Sunday, May 16, 2010

MAY AS_5 SCHEDULE

5/5: kids day: no class
5/12 5 senses unit #1 touch
feely bag kids describe what they feel and other students must guess what it is.
5/19: OPEN CLASS: no AS class.
5/26revisit "touch" make a class collage about touch adjectives.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

AFTERSCHOOL: SPRING 2010

my biggest afterschool group of all.
is this a coincidence? I like to think it's because I've had these kids the longest. Some of them were in my very first grade 3 AS classes. and now they're in 5th! wow!



Wednesday, January 27, 2010

WINTER CAMP 2010 Jan 14~19

DAY ONE: welcome & learning instructions; prepositions & household objects

DOL: use a dictionary to look up five vocabulary words. Read, write, & Draw. Read aloud together for Fluency.

Pick English names, make nametags

CLASSROOM RULES: I am talking, you are listening, No eating/drinking in class, No handphones, ENGLISH TALKING ONLY, Everyone works, Everyone plays!

Name games I AMHE ISSHE IS.WE ARE (actions), ZIP-ZAP: using nametags & the mystery bag, THROW THE BALL

Classroom Scavenger Hunt: search for and write down household objects & Prepositions

WorksheetsSee what they know (house objects & prepositions)

VOCABULARY: beside, in, on, under, through, in front behind, in between (SING the SONG!)

Discuss rooms in the house and the things that go in there (SLAP GAME)

FLASHCARD ACTIVITY: around the world

VOCABULARY GAME: SLAP GAME

Prereading worksheet: companion to One Snowy Day~

Pre-reading: look at a book cover and tell me about what you see. What do you think this book is about?

READ words for fluency

SNACK

Afternoon conversation: what is the best thing to do when its snowy outside?

Read a story.

PHONICS WAR game, listen to the sound of the letter, slap the letter before anyone else.

More name games: Name slap-tap, sheet drop.

ABC order with names & blindfolds.

READ together: One Snowy Day

END WITH A SONG: ~GING GANG GOOLIE~

CLEAN THE CLASSROOM .

Line up according to ABC order @ the door. We will sing a goodbye song and then go. See you tomorrow!

DAY TWO: ZOO animals & Can/Cant

DOL WARM UP Worksheetcompanion to the HICCUPS for ELEPHANT Read for Fluency

CONVERSATION: Can you. count backwards from 10?

. From 100

. Walk backwards? (have a backwards walking race)

. Run, fly,swim, talk, jump, write, climb

New vocabulary: elephant, hippo, monkey, giraffe, lion, alligator, penguin, eagle, pig, sheep

Worksheets. (CATCH UNIT 6)

Guessing game: it is/isnt it can/cant

Reinforce vocab activity PPt: BIG PIC & Remembery

ACTIVITY: groups of 2-3 Venn diagram in groupsgive each student an animal, they make a venn diagram about things each animal can/cant do. If they BOTH do it, put it in the space where the circles intersect.

SNACK

CRAFT ACTIVITY: Its a ________ It CAN ________ It CANT _________.

(hang them on the Classroom Projects Wall)

ACTIVITY: LEMONADE

CONVERSATION: When you have the hiccups, what do you do? Does it work? (pretend to have the hiccups, and let them tell you how to cure it--it's HILARIOUS! The get so worked-up, trying to help you! )

READ STORY Hiccups for Elephant

CLEAN THE CLASSROOM. See you tomorrow!

DAY THREE: Weather, Clothing, He/she/they is/isnt, are/arent doing

DOL WARM UP Worksheetcompanion to the more or less a mess; Read for Fluency

VOCABULARY: learn using flash cards.

CONVERSATION: What are you wearing? Are you warm? Are you cold?

PRACTICE VOCAB & sentence grammar: BIG PIC & REMEMBERY (Is it a sweater? Are they shoes?)

SNACK

VOCAB flashcards: ACTIONS

FLASHCARDS: Play AROUND THE WORLD

Worksheets; reading, writing, comprehension.

GAME: BIG PIC again!

READ: More or less a mess together

SHEET DROP game (using action flash cards?)

DAY FOUR: Review; real/make-believe, the witch goes to school

Hands-on Creative Project: Give students a stack of carefully chosen random flashcards from what weve been studying all week. Students must create a comic from the vocabulary provided.

Vocab pre-reading worksheet: each Comic group will do 1~2 words and then well get together and fill them all in. Write/create sentences together. (this is a great opportunity to work new vocab into conversation. Cafeteria example) do you like to eat in the cafeteria or the classroom? What do you do in the morning? Etc..etc

Read words for fluency~slow-slow-fast

Read for fluency in pairs

Pre-Read cover TOGETHER fill out worksheet together

SNACK TIME

GAME: catergories snapping game

DISCUSS: Talk about the difference between Real & make-believe

Do the worksheets (3 pages)

Read THE WITCH GOES TO SCHOOL

1st) teacher reads, asks questions (students try to answer)

2nd) students read together aloud (teacher re-asks questions, students answer)

3rd) listen to E-book read. (teacher re-asks questions, students answer)

XTRA time activity: ACTION MINEFIELD

Clean the classroom really really wellits the last day!!!

Thank you for making Winter camp SO SPECIAL!!! ~much love, Susan

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

SEPTEMBER: New Semester

Welcome back returning students, welcome new kids pick English names.
Everyone makes nametags--Susan laminates them.

Circle up on the stage: go over 5 rules of Special class
1) English only
2) Be ON TIME. if you're late, wait in the back of the classroom to be invited in!
3) No food in Class, NO PHONES!
4) pay attention when someone is talking!
5) have fun! try to learn English!

Name Games:
I am...she is...he is...
Sheet drop rover
ABC order with letters then names.
Class List 학생이아:
Sam 김정운
Rob 관연운
Peter 신정섭
*Susie 김수긴
Cindy 박혜원
*Ellen 이영은
*Luna 김보람
Jillian 김다송
Judy 고소영
Addison 김민기
Leo 김영석
Scott 김대래

*returning from previous semester*