MY BODY (Body Parts) Part-2

Hold on Tight!

 The 2nd part is coming with two games and a monster craft

 :)

1st game is coming:

Run Run Run and Touch

( I made up the name :P)

1. Put the flashcards on a desk.

2. Say the name of one body part.

3. Students have only 10 seconds to find and touch the correct card.

4. The 1st student who touch the correct card say another body part.

5. And the game continues till they will be exhausted :)  (approximately 10 min)

2nd one is a song to rewiev the body parts.

Sing the song, dance, act and enjoy it :)

just like us 

"Touch your arms"

The result:

I like doing crafts in the classroom.

We made monsters together 

and let the monsters talk 

They learned and practiced " Have got" :)

We had a lot of fun :)

I hope it will work for you :)

<< materials for monster: craft papers, scissors, glue, crayons :) >>

MY BODY (Body Parts) Part-1

Hellooo!

 Our topic is 

"My Body".

My lovely 2nd graders learned most of the body parts. 

They are really good at "eyes, head, fingers,mouth, shoulders".

But "tooth/teeth, Foot/feet" are quite complicated for them.

What did I do to teach?

(not very different :))

I sang songs, played games, drew pictures etc :P

I stepped into the classroom with the song:

" Head Shoulders Knees and Toes".

 All of them surprised and confused. It was really funny :)

I acted the song say it one more time in front them.

 Some of them guessed our topic.

Then I showed the flashcards and named my body parts at the same time.

After flashcards, it was the time for my drawing :)

 I drew Wilma -the flintstones- because it's really easy to draw.

I drew and tagged the parts but I didn't write the names. I asked the students and they said the parts they remembered. We wrote them together.

The students drew and wrote them on their notebooks.

Homework:

Learn the body  Parts :)

See you 

 :)

(Not finished yet)

AT THE PLAYGROUND

We learned some simple actions such as :

dance, sing, jump,....... and etc.

I didn't use mother tongue for the actions.

 I wrote them on the board and drew the pictures for the actions. 

I gave enough time for my little stars to write and draw :)

After they finished, we repeated the words for correct pronounciation. 

We acted the actions.

(It was enjoyable.)

The pictures...

Here comes my perfect drawing talent :p

And I have really talented students such as :

And "Let's ...." is our grammer focus.

With 2nd graders -of course- I had a game to teach the "let's...."  phrase.

And I'm sure that 

I did it :)

I prepared a simple dice at home and took it to the class in a bag. 

-the faces of the dice again with my perfect(?) pictures :)))-

When the students asked me, I said "It's a surprise". 

After all the students finished writing, we went outside :) (In fact, I tried to play the game in the classroom 

but in a minute 

the teacher in the next classroom came and said:

"Auch! Sorry! Was it You? I thougt there wasn't a teacher in the classroom. Sorry again!" 

 :)

We ran out and played the game.

1. Make a circle and put the dice in the middle.

2. We have a super simple song for the game:

Lyrics

walking walking walking walking

hop hop hop hop hop hop

running running running running running running

now let's stop.

3. I changed it a little.

walking walking walking walking

hop hop hop hop hop hop

swimming swimming swimming swimming swimming swimming

now let's ................

4. when you say "now let's..." , just stop.

5. One of the students take the dice and throw it.

6. Say the action. eg. "Let's jump"

7. All of them act it and you start singing again: walking .... :)

8. When all the students throw the dice one by one, it's finished.

My energetic 2nd graders really loved it 

and now thay can all say an action using "Let's ...."

As I mentioned before I love TPR method especially with young learners so this game is an alternative way of applying TPR in the classroom to teach simple actions.

It worked for me and my students :)

Enjoy it!!

COLORS WITH GAMES

Hi again :)

I have two simple games for the "Colors" subject.

The first one is.....

1. Students choose 5 different colors and put them on the table. 

( we used crayons and colored pencils for the activity but it's up to your students. They can use any colored material..)

2. They use a book or notebook as the BINGO card.

3. It's your turn now. You say different colors and students put it on the book/notebook. 

4. When s/he put all the colors s/he has chosen, s/he say loudly:"BINGO!"

5. S/he is the winner :)

Simple material but very enjoyable and exiting for especially very young learner such as my 2nd grader :)

Have you ever played SPUD?

 Yes, the second is..

I've just adapted it to the "colors" subject. ;)

SPUD 

Spud is a popular tossing and catching ball game played by at least 4 players or more. One player has the ball and the others gather around. The player throws the ball straight up in the air, while calling out a name of one of the players. The called player has to try to catch the ball, while the others run away as fast as they can.  When the called player catches the ball, he is allowed to throw it back in the air, while calling out another player’s name that then has to try to catch the ball. If he doesn't catch the ball then he has to pick it up and call loudly: "SPUD". Everybody has to freeze. The player with the ball chooses an opponent to hit with the ball and he can take two big hops towards his victim. If he hits his opponent with the ball the opponent receives the letter "S". If he misses or his victim catches the ball, then the thrower gets the letter "S". The penalized player starts the next round by throwing the ball up. As the game goes on, the players receive first S, then P, then U and then D. The first player who receives all four letters SPUD is the loser. A very popular and easy ball game to play with kids. 

