Something I experienced this semester was keeping in touch with parents on a daily basis. At the beginning of the semester, I got all the parents email addresses and saved them in my Contact List. I would contact them every class to inform them about homework that day or any other event that might have happened, regarding the students' attitude or even their material. I sent them the link for the parents blog I created especially for them, so they could proudly see their children's production.I was wondering if parents would comment on the blog posts ...well...they didn't. And that reminded me of something Dani Lyra said during our presentation of our Digital Communication Project last year.She said that although parents don't leave comments on the posts, that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't read them. They didn't comment on the blog posts but they did in their email responses, since they received my emails regularly. Reading their feedback was precious and encouraged me to continue. They considered the daily basis contact a great way to make them aware of what was going on in class and far better than the telephone,which presents time constraints.Unlike phone calls, which depend on the availability of the parents, emails can be read at any place and time.In sum, it was a great experience,which allowed me to reach parents more effectively and profitably.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Feedback: A Gold Mine
Something I experienced this semester was keeping in touch with parents on a daily basis. At the beginning of the semester, I got all the parents email addresses and saved them in my Contact List. I would contact them every class to inform them about homework that day or any other event that might have happened, regarding the students' attitude or even their material. I sent them the link for the parents blog I created especially for them, so they could proudly see their children's production.I was wondering if parents would comment on the blog posts ...well...they didn't. And that reminded me of something Dani Lyra said during our presentation of our Digital Communication Project last year.She said that although parents don't leave comments on the posts, that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't read them. They didn't comment on the blog posts but they did in their email responses, since they received my emails regularly. Reading their feedback was precious and encouraged me to continue. They considered the daily basis contact a great way to make them aware of what was going on in class and far better than the telephone,which presents time constraints.Unlike phone calls, which depend on the availability of the parents, emails can be read at any place and time.In sum, it was a great experience,which allowed me to reach parents more effectively and profitably.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Simple Past: Biographies
Dani Lyra asked me to draw a set of drawings about John Lennon´s biography in order to use it as a teaser.The teaching point here is the past form of the verbs. The teacher shows students the pictures/video and they guess the sequence of events and come up with the story. Afterwards, teacher assigns a project, in which students will search about a late celebrity and write about him/her. They have to say when and where they were born, what they did and when and how they died.
Video
Simple Past: Biographies
Dani Lyra asked me to draw a set of drawings about John Lennon´s biography in order to use it as a teaser.The teaching point here is the past form of the verbs. The teacher shows students the pictures/video and they guess the sequence of events and come up with the story. Afterwards, teacher assigns a project, in which students will search about a late celebrity and write about him/her. They have to say when and where they were born, what they did and when and how they died.
Video
Friday, June 10, 2011
Junior Projects: Landscapes
For this project, which is our last one this semester, my students learned how to describe a landscape using the verb There To be. They were supposed to draw, color and describe a landscape of their own and use there is a + singular nouns and there are + plural nouns. Other possible forms such as uncountable nouns or unique nouns (for instance, "smoke" and "sun"), which happen to appear in some of the descriptions, were not addressed.
Junior Projects: Landscapes
For this project, which is our last one this semester, my students learned how to describe a landscape using the verb There To be. They were supposed to draw, color and describe a landscape of their own and use there is a + singular nouns and there are + plural nouns. Other possible forms such as uncountable nouns or unique nouns (for instance, "smoke" and "sun"), which happen to appear in some of the descriptions, were not addressed.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Junior Projects: Shapes
Shapes: For this project, students made a collage using shapes. They cut them out and pasted, creating landscapes and ordinary objects, also learned in the book. I demonstrated how to do it by making one collage myself. By doing so, they understood very clearly what I expected from them. Here is the result.
Junior Projects: Shapes
Junior Projects: Shapes
Shapes: For this project, students made a collage using shapes. They cut them out and pasted, creating landscapes and ordinary objects, also learned in the book. I demonstrated how to do it by making one collage myself. By doing so, they understood very clearly what I expected from them. Here is the result.
