Survival Kit for teaching english to pre-primary

Survival Kit for teaching english to pre-primary from Pearson España y Portugal

Survival Kit for teaching english to pre-primary

1. 1. SURVIVAL KIT FOR PRE- PRIMARY
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3. 2. TIPS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
4. 3. It’s hard but important. - Always use the same language. - Use your body. - Right intonation keeps their attention. - It’s a game! it makes you a special and different person - Be consistant! Believe they can do it!
5. 4. FAMILIES ARE ALLIES. INVOLVE THEM
6. 5. Without them it’s harder. - Plan a meeting before the course starts explaining that you need their help, and giving them a kind of “script” of what they should tell their kids. - Don’t break this rule! Make them your “partners in crime”. - Be confident when explaining this to them.
7. 6. ROUTINES ARE KEY, BUT GIVE THEM A TWIST!
8. 7. Routines are key! - Same structure of class. Welcoming them Sit down on the floor (semi-circle to keep eye contact with all of them) Include a helper in the daily routine. Main activity or presentation of the activity. Use a “surprise bag”. Ricky models the activity they will do later. Ie:Eyes blindfolded.
9. 8. INTRODUCE A “CHAMPIONS CUP” CONTEST FOR THE CLASS!
10. 9. Playing with flashcards - Once a month or bi-weekly organise a contest. The goal: Knowing all the flashcard names. You can’t help them. Count the flashcards they know, so they can see the progress they are making and…you review the numbers with them!
11. 10. WE LEARN TO TALK…BY TALKING! GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE.
12. 11. Finger puppets! - Short stories, model classroom expressions, acting it out afterwards.
13. 12. LET THEM TEACH THEIR PUPPETS
14. 13. We learn by teaching others! - When singing a song, ask Ricky to do it first and make silly mistakes, so they can help him and they feel more confident. - When they learn a song or a story…show off! (families, other classes…)
15. 14. LET’S MOVE!
16. 15. Dance, play, run… - Introduce short and fun movement activities. Ie: Run, run, run!
17. 16. USE TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE LANGUAGE
18. 17. REWARD THEM!
19. 18. Positive reinforcement! - Stickers, smiles, hugs, approving looks, thumbs up… there are lots of ways to reward them for their effort. But it has to be sincere and… don’t over reinforce! http://eltlearningjourneys.com/2014/04/28/gamifi cation-and-stickers/ PRINT THOSE FROM OUR BLOG!
20. 19. AND…MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL…
21. 20. WE ARE NOT TEACHING A SUBJECT, WE ARE TEACHING CHILDREN
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23. 22. Marta Cervera Moliner Marta.cervera@pearson.com @martacervera https://www.facebook.com/marta.cervera.359 ANY DOUBTS? CONTACT ME!
24. 23. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blog/britains-vital- statistics-the-challenge-ahead/ http://www.entropy.com.au/quack-eye- puppet-finger-eyes http://robbiesproject.blogspot.com.es /2012/03/making-off-de-mini-me-and- monster.html http://www.istockphoto.com/stock- photo-14012067-knotted-rope.php http://pearson.es/espa%C3 %B1a/sala-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa/2013/09/23/ puppets-competition-winners
25. 24. http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo -12123591-hands-reaching-to-trophy.php https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/ puppet-pals-hd/id342076546 http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/keep-calm-and- smile-1413.png http://documania20.wordpress.com/blo gs/ http://www.tts- group.co.uk/shops/tts/Products/PD1727034/ 

Top 10 Free (& Cheap) Rewards for Students

Are your students getting straight A's, demonstrating kind behavior, and turning in homework assignments on time every week? The rewards in this top 10 slideshow will show your students that you appreciate their diligence in the classroom and will encourage them to keep up the good work. Best of all, most of these ideas are free! New teachers will find this resource particularly valuable.

Awards & Certificates

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Awards and certificates for good behavior, perfect attendance, stellar performance, and a special achievement are just some of the ways in which you can thank your students for their hard work and notable actions. Find a variety of printable awards and certificates—many of them customizable!—you can use in the classroom.

https://www.teachervision.com/slideshow/awards/57342.html

INFORMAL EMAIL / LETTER

DELICIOUS PAELLA ESPAÑOLA: HOMEMADE

INGREDIENTS:

1.- FRY: PIECES OF CHIKEN.

