Lesson Plans "What Can We Do Today" For Kids

LEARNING IS ENGAGING, (Youngsters learn better when they are exposed and when teachers are patient enough to teach them well, explaining and instructing them where they've gone wrong and showing them how they to achieve-Leading them to Success)

LEARNING IS ENGAGING,

(Youngsters learn better when they are exposed and when teachers are patient enough to teach them well, explaining and instructing them where they've gone wrong and showing them how they to achieve-Leading them to Success)

I have been teaching for merely five years now. As the days go by I've always been fascinated on how great a feeling could be whenever I am with my students. Seeing them like vending machines for money but trophies worth rewarding.

I have once been a student. I have tasted the sweetness and bitterness of being one. I’ve once been the apple of the eye and once been the taboo for some. Whatever my experiences were, I shall share the best and improve the others which weren't sweet and glorious.

Allow me to share a part of my Primary years. I was six and half years old, I was once a ‘cutie in school. Almost everybody likes someone white-skinned and long haired like me, especially when you grow up in a far-away rural area of an island. However, this particular teacher did not like me much as most do. There was one time when she had Math lesson with us. It was my turn to count on the “abacus” and I needed to count at least up to one hundred. Just as I reached the ‘seventies’ (70’s), I counted-pronouncing the words like “sevente-five”. I didn't know really what has gone wrong with me but that was what I’ve frequently heard from my ‘peers and playmates.

Out of anger, my teacher punished me and asked me to count over and over again. When all my classmates went home for lunch, I stayed for several more hours counting and counting. I was puzzled as to what’s wrong with my counting. I was taught how to count and I knew well I didn’t have a mistake nor had I not counted wrongly. All knew was I was frustrated to go home, I didn’t have anyone with me to walk home anymore and I lived about three to four kilometers from school. I was even more worried knowing that I may be late to come back to school after lunch.

Until recently, when I reached high school and became more exposed to diverse and open –learning environments then I realized; that was about ‘pronunciation’ that is what it was all about. I experienced that kind of cruelty just because of my pronunciation. And I believe that was unjust and improper from a teacher.

I did not want to keep recounting that experience, especially the teacher but I need to accept fact that I have been struggling to forget it. This kind of memory is a nightmare of my primary years something I wanted to bury but it stays within me. After several more years, I've had an encounter with that teacher again. This time, she was amazed as what I have become. I am now a person who can speak my mind and point of views. I now have the ability to tell whether I could agree and express my feelings and thoughts just how my environment gives to me.

I am no longer that helpless child, who could not ask questions and don’t receive answers as to why I am punished that way. I now could ask questions and get right answers. What’s more is that, I have wider understanding and refined professionalism than that of my previous teacher. I am now a teacher by profession and I vow not to do the same with my students for any reason. I shall become more accommodating, understanding, helpful and loving to all of them. I have learned and proved myself that ‘LEARNING IS ENGAGING’.

Youngsters learn better when they are exposed and when teachers are patient enough to teach them well, explaining and instructing them where they've gone wrong and showing them how they to achieve-Leading them to Success.

This story is for teachers and aspiring teachers out there. God bless us all!

SEMI-DETAILED Lesson Plan for Kindergarten learning English/Different COLORS

SEMI-DETAILED Lesson Plan for Kindergarten learning English/Different COLORS

Prepared by: RVQ

I- Daily routine

II- Prayer

III- Motivational activity; sing the song “What can we do today?”

IV- PROCEDURES

        >Today’s Lesson (Learn about Colors)

        >Sing the song “COLORS”

        >Activities and Prizes

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I-                   Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the children are expected to;

              > identify the pictures with corresponding color

              > sing the songs; “What can we do today” and “Colors”

          > correctly name the fruits/vegetables and their colors

II-                Subject Matter: Learning about Colors

III-             Materials;

>Colored materials

>Printed pictures of things which represent the different colors

>Hard copies of the lyrics of the songs

>Real fruits to represent each color

IV-             Procedure:

Teacher’s activity:

>The teacher plays the song/presentation of the song “What can we do today?”

  *The lyrics of the song is available both in computer and paper posted on board.

(The teacher enthusiastically sings and makes actions of the song and the children repeat after the teacher)

       *The teacher should make sure everyone in the class is involved in the activity.

>The teacher introduces the lesson to the children; she posts the pictures with different colors on the board.

>The teacher makes the children familiar with the colors and names of the pictures through “Paste me” activity. She makes sure the children are interested and are willing to do the next activity.

>After making sure, the children are able to identify the pictures and colors, she introduces the second song shortly.

>Next, she plays the song “COLORS” and making the children sing with her as she points every picture that corresponds to the color mentioned in the song.