Junior Projects: Shapes
Junior Projects: My Family
During the making of this project, students practiced the two different ways learned to talk about families and the members of the family. Each student received a sheet folded in four, six and eight parts. They drew and cut out the shape of a person. Then, they drew and colored their relatives´ features and pasted them on a colored sheet of paper.
Junior Projects: My Family
During the making of this project, students practiced the two different ways learned to talk about families and the members of the family. Each student received a sheet folded in four, six and eight parts. They drew and cut out the shape of a person. Then, they drew and colored their relatives´ features and pasted them on a colored sheet of paper.
Junior Projects: My Secret Animal
Dear educators, I´m sorry I took so long to restart posting but I was up to my eyes in work. Still am by the way...but thanks to my dear colleague and friend Dani Lyra, I was able to post these three projects, made by my Elementary 1 and 3 students. Dani, I can´t thank you enough for helping me!!! You´re the best.
My Secret Animal: After learning characteristics used to describe animals, students were supposed to write a description and draw a secret animal. By using this digital book, the teacher will be able to play a fun guessing game, in which the students will share their own writing material.
Junior Projects: My Secret Animal
Dear educators, I´m sorry I took so long to restart posting but I was up to my eyes in work. Still am by the way...but thanks to my dear colleague and friend Dani Lyra, I was able to post these three projects, made by my Elementary 1 and 3 students. Dani, I can´t thank you enough for helping me!!! You´re the best.
My Secret Animal: After learning characteristics used to describe animals, students were supposed to write a description and draw a secret animal. By using this digital book, the teacher will be able to play a fun guessing game, in which the students will share their own writing material.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
I´m back!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I´m back. I arrived on the 10th. I hear I have some elementary and pre-teens groups to teach this semester. Unfortunately, I won´t be teaching teens and adults (there is only one group actually, of adult beginners). Most of my classes will be with the little ones. I can´t wait to have a lot of digital fun and share it with you guys!!!! P.S.: C´mon, leave a comment on my trip to Sampa!
I´m back!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I´m back. I arrived on the 10th. I hear I have some elementary and pre-teens groups to teach this semester. Unfortunately, I won´t be teaching teens and adults (there is only one group actually, of adult beginners). Most of my classes will be with the little ones. I can´t wait to have a lot of digital fun and share it with you guys!!!! P.S.: C´mon, leave a comment on my trip to Sampa!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Time Off
I´m on vacation at last. Yeah, it´s been a hectic journey. Writing for this blog has been really awesome and I´ve learned a lot. Sharing my teaching experience with you guys has been priceless, especially because I used a blog for that, which was something new to me. Hope to be back soon and share a lot more. II´ll be away for a few days, I´m on my way to São Paulo. Hope I like it because I´ve never been there, I mean, as a sightseer. There´ll be lots of reasons to write, so I decided to post about it on the site that a couple of workmates and I created for our students. In case you´re interested, here is the link: http://travelandvacation.pbworks.com/ . It´s easy to find, my name is on the navigator list. I´m leaving on the third of January. I´ll keep in touch. See ya! HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!
Time Off
I´m on vacation at last. Yeah, it´s been a hectic journey. Writing for this blog has been really awesome and I´ve learned a lot. Sharing my teaching experience with you guys has been priceless, especially because I used a blog for that, which was something new to me. Hope to be back soon and share a lot more. II´ll be away for a few days, I´m on my way to São Paulo. Hope I like it because I´ve never been there, I mean, as a sightseer. There´ll be lots of reasons to write, so I decided to post about it on the site that a couple of workmates and I created for our students. In case you´re interested, here is the link: http://travelandvacation.pbworks.com/ . It´s easy to find, my name is on the navigator list. I´m leaving on the third of January. I´ll keep in touch. See ya! HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!
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