Week Five: Reading

Topic: Zoo Animals

It was Teachers Felix and Emilio´s time to teach. It was something really impresive that two boys were a teaching a class and something more awesome is that they did a pretty good job.

The Warm up was about a competition they made two lines and then the teacher showed a picture with one animal (From last class) and the first Ss who said the name got the point, I think it was a nice activity because the teacher was recognizing what Ss remember and the Ss were having fun.

The pre stage was very good they presented seven animals that later their appear in the reading, something pretty nice about this part it was that kids 

were repearing and they got them very fast, after showing them the new vocabulary, they did a matching activity in order to identify the animals and the name of the animals, But I have just one observation, during this part one word was mispronounced and something normal, just be sure that you are pronounced the words as they must be. Although, that little detail the rest was excellent because the confidence and good attitud of this guy was the perfect match to complete the class.

In the other part of the class Ss were really tired of being reading and sitting for a long time, so next teacher did something like a warm up and Ss have a short time of fun just moving their bodies and it was really nice because Ss´s attitude change and they were awake after that.

Then Ss complete an exercise about numerazing the order of the animals according to the part of the reading they appeared, at the beggining I thought that this was too difficult for the kids,but them I saw everybody working on that even the little ones, somethig I did not like about this part was that some Ss were faster than others  and the teacher was more focus on those Ss that were working fast.

In General, I like this class and I love the attitude of those future teachers, I know they will do a better job next time, there are some details to improve, but since the first class they showed a natural talent to teach. I learned some things from these guys and in my future classes what I want to imitate is to show that confidence while giving the class and something I want to do different is to arrange the classroom different in order to have more control of the space and the Ss.

Week Four: Grammar

Topic: Zoo Animals.

It was the second time teaching a class, my nervouness was low this time and I think we did a good job, even with all the setbacks we had, in the class we gave our best and at the end the objective was achieve.

This time the warm up and the presentation was under my responsability. During the warm up

I was kind of worry because just six Ss had arrive and my activity was planned to be work with at least ten o twelve Ss, but I was afraid to change the activity in the last moment so I continue with the same activity, at the end work, but it was not like I expected.

After that I presented the Grammar of " it is and they are" in this part i had different feelings because Ss caught the structure very fast and they understood everything,so I took less time than the expected, at the beginning I thought that wouldn't affect the time of the entire class, but time was affect and I improvise some activities at the end. 

Then Moises gave some worksheeps to the Ss, something I like about his part was that

he was very clear with the instructions, also he wrote some examples on the board and he made sure that Ss understood what they need to do and finally, before started with the worksheeps, they did one of the exercises together. Something really awesome was that Ss did the exercises without asking again for an explanation, and we felt proud after that. 

Finally, Mauricio did the production part and the wrap up. First, the production

was a crazy idea of create safari, he pasted a big poster which had a lot of animals and a beautiful landscape and them in groups Ss described which animals they saw using the grammar corresponding to the class.

For the wrap up he asked the Ss to made a line and say at least five animals, so that they were free to go to their house. 

To sum up, I enjoy teaching and I really sure I will love my carreer, but I also need to say that in my future classes they are some things that I want to do better, first I want to be able to change something in the last moment if I think it wouldn't work at all, also to management of time, this time we have more free time than last class, but that isn't good at all, I think next time things will go better and we will continue giving our best.

Week three: Reading

Topic: Family Members.

No one act as the way you think they are going to do it. The sixth class was a reading and the topic was develop by teachers Paola, Carlos and Manuel, I know these guys since the first years of university and I knew they would do a goob job, but belive it or not the surpass my expectation. First the decoration of the classroom was colorful,the materials they used was attractive and I like the way ss were paying attention to three of them.

Paola: She was really sweet and friendly with the children and that made the ss fell secure and they were not afraid to participate, another thing I like about her participation is that she was very secure with the time I saw her loking at her watch and even though she was calm and taking her time she did not took more time than the expected and I love that, finally I want to stand out the way she made ss interact each others, I am impressed with her ability and passion while teaching.

Carlos: He was as good as his classmates. At the beginning he was a little nervous, but he calmed and he did an excellent job, I like that everyone was on the floor even him, something that really impressed me was that during the activity of putting one sentence in order he did not give instruction to the ss, but he modeling and ss started to do it that was outstanding for me.

