I had perused the curriculum center here at Calvin and found these great cards that had proverbs/common phrases on them (like "don't put all your eggs in one basket" or "the best things in life are free") and illustrated with some pretty funny cartoon pictures, like an actual judge and cartoon book being "judged"! When I saw them, I thought "hey, my ESL kids could probably learn something and have fun with these" so I suggested them to my cooperating teacher last week. She said that I could do that activity with the students today!
So what I did was put the cards on the ELMO projector (projector minus trasparencies: LOVE IT) and let the kids give me answers to what they thought the proverbs meant. Then, we looked at the three options, and I took a class poll. When they had all guessed, I asked one of the students to come up and find out (with a cool little laser) which answer was correct! The students loved it and responded positively. They were all engaged and wanting to answer my questions. :)
The best part, though, was afterwards, when we finished and the kids were all smiles, and one 7th grader, Eddie, said that I was a great teacher and gave me an "A"!!
And, at the end of the day, my cooperating teacher told me I did a great job with the kids, that I was a natural, that I had a calming voice and gentle demeanor, and that I had the gift of teaching!
Talk about affirmation! :D
I can hardly wait to do my lesson on the North Pole in a couple weeks...
1 comment:
yay for you! way to take initiative!
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