>Lastly, she presents several fruits on the table and she lets each child pick the color on the board and takes in the correct fruit that represents that particular color.

>The child takes in the fruit as his/her price!

   *The teacher gives extra star for each correct answer.     

-nothing follows-

Effective Teaching Strategies

Effective Teaching Strategies

The Western Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (1991) suggests that role playing, Socratic instruction, and small group work are effective teaching strategies for curriculum infusion.

"The Role Playing Process:

1. Make sure the students define a situation that is relevant and important to them--for example, a situation in which they may be offered a drug. Get details such as the setting and number and types of people involved.
2. Set the stage by arranging furniture, indicating where 'doors' might be located.
3. Prepare the audience by giving them specific questions to be prepared to answer at the conclusion of the role play. Examples:

(a) Would this work in real life?

(b) How would you have handled the situation?

4. There are numerous ways to select participants. Discuss ideas.
5. Begin the role play, stopping it if it is unrealistic, going nowhere, or has accomplished its purpose.
6. Ask questions of the participants and audience.
7. Reenact the role play, if necessary, using a variation of the situation, new participants, feedback provided to improve a skill. . .

Suggested situations: refusing a drug offer, encouraging a friend to stop smoking, talking to a teacher about an assignment, requesting help from a parent, stopping a drunk friend from driving."

"Socratic Instruction:

Note that one of the most effective strategies for teaching about alcohol and other drugs is Socratic instruction (questioning). Socratic questioning fosters critical thinking, evaluation, and knowledge application in students and should be used as frequently as possible in assignments and class discussions.

8. Allow 'wait time' for thinking. Give students time to consider the question and their response before requesting them to answer.
9. Avoid yes-no questions. They lead nowhere and do not promote thinking nor discussion.
10. Be sure students have the needed background and resources to respond to the questions posed. It is unfair and detrimental to their progress to not accept their levels of knowledge and experience.
11. Open-ended and closed questions are useful. Open-ended questions promote critical thinking, while closed questions can focus attention.
12. Include clarifying questions, demands and statements. They are as valid as questions are. Students may need guidance as they sift through possible answers.

Use questions from all levels of thinking. Help students to develop higher levels of critical thinking as well as the typical knowledge and comprehension levels."

"Small Group and Cooperative Learning:

1. Establish heterogeneous groups.
2. Establish group size.
3. Designate group work areas.
4. Designate specific responsibilities to group members.
5. Provide clear directions, time constraints, rules, procedures.
6. Provide necessary materials.
7. Establish leader selection process.
8. Minimize exchanges of information between groups.
9. Watch for conflict.
10. Encourage and praise group support." 

HEAL THE WORLD A listening activity

HEAL THE WORLD

A listening activity

Source: PALT ASIA (Mid-Year Seminar Workshop)

Theme: “Materials and Methods that Matter”

When: 1-3 May 2008

Where: Teacher’s Camp Baguio City

Topic: Heal the World, a listening activity

Prepared by: RVQ

Level: High School/College students

Subject: Approaches to college English

Time:

Preparation: The text is given before the class starts

Instructional Materials:

• Pictures
• Manila Papers
• Pentel pens
• Music player (Audible enough)

I. Objectives:

                      At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to;

1.        identify the missing words from the given list of words as they listen to the song, “Heal the World by    Michael Jackson”;

2.        sing the song after it is played;

3.         write a letter containing three thoughts on how they can help the world;

4.        paraphrase the meaning or theme of the song; and

5.        illustrate the message of the song in the last stanza.

II. Subject Matter:

III. Discussion

          

A. Pre-listening Activity

 (Teacher’s Activity)

Happy morning class!

That’s great; now may I know who among you loves music?

Wow! I am amazed, almost all us here loves music.

Our lesson for today has something to do with our passion for music.

Okey, okey, okey, look at here class.

(The teacher posts pictures and cut outs on the board)

Can you see this class, now listen.

Here are the instructions;

Look on the pictures and tell me what these pictures show. There are numbers indicated in every picture so just tell the number and tell me your opinions. Is that clear class?

Now tell me what you see in the pictures? Yes cherry?

(students’ activity)

Happy morning, too, ma’am.

Almost all raised their hands

What’s that ma’am, it seems exiting! A music player? (murmuring)

(Everybody’s silent)

Yes ma’am

Yes ma’am

That’s good cherry, what else Joy?

Nice, that’s a very good observation joy. Another please yes Kaz?

Oh, what a deep answer. Could you tell us why you said so?

Honestly class I was amazed with all your answers, to tell you, you are all correct. Thank you

(The teacher execute the lesson by first, connecting the pictures and its messages to the title of the song) She did it by asking students the following questions;

Do you see any relationship or connection between the title and the pictures?

