Task #1:

Task #1:

I am teaching reading and writting with my 6 years old students, they are young so I am teaching phonics and short words.
e.g

COW
HORSE
CAT
PIG

I do thefollowig pracitice:
I write 3 options for each word:

CAW CUW COW

**Students will wrtite down the correct word. (there we practice writting at their level)


For older students, I love to put the scramble sentences: e.g

COW IS THE BLACK
They have to write the sentence in the correct order.

I do the same with teens in a competition way, so they enjoy a lot and practice grammar and writing at the same time.



I also work by bringing letters or words in a bag, students must make up words and sentences and write them down on the board.

Comments

  1. Juan UribeMay 7, 2016 at 5:24 AM

    Raquel,

    I like our ideas of promoting writing and grammar through a student-centered approach. Students here work cooperatively to figure out the rules by themselves, which certainly gives them a better grasp of the language. You are also able to see how they think.

    One suggestion is also working on words that they would like to know and sentences that they would like to build.

    Great activity!

    Juan

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  2. Raquel CastroMay 8, 2016 at 9:14 AM

    Thank you so much Juan...I will try it soon.

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