2.- FRY: RED AND GREEN PEPPERS

3.- FRY: ONION IN SMALL PIECES

4.- FRY: DICED TOMATOES 

5.- PUT SEAFOOD LIKE: CLAMS, SQUIDS

6.- PUT A MIX OF: GARLIC, PARSLEY, ALL CRUSHED IN A BOWL

7.- SPECIES: BLACK PEPPER, CUMIN,  FISH BOUILLON CUBE AND CURRY

8.- RICE AND SAUTE (20')

9.- FOOD COLORING

10.- FISH SOUP

11.- SHRIMPS, MUSSELS AND OLIVES

TeachingEnglish: Managing young learners

www.teachingenglish.org.uk (MANIGING YOUNG LEARNES)

Teaching young learners requires a knowledge of the developmental differences between children and teenagers and of the appropriate management skills.

This article concerns the personal observations and experiences of a teacher who moved from teaching teenagers to teaching young learners. It includes ideas for classroom management and teaching strategies.

• Inside and outside the young learners classroom

• New dimension

• Classroom management and discipline

• Using the board

• Routines and activities

• Work

Inside and outside the young learners classroomThe young learners market continues to grow amidst a decade of changing attitudes towards this sector of teaching. The teacher is now viewed as a highly skilled professional who has the knowledge, skills, flexibility and sensitivities of a teacher both of children and of language, and one who is able to balance and combine the two successfully.
The term 'young learners' in the network covers a wide age range; 4-18 years of age, and most problems encountered by teachers are due to a lack of understanding of the developmental differences between children and teenagers, and of the appropriate classroom management skills to deal with these. Differences include conceptual and cognitive variations, variations in attention spans and motor skills such as drawing and cutting, as well as social and emotional differences. An understanding of these differences can help develop the flexibility that teachers of young learners require.

New dimensionJanet Leclere joined the Paris Young Learners Centre last September, bringing with her valuable experience of teaching eight to ten-year-olds in French state primary schools. Her classes include a group of five-year-olds using Pebbles 1 (published by Longman); an age she had not taught before. 'Having been used to teaching older children, I found it difficult to accept that some children's attention would drift,' admitted Janet, who quickly realised that her classroom management skills needed to take on a new dimension to control and cater for the needs of these children.
As it was not possible to observe classes at the centre, Janet took charge of her own self-development and arranged this at a local nursery school. These are her observations, which we hope will provide the starting point for further reflection and discussion in your own centres.

Classroom management and discipline

• When children arrive, they put their coats on pegs, bags on the floor at their table places and then join you round the board. Only books and pencil cases on the tables. Avoid clutter - very young learner classrooms need to be very organised.

• Use two areas of the classroom. For presentation of new language, practice activities using individual children, storytelling and opening and closing of lesson, the teacher sits on a stool next to the board and half-faces the children. Children should sit on the floor at their teacher's feet, with a further row of children behind on chairs to form a closed circle. This avoids sitting on the floor and makes you feel more in charge.

• For activities, three or four children should sit at each table. Colour-code the tables. When children move from the board to the tables, get them to move group by group, not all at once. Children keep to the same places.

• Expect children to do what they are told, but be nice to them - even when you are feeling impatient.

Using the board

• Present new language at the board. Use lots of flashcards. Involve all pupils - ask individuals to perform a small task: pointing to something, choosing a picture or sticking it on the board. Children like to be picked, so make it fair. Ask the whole class a question, get them to repeat or drill.

• Explain and demonstrate tasks you want children to do at the tables at the board. If using a worksheet, stick it on the board and demonstrate.

Routines and activities

• Establish routines: always sit round the board to begin, play a game touching heads when taking the register, sing 'hello' to characters or sing a song they know. Everyone starts the lesson feeling confident and attentive.

• Surprise activities can help to settle a class if the children become too excited. Try a series of movements in sequence e.g. touch your head three times, then shoulders, then knees. Vary the count and see if they can follow.

• When changing activity, try using a rattle (e.g. rice in a box) rather than raising your voice to attract attention. This becomes a signal that children recognise. Start the activity, even if not all children are attentive. They will eventually join in with the others.

Work

• Be aware of what sort of work children are doing at school. The teacher I observed worked on the skills of matching, comparing and classifying. These are all things we can develop and adapt.

• When children are working at tables let them finish as much as possible. Fast finishers can do another drawing, or colour in. As children finish, write on their worksheets to explain what they have drawn, stuck or classified etc. questioning them at the same time.

Many thanks to Chrystel, teacher at the Ecole Maternelle, Val Joyeux, Villepreux
Gail Ellis, Teaching Centre Manager, Paris and Janet Leclere , Teacher, Young Learners Centre, Paris

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