. Remember to keep directions simple. it's easy for them to misunderstand my directions!

Ship to Shore! Re-invented for the classroom

The idea is simple. kids run from one side of the classroom to the other. I set this up by drawing a picture on the board. most lowish level students have learned the word, SHIP in their phonics classes, so they imagine they are running from the ship to the shore.

one at a time I introduce the commands.
I've made different motions for each command, some need 1 person, others require 2 or three. If the move requires three, and there are two people without a third, those 2 kidsmust sit down and wait for the next game.
it's a fun game for any size, from 3 to 103!

The week's vocabulary makes up the commands:

Stand up!

Sit down! (two people: one sits on the other like a chair)

Stop! (same as freeze. students can't move till I say OKAY. if they move when I say ANYTHING else, like ship, shore, listen! then they are OUT and have to sit down)

Listen! (three people: they get together and whisper in a circle)

Look. haven't gotten to that one yet.

some of the classics i might add in are SEASICK, CLEAN the FLOOR, and SHARK ATTACK, if they got the hang of the standard ones.

If I had the option, I would take my students outside and play on a field, but it works okay indoors, too.

Class Review 4/28/09

I started using a new curriculum specifically for this 3rd grade class.
it's an ESL curric. called CATCH. It is starting out waaay basic, and I'm hoping it'll help me gague out the kids who are way advanced and the ones who can't even read, because the group is DEFINITELY very stratified. Allover, they seem to be a very bright, smart group. and I'm excited to see how far I can take them this term.
CATCH--Lesson ! part 1

Objectives: Students will sight-read (and understand) new vocabularywords. They will use their previous classwork to identify written color words in a coloring by word picture. will read together and understand that before a person title or animal, we use the word, a or an.

Key Phrases:
What's your name?
I'm ________.
Who are you?
I'm a ______.

Vocabulary & grammar points
girl, boy, teacher, student, monster, a mouse, an elephant.

Worksheets from Catch student&activitybooks/grade 1 word book.
pp1,2,3,4.

Goals for next lesson. Part 2 of lesson 1 is identifying classroom objects:
pencil, chair, book, table, board, notebook, pen, bookshelf--in a cut & paste activity
And play a game using the directional phrases,
Stand up, sit down, listen, look, stop!
I've noticed some of the students have very little reading skill, and some read perfectly. I want to incorporate phonics mini-lessons into each lesson. a good review for the kids who can already read, and I hope it'll make the other kids feel like they're being sneaky under the radar while really getting in some good letter-sound identification.
I really like this class! they're clever and good-natured! I'm excited to go on this english class journey with them, and I hope that they learn a lot. if they don't, then I know it's my fault, because all of them is trying!

Class Review 4/7/09

Class went very well today. we started with attendance, repeating everyone's korean & English name. One new student today, 헤린, became Helene. It seems logical. I am getting pretty good at just pulling name substitues out of my hat, or letting kids feel okay if we have to tweek the name so we don't have two of each. In 4th grade special, we now have Kara/Kira, Christie/Chrissy, and June/Jane. Sara/SaraH. In this class I only have that problem with Mia/Maya & Genie/Gina. I figure it's a good lesson in culture--because if someone has a different name in an American classroom, one kid always has to change, or add the first letter of his/her last name to their title. So week #2 & names it has all been sorted!

After attendence, we talked about "How are you?"
Learned the Chant, "Hey, hello how are you?" "I am _______, how are you?"
and using flashcards, we learned sick, hungry, thirsty & well. Went around the class asking how are you and answering depending on which card I was holding up.

Then, we went over COLORS: our topic of the day.
Using flashcards, we learned red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white.
learned the rainbow, rainbow, colors of the rainbow song.
Each kid got a card to hold up and when they heard their card name, they had to hold it up. We sang it several times, each time getting faster and a teeny more chaotic. It was really fun!

Played around the world using color flashcards.

Colored a rainbow picture, cut it out and pasted it on the window.---soo pretty!
after class, I made multi-colored raindrops for the rainbows, and a flower. each drop/petal has the color name on it.

Goals for next week: continue to talk about greetings, "how are you?" and different answers. EACH CLASS SHOULD BEGIN WITH A NEW GREETING TOPIC, 5-10 MINS ONLY. AS A FRIENDLY FRIENDLY WARM-UP.
breifly review colors, then get into the alphabet. students will read & say aloud together, color by listening, play BINGO, and maybe do a letter scavenger hunt!

Class List

Nina: 손귤잎
Rory: 김정빈
Gina: 유진아
Ella: 창수친
Genie: 남지헤
Mia: 엄수영
Helene: 한헤린
Mary: 김지윤
Jessica: 조도해
Brian: 김대욱
Marty: 권민성
Maya: 한희윤
Andy: 황우혁
absent: 손령빈 & 박우역