Grade 1 In Class Support

We continue to work hard developing the reading skills of our Grade 1 students. This week Eira joined our group and Reach climbed up a level and joined Miss Dee's group. We read a book about hats and made great predictions, answered comprehension questions, made various connections and discussed the main character. All the students liked the book and were engaged in the discussion.

Noel was very excited during our discussion.

The students had to write about the main character.

While supporting our Grade 1 learners in their inquiry about the ocean, I practiced research skills with Miss Carina's students. They had to continue their research on various marine creatures and learned a lot of amazing and important facts.

Our students worked on their research in pairs and demonstrated great collaborative skills.

In Miss Kelly's room we had a great reading session. The students in my group read a book and, after a brief discussion, wrote down their observations. Several students illustrated their writing with very detailed drawings.

Samnang and the girls had a productive discussion that provided ideas for their writing.

Grade 3 In Class Support

We had an eventful week in all the three Grade 3 classrooms and the children showed a serious commitment to learning while enjoying the various activities that they were offered.

In Miss Michelle's room we listened to fantastic presentations about our students' "I Wonder" projects. All of them were very different in terms of media choice and the topics ranged from nuclear bombs to Cleopatra.

I was proud of Moon Ju who talked about how to become a police officer.

Another fun activity that Miss Michelle's students were involved in was learning about idioms. All the children had to explain the meaning of the idioms. All four groups of students practiced their thinking skills and had very productive discussions. The children had to listen to each other and use the knowledge and language experience of their peers if they were lacking the knowledge themselves.

Everyone learned something new during this activity. 

After watching a couple of fun videos about suffixes, Miss Claire's and Miss Lisa's students were engaged in various cooperative activities. The students worked in four groups, rotated every 10 minutes and practice word-building and spelling skills. They also had a chance to use academic language while explaining to their peers the meaning of suffixes and words. One of the favorite activities was a memory game and all the students had a chance to improve their speaking, thinking and memory skills.

During the sorting out activity the students had to explain their choices.

Building up words with  5 suffixes from the poster and illustrating the meaning of the words was another popular activity.

Drawing the meaning of the words.

Sorting out activity. Stephan is explaining his word.

All the girls in Jennifer's group practiced explaining the meaning of the suffixes.

Miss Claire's students also continued learning about the unit words and were creating google slide presentations, defining new words and choosing images for illustrations.

Mollymoon had to use both a book dictionary and online dictionary to find the definitions of the words.

The readers theatre of Lorax was another highlight of the week in Miss Claire's room. In Miss Michelle's room the students participated in the "Recycling Maniac" play.

All the students enjoyed the play and made thoughtful connections to the unit.

When Moon Ju's group was performing, my group was a supportive audience.

In Miss Lisa's room our students were engaged in reading comprehension activities. Later in the week the students focused on preparing their "I Wonder" project presentations.

Maly has just finished her research about endangered animals.

The students were ready with their findings and began to create their slideshows and posters.

Hyo Yeon was wondering what was the most popular university in Korea.

The Grade 3 EFL Class

In order to practice report writing skills with my students, I chose to engage them in guided report writing this week.

We watched several videos about water, listened to online articles about water, read Earth's Water book online and completed the activities. I also prepared cards with important and interesting facts about water for my students and selected four more books for them to read and research. We have started working in four groups of two on our water report this week and we will see how much learning will happen during the next week. My students will have to present their reports next week.