Finally, I would like to recognize that his dedication was amazing and I really like the way he interacted with the ss.

Manuel: We all know that this guy is the most confident man in the world, I really felt his energy during the class and somthing nice about him was that he was explaining ss by ss  when they did not understand the instructio, also he was helping all the ss  and saw how children felt his support, as I said before I think his confidence  help him to do an amazing job in front of everyone.

To sum up, I just want to say that these future Teachers gave an outstanding class, keep working like that because you already have the passion and the ability taht teachers need to have and I expect to see more classes like this and to teach one like the way they did it; In my future classes of course that I want to be like them, with that confidence and dedication.

Week two: Vocabulary

Third class: Family members

Teach new vocabulary to children can be difficult, but these guys did a pretty good job. and the beginning they take the time to decorate the classroom and in my opinion it was a wonderful idea to use cartoons that kids already know, because in that case they pay more attetion;in the other hand i think everybody in the classroom need to improve time management  because iIsaw the same problem in all of us, but those are things that we can improve during the process. 

The first part of the class was in charge of Teacher Felix, I really love his attitude, he was smiling all the time and  all the kids feel his good vibes; Even though, he was a little bit nervous he did an excellent job, I really liked the confidence that children expressed during his part, they were really enjoy the class.

The second part of the class was in control of Teacher Emilio,  he did a good job, I was really surprised with his ability to remember all the names of the Ss but, he has some things to improve, I know working with kids can be hard, but remember that they cannot understand things at the first time and for the instructions some the Ss were in the moon, what I would do in this case is give them an example of how the activity is going to be.

Finally, it was Teacher Abigail turn, she was another surprise, I love the way she catch the attetion of the children, her patience was impresived and she was controlling the activity that is something good, in the other hand the only thing to improve is that she use one question that could be showed in the presentation stage. 

In conclusion, the class was very good and the main point of all of this is to share our knowledge with the Ss and this group made a wonderful job, they were really careful with the Ss and they brought colorful material that was very helpful during the class. 

In my future class I want to imitate the vibes I saw in Felix's part and the calmness of Emilio and the management of the group that Abigail has; In the other hand, I want to work more in time manage, because I saw the problem in my and their group. 

Week one:Teaching the First class.

Teaching a class is not easy, especially when you think you do not have experience for that and it can be hard if your mind is playing with you and you get nervous. The first topic was a combination of the alphabet and classroom commands, our first challenge was to teach this two topics in one class, but we did it;  Even though, it was the first time being a teacher it was not that bad.

At the beginning, my group and I were nervous, but 

we control ourselves then we started to paste the

decoration and we prepared all the material we brought for our class. Kids started to arrive into the classroom and I was excited, we had sixteen students and my classmate Mauricio was the one in charge of the first part of our class, something that I liked about how he taught his part is that all the students were paying attention to him and also he was clarifying everything during the class, in the case one student did not understand  a command he dramatized it or he gave examples, but in the other way around something that I would like to change is that he took too much time with the presentation of the topic and that affects all the lesson, but as I said it was the first time and is really normal to have some problems.

The part of the practice was my responsibility, I started to talk with the class, telling them that we will practice what they just studied some seconds ago, but something I really forgot it was to introduce myself and that was a big mistake of mine, also

I think I need to improve how to organize them when working in groups, but the rest of my work I think it was better than I expected; although, I had some mistakes I was trying to give my best, and my personality help me with that, something that I would repeat in my future classes is to bring positive vibes to the children, on the other hand I need to work more in time management and organization when working in little spaces.

The last part of the lesson was in charge of my other classmate Moises, I really love the change he had at the moment of being in front,he was really kind and helpful with the children and it was something I did not about him, something I admired about him is that he did a lot in the production with the time he had, he just had a couple of minutes,but those minutes were well handled.

To sum up, this class was not perfect, but we learned a lot, now that we know how is working with kids we can improve and the next time we are going to do It better, what i am going to do next time is work hard with the time, also not to stop talking even if I am doing another things, do not lose eye contact and to pay careful attention to every group.