What is it? How is the word “heal” related to the second picture? Yes myla.

Very good myla, what about in the pictures, what else do you see? Yes dome?

Very well said dome, thank you. Another answer from the group, yes Felsie?

Very good felsie, you gave a great answer.

 Alright, I have here copies of the song. However, notice that there are blanks in every line. (Distribute the copies)

I will play a song from Michael Jackson entitled, “Heal the World” is there anyone who loves or heard this song already?

Now, let us see what the song says about healing the world. As I play the song, I want you all to listen carefully. Write the missing words in the blank, I will only play the song once so be careful. Are you ready?

(the teacher plays the song)

B. Post Listening Activity

Did you enjoy listening?

Very good, were you able to write down the missing words?

Nice, so shall we sing together? (Sing the song)

Okey, now tell me what does the first stanza implies?

Yes maricel.

Happy children ma’am

I notice that cooperation is projected in the pictures.

I see love in their eyes.

Cooperation ma’am because without love, there would be no cooperation.

Yes ma’am,

We can heal the world, by simply loving each other and one’s love is seen on how you help someone.

As myla said, to help is to love and help is seen in cooperation and with this we can heal the world.

Happiness is also connected to healing the world. With the picture however, the facial expressions of the characters show cooperation. When we help healing the world we are able to be happy.

(Silence)

(All raised their hands)

Yes ma’am

Yes ma’am

(Sing the song)

Ma’am. It suggest hope

I agree with you maricel, thank you, is there any other answer please? Yes cherry

Why did you say so?

Wow, an intellectual answer cherry. You are really in deep thoughts. Thank you but what about change? What do you think class? Yes kaz

Very good kaz exactly. How about the next stanzas? Yes Felsie?

Thank you felsie, a very good answer. Another please, yes joeylyne.

Very good Joey. What about the other stanzas?

Thank yiu very much joey. You gave us a precise answer. What about the last stanza? Yes dome?

Very good dome, well said. Now, now I would like you to choose five words in the list and construct your conclusion. Please write that in a half sheet of paper. You are given five minutes to finish that class.

(After five minutes)

Are you now finish class?

Please pass your paper now.

C. After Listening Activity

The class should be divided in two groups, I want you now to illustrate the message of the song in the last stanza.

Such a beautiful illustration class and please explain your answer. What was your  basis?

IV. ASSIGNMENTS

Pleas write a letter about your realizations in the song.

You can address it to your friend, your parents or anyone you want to address it.

Criteria:

A Love story "The Wedding Dance"

Wedding dance

Awiyao reached for the upper horizontal log which served as the edge of the head high threshold. Clinging to the to the log, he lifted himself with one bound that carried him across to the narrow door. He slid back to cover, stepped inside, then pushed the cover back in place. After some moments during which he seemed to wait, he talked to the listening darkness.

“I’m sorry this had to be done. I am really sorry. But neither of us can help iot.”

The sound of the gangsas beat through the walls of the dark house, like muffled roars of rolling waters. The woman who had moved with a start when a sliding door opened had been hearing the gangsas for she didn’t know how long. The sudden rush of the rich sounds when the door opened was like a sharp gush  of fire in her. She gave no sign that she heard awiyao, but continued to sit unmoving in the darkness.

But awiyao knew that she heard him and his heart pitied her. He crawled on all fours to the middle of the room; he knew exactly where the stove was. With his fingers, he stirred the covered smouldering embers, and blew into them. When the coals began to glow, awiyao put pieces of pine wood on them, then full round logs as big as his arms. The room brightened.

“Why don’t you go out,” he said, “and join the dancing women?” he felt a pang inside him, because what he said was really not the right thing to say and because the woman did not talk or stir.

“You should join the dancers” he said, “as if nothing has happened.”

He looked at the woman huddled in  a corner of the room, leaning against the wall. The stove fire played with strange moving shadows and lights upon her face. She was partly sullen, but her sullenness was not because of anger or hate.

“go out-go out and dance. If you really don’t hate me for this separation, go out and dance. One of the men will see you dance well; he will like your dancing; with him, you will be luckier than you were with me?”

“I don’t want any man,” she said sharply. ‘I don’t want any other man”

He felt relieved that at last she talked. “You know it very well that I don’t want any other women either. You know that, don’t you? Lumnay you know it, don’t you?”

She did not answer him, you know it lumnay, don’t you ?” he repeated.

“yes, I know,” she said weakly.

“it is not my fault, he said, feeling relieved. “You know cannot blame me; I have been a good husband to you.”

“Neither can you blame me,” she said. She seemed about to cry.

