Archive for June, 2008

Jun

C is for Cookie

One thing I do with most of my classes is sing songs. Older kids always do pop songs. But the younger ones (5, 6 and 7 year olds) also do children’s songs. A favorite of my ShaSha students (the students who are in the Korean Kindergarten side of the school – they have one to two classes a day of English instruction) is “C is for Cookie”.

I laugh everytime they request the song. “COOKIE SONG CHU-SAY-O!!!!” I’m trying to teach them to say “Cookie Song Please!”. I’m not having a whole lot of success with that.

Anyhow, my new camera is able to shoot video with sound (in contrast to my old one that didn’t have microphone). I decided it would be fun to record my 5 year old ShaSha class. I have two ShaSha classes, one 5 year old and one 6 year old (remember Korean ages are roughly a year older than western ages, so the kids are actually between 3.5 and 4 years old). My 5 year old class is much better than my 6 year old class. Part of the reason for this may be the class size. The 5 year old class is half the size of the 6 year old class.

C is for Cookie

Now what starts with the letter “C”?
“Cookie” starts with “C”!
Let’s think of other things that starts with “C”!
Uh. . .Uh. . . Who cares about da other things?!

“C” is for Cookie that’s good enough for me,
“C” is for cookie that’s good enough for me,
“C” is for cookie that’s good enough for me,
Oh! cookie, cookie, cookie starts with “C”!

Hey, You know what? A round cookie with one bite out of it looks like a “C”.
A round donut with one bite out of it also looks like a “C” but it is not as good as a cookie.
Oh, and the moon sometimes looks like a “C” but you can’t eat that.
So…

Cookie Cookie Cookie Starts with “C”
Cookie Cookie Cookie Starts with “C”

Mmmmmm Mmmmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmmmm!

Enjoy the video!

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Jun

Animal Covering Mobile

The November Speaking class continues their trek through the animal kingdom. Their latest project involved making a mobile to demonstrate the different kinds of coverings animals have. They named animals having fur, feathers, skin and scales. I then found pictures on the internet of these animals and helped the students make a mobile. To do this activity, you need the following files (all in .pdf format).

Here are the students with their finished mobiles.

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Jun

Baking Soda Volcanoes

C1 made the classic baking soda volcano today. They have been (and will for the next week or so) studying earth science. This is one of those classic science project projects. It’s simply. It’s safe. It uses common household materials to do it. Make a volcano cone out of modeling clay. I simply put clay around an inverted paper cup and cut out the bottom of the cup. Put the clay volcano over a small plastic container containing baking soda and flour. Combine vinegar, warm water and a few drops of red food coloring in a small bottle. Pour the liquid slowly into the container with the solids. Then stand back and watch your volcano erupt!

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Jun

The things you find…

…on the internet when you can’t sleep.

How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

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Jun

November’s Plant Project

My November Speaking and Writing class did the same plant project that the former B1 students did. We also made the poster. The text we wrote was more appropriate to November’s level. It was less technical sounding and we wrote it in the first person.

After we were finished, Helen kindly took pictures of each student with their poster. We’re going to have the kids write a couple sentences about what they did and put that in the portfolio/album.

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Jun

Rock Investigation

C1 continues their trek through planet earth. Last week we did a project classifying rocks. Students brought in ten rocks from their daily environment. They were given a sheet of A3 paper that had twelve circles. Students took their rocks and classified them on six different dimensions (big/little, heavy/light, rough/smooth, shiny/dull, hard/soft, solid/multicolor). They then recorded how many rocks were in each category.

Rock Sort Mat

rock-sorting (pdf)

As a second activity, the students put the rocks in order from largest to smallest. They then used a string to measure the circumference of the rocks. They then order the rocks based on that measurement. Students then compare the order based on sight and on measurement.

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Jun

May Birthday Friday

Last Friday was May’s Birthday Friday. Yes folks, I’m actually on the ball this month. No waiting until three weeks after the fact to post pictures. I promise I’ll do my best to be good.