Grade 3 In Class EAL Support

The grade 3 students and teachers had lots of fun last week and this week. 
To revise procedure writing we offered our students the opportunity to create an original game, write the instructions, play it with friends and finally adjust their initial instructions. All the children were very enthusiastic about creating their own games. The next step was to play it and see if everything worked and then make the necessary changes.

Brainstorming about the games with their partners.

Playing games was the post exciting part of the assignment.

After playing the game Miss Lisa's G3 students chose to record the procedures and instructions and upload everything on their blogs.

Jiun and Hyo Yeon did a great job recording their game instructions.

Another fun way to practice procedure writing was doing an experiment and then writing it up.The experiment was about mixing baking soda and vinegar and then inflating a balloon with the gas that formed from the chemical reaction.

The students had to analyze the written instructions for the experiment and answer comprehension questions.

Tayler shared an excellent hypothesis with the class and Kahal was happy to support him.

Our running dictation activity was another highlight of the week! During the planning session, the classroom teachers and I chose several limericks for this activity. Our students had to work with a partner and complete the running dictation. After that, they had to memorize it and perform in front of the class.

The five limericks are on the board. Maly was a reader and a runner.

Hailey was a writer.

Samir was a reader and a runner.

When the limericks were dictated and written, our students had some time to learn the lines and practice acting them out. All the children were very excited and the final performances were so much fun!!

Hailey and Kira did very well performing.

In Miss Michelle's classroom, the students continued sharing their thinking about performing. After creating their own definition of the word "performing", they were engaged in the Color Symbol Image thinking routine about performing. During circle time, all the students could choose to share either their color, symbol or image and explain their thinking.  

It was exciting to observe and listen to our students' answers.

Grade 1 In Class Support

All the Grade 1 teachers and students were busy completing the DRA assessment this week. The results are splendid! It is obvious that our Grade 1 teaching team chose all the appropriate strategies to develop our students reading skills.

Neath is a confident reader of fiction and non-fiction texts!

Both Viphou and I enjoyed reading together!

Grade 3 EFL Class

My students were busy finishing up their writing assessment.
We also had discussions about various performance messages and exchanged our opinions about the performances we saw this week.