“you, you have been very good wife. I have nothing to say against you. “he set some of the burning woods place . it’s only that a man must have a child. Seven harvests is just too long to wait. Yes, we have waited long. We should have another chance, before it is too  late for both of us.” This time the woman stirred, stretched her right leg out and bent her left leg in. she wound the blanket more snugly around herself.

“you know that I had done my best,” she said. “I have to kabunyan much. I have sacrificed many chickens with my prayers.”

“yes, I know.

“you remember how angry you were once when you  came home from your work in the terrace because I butchered one of our pigs without your permission. I did it to appease kabunyan, because like you , I wanted so much to have a child. But could I do?”

“kabunyan does not see fit for us to have a child, he said. He stirred the fire. The sparks rose through the crackles of the flames. The smoke and soot went up to the ceiling.

Lumnay looked down and unconsciously started to pull the rattan that kept the split bamboo flooring in place. She tugged at the rattan flooring. Each time she did this, the split, the split bamboo went up and came down with a slight rattle. The gongs of the dancers clamorously called in her ears through the walls.

awiyao went to the corner where lumnay sat, paused before her, looked at her bronzed and sturdy face, then turned to where the jars of water stood piled one over other. awiyao took a coconut cup and dipped it in the top jar and drank. Lumnay had filled the jars from the mountain creek early that evening. “ I came home,” he said, “ because I did not find you among the dancers; of coarse, I am not forcing you to come, if you don’t want to join my wedding ceremony. I came to tell you that madulimay, although I am marrying her, can never become as good as you are.

She is not as strong in planting beans, not as fast in  cleaning water jars, not as good in keeping a house clean. You are one of the best wives in the whole village.” “that had not done me any good, has it?” she said. She looked at him lovingly. She almost seemed to smile. He put the coconut cup aside on the floor and came close to her. He held her face between his hands, and looked longingly at her beauty. But her eyes looked away. Never again would he hold her face, the next day, she would not be his anymore. She would go back to her parents. He let go of her face, and she bent to the floor again and looked at her fingers as they tugged softly at the split of bamboo floor.

“you wish. I will build another house for madulimay.” “ I have no need for a house,” she said slowly. “I’ll go to my own house, my parents are old. They will need help in the plantings of the beans in the pounding of the rice.”

“I will give you the field that I dug out of the mountain during the first year of our marriage,” he said. “you know I did it for you. You helped me to make it for the two of us.”

“I have no use for any field,” she said. He looked at her, then turned away, and became silent.

“go back to the dance,” she said finally.

“it is not right for you to be here. They will wonder where you are, and madulimay will not feel good.

“go back to the dance”

“I would feel better if you could come, and dance-  for the last time. The gangsas are playing.” You know that I cannot.”

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“Lumnay,” he said tenderly. “lumnay, if I did this, it is because of my need of a child. You know that life is not worth living without a child. They have mocked me behind my back. You know that.” “I know it,” she said.” I will pray that kabunyan will blessed you and madulimay.”

She bit her lips now, then shook her head sobbed. She though of the seven harvest that had passed, the high hopes they had in the beginning of their new life, the day he took her away from her parents across the roaring river, on the other side of the mountain, the trip up the trail which they had to climb, the steep canyon which they had to cross-the waters boiled in her mind in foams of white and jade and roaring silver, the waters growled, resounded in thunderous echoes through the walls of the steep cliffs, they were fart away now but loud still and receding; the waters violently smashed  down from somewhere on the tops of the other ranges, and they had looked carefully at the buttresses of rocks they had to step on-a slip would have meant death. They both drank of the water, then rested on the bank before they made the final climb to the other side of the mountain. She looked at her face with a playing upon his features-hard and strong and kind. He had a sense of lightness in his way of saying things which often made her and the village people laughed. How proud she had been of his humour. The muscles were taut and firm, bronze and compact in their hold upon his skull-how frank his bright eyes were. She looked at this body that carved out of the mountains five fields for her; his wide and supple torso heaved as if a slab of shining lumber were having; his arms and legs flowed down in fluent miuscles-he was strong and for that she had lost him.

She flung herself upon his knees and clung to them. “awiyao,awiyao, my husband.” She cried. I did everything to have a child, she said passionately in a hoarse whisper. She took away the blanket that covered her. Looked at me,” she said. “looked at my body. Then it was full of promise. Then it would dance, it could work fast in the field, it could climb the mountains like. Even now it is firm full but awiyao, kabunyan never blessed me awiyao, kabundan is cruel to me awiyao. I am useless. I must die.

It will not be right to die, he said gathering her in his arms. Her whole warm naked I breast quivered against his own she chin 

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