Taken from:" http://www.best-children-games.com/ball-games.html "

What did I change?

The part in Italic has changed a little.

( In fact, it's the way how we play it in Turkey)

"The player with the ball chooses a color and calls it out. At that time the other players try to find the color . When they have found it, they have to touch it. While the players are trying to find th color,the player with the ball tries to hit one of the players before touching the color." 

And it goes on the same way. :)

We call this game "İSTOP" in TURKEY :)

It's really easy to play and enjoyable. 

But you need a good weather condition and a ball

 

like this one :)

See you next time :)

Bye!

COLORS POSTER

This is our performance task with 2nd graders :)

They are quite creative and hardworking... 

---My little stars---

We used colored art paper, glue and different decoration materials.

I grouped the students into 2 or 3 groups in each classroom.So, they were able to understand and learn : helping others, sharing ideas and materials, taking responsibility, being patient... and colors :)

I'll share all the posters to give you some idea. 

Please do not criticize the posters because they were created by 2nd graders ;)

2-A

2-B

2-C

 

2-D

2-E

2-F

2-H

Now, they can say the color they like and name all main colors :)

THAT'S ALL !!!

Best wishes...

Happy Happy Birthday To You :))

Yesterday was my birthday :) I 'm 27 :). And I gonna write about our birthday cards.

the "Birthday" topic always reminds me that song:

The Lyrics: Happy Birthday to You

We sing happy birthday to you 
And may all your dreams come true 
We sing happy birthday to you 
And may all your dreams come true 

Oh ho ho ho ho 
This is your birthday song 
Oh ho ho ho ho 
Celebration all night long 
Oh ho ho ho ho 
May all your dreams come true 
We sing all together: happy birthday to you 

Happy birthday we sing to you 
May all your dreams come always true 
Happy birthday we sing to you 
Forever and ever 

Happy birthday, celebration 
Party night, come feel the vibration 
Lights are bright, we're feeling alright 
We're dancing til the morning light 
Happy birthday, celebration 
Everybody get the temptation 
One again, this is your night 
And everyone feels right 

It's a perfect motivation 
Feel the vibe, enjoy the fascination 
All your friends are here tonight 
Happy anniversary, we hold you tight 
It's a perfect situation 
Hale and hearty what a combination 
Once again, this is your night 
And everyone feels right

Songwriters: BAUMANN, RENE / BREITUNG, AXEL

 Oh my lovely 2nd graders :))

During two classes they could just say these two sentences.

  And they made birthday cards for a friend.
They used colored art paper and crayon. They used their imagination.

Lovely cards :)

Guess: What's that brown thing in the following picture? 

(It's hard :p)

Nooooo! Not a bird :)

Okey! It's an airplane wishing a happy birthday :D

Creative 2nd graders.

Best wishes :))

CLASSROOM OBJETS AND "HOW MANY?"

The subject "Classroom objects" is one of my best subjects to teach because we are in a classroom and we have many geniue materials around :)

But this isn't satisfying for me so I always support the subjects with the flascards.

And ta-ta-ta-taaaaa:
"What's this?"
We practiced it shortly .

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
And I think the best way to teach the classroom language is TPR. 2nd or 4th graders it doesn't matter, all the students like the way. During the class while we were learning the classsroom language, They were having fun as if we were playing games :))

And we have a hand out.

It focuses on spelling  the classroom objects and recognizing the classroom language phrases :)

HOW MANY?
The most enjoyable part of the subject for the students is this part. because we played a game together. First, I prepared the cards you see in the picture.

I talked about the plural "-'s" briefly.

Now, the game is starting :))

1. Use a Tack-it adhesive and pin the cards anywhere in the classroom.

2. Group the students according to the card groups. For instance, I have five different card group so I grouped them into five :)

3. Draw 5 circle for each group and write word for cards which they will pick.

4. Give the groups only 30 seconds to pick up the cards. They have to pick the card and put it into the correct circle.

5. Choose an energetic music to make the process more exciting.

6. Check the cards and give a feedback - I use stars to motivate 2nd graders-.

Now, you have this image on the board.

Then, ask the students "how many pencils? and count the pencils together. Now, write the quantity of the pencils. Repeat this for each kind of card. 

Then, write the questions on the board and answer them with your students. It really worked in my classes. Many of my students can say the quantity without any hesitation.

I used different colors for cards to practice the colors at the same time :)

DID I DO ALL THESE THINGS IN TWO CLASSES?

Of course NOT :) I spent 3 weeks which means 6 English classes (40 min. X 6 )

P.S. : Be ready for the interruption during the game because there will be a little (?) more noise in the classroom :)

I hope it helps you.