Family and Friends. Class Number Two. Teachers: Fatima, Pilar, Karla, and Lilly.

Group 2: Fatima, Pilar, Karla; Lily

Date: Sept. 14                                       Topic: Family and friends

Part 1 Grammar: Question. Who’s that? Answer: It is (It´s)

Vocabulary to present: me, grandma, grandpa, friend, teacher.

Teachers: Lily and Fatima

Every teacher always improves with practice!

The statement above reflects a fact about teachers, which is that practice makes the master. Indeed, this is what is happening in teaching practicum I, English for kids, at Universidad Don Bosco. 

In the first place, there are many good things to depict about this first part of the lesson that was taught. For one thing, a new technique was introduced. It was about a puppet called “Clifford.” In fact this was something that students never saw before. Therefore, it was both entertaining for kids and helpful for all of them. It seemed as if they were following a new teacher.  Actually, we studied in class that a puppet can help as a teacher assistant when giving a lesson. For another thing, something that was really amazing in the lesson was the fact that a new way of praising was introduced. It was done by start to a kid when he or she joined the activities. Indeed, kids were willing to participate in the class, when they received a start. Besides all these, the decoration was very creative and colorful. . This enhanced the environment of the class. In addition to this, something that was very effective was the fact that materials were very well designed. Even though it would be time-consuming, having very good designed materials for teaching a class is something that helps students learn at a wider range. In sum, we can say that there were many good factors in this lesson.

In the second place, we can denote some negative factors about this first part of the lesson. For example, we can mention that some activities were a little bit long and time-consuming. It happened in an activity in which students needed to draw their family members. Besides it was a little bit confusing for them at the moment of recognizing what member of their family it was that they had drawn. It was due to the fact that the drawings were mostly equal; maybe not for the kid author of the drawing, but it was indeed somewhat confusing for the rest of the children. In addition to this, even though, it was something great in the lesson, giving stars to kids for pasting them on the wall was little bit time consuming. Nevertheless, it was not a big problem because teachers were very skillful in time-management. Due to all facts explained above, we can state that there were more advantages than disadvantages.

Part 2

Grammar: Question. Is that (your sister)? Answer: yes, it is. No, it isn’t. Vocabulary to present: pets: cat, dog, bird, turtle, fish, and rabbit.

Teachers: Pilar and Karla

The second part of the lesson started in a great way because teachers performed in a very energetic and enthusiastic way. Teachers' motivation is assential in the classroom since they are the guides and examples that children see. Something that worked very good were the commands that teacher Pilar would say to kids: "stand up" "sit down" "jump 3 times". It was great how kids responded to these commands and it can be said that so far, there has been a great advance in the instructions given by the teachers. Moreover, kids would not feel bored or get distrated because apealing materilas were used and the teacher's motivation were great rewards for kids. Children were having fun watching the animals and when their participation was "paid" or rewarded, they felt more eager to participate because they knew indeed that their work was not worthless. Furthermore, when teacher Karla would imitate the sound of some animals and some of the movements of others, kids were motivated to do them because the teacher would do those movements and sounds with them too. Thus, kids would not feel ashamed because it seemed the most normal thing in the world. At the end it was so interesting how the class ended because all the kids were involved in the story presented by the teachers, and without second thoughts, it can be said that children learned something for their lives in this class.

There are some negatives factors to consider in the second part of the lesson. In the first place, there was a point in which kids boring. It was despite the fact that activities were entertaining. Nevertheless, kids had already stayed in the university for more than an hour. In fact, attention spam from children is relatively short; therefore, at this point, activities should be a little bit shorter, dynamic, and changing. Actually, this issue was seemed, in an activity that was performed by Karla. Such activity was about pasting some pieces of color paper in some drawings of animals. While kids were doing the activity, they did not pay much attention to the teacher. At that point they were trying to stretch  their bodies. There was even a girl that kept on standing up while the rest of the children were sitting. About all these regards, we can say that when kids have been receiving class for long, they should be engaged in more dynamic activities.