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Dec

Halloween 2011

So it’s almost Christmas. Just a small detail. I was going back over some older posts and realized I never put up the Halloween pictures. I don’t have too many because I was too busy manning the craft zone. We made door knockers. I took a template and added clip art. As the kids were coloring, I was laminating and cutting. It was a crazy day. Not too many kids dressed up this year.

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Dec

Really Old Pictures

I thought I’d show you some of my pictures from my first year of teaching. It seems like ages ago. I still remember some of those kids and wonder how they’re doing today. The oldest ones would be out in the world as adults. The youngest, probably in middle school. So these are just random pictures from OeDae in Yangsan, South Korea.

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Jun

What Is He Wearing?

I was at HomePlus one day and I found markers made for writing on glass. What could be more fun? I bought two sets. Phoenix Class was studying clothing and the question “What is he/she wearing?” Usually I have students do this on paper and then we go though it orally. Now don’t get me wrong, the kids love to color. But when I told them they were getting to color on the windows, they almost flipped their little minds.

In a way, it works better on the windows because it’s easier for other students to see and they can use other students’ pictures in their speaking.

So I present, Phoenix class (Martin, Jenny, Julie, Stephanie)…

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Jun

ABC Magnets

I’ve been using a set of alphabet magnets with Apple Class (7-year-old kindergarten class) since they started learning the alphabet. The set I have has four complete sets in four different colors. Conveniently, there are four kids in the class. So I separated the magnets into bags. At the beginning, they just had to put the alphabet on the board. But now they are learning short vowels and the basics of reading. I also have very small white boards for various activities. And luckily, they are magnetic. So… each student got a bag of letters and a board. We practiced sounding out words and “writing” them on our boards. I like the activity because it’s very hands on. It gets most of their senses involved. And, well, it’s fun. There’s a picture of me doing the same thing at about 4 on the refrigerator.

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May

ABC – Come On Sing Along!

I’m teaching one class of 7-year-old (kindergarteners) once a week. Right now, they’re still working on learning the alphabet. I was at Home Plus (where else?) on day and saw a bucket of alphabet magnets. The price wasn’t too outrageous (about what I’d expect in a US toy store) so I bought a set. It worked out perfectly. There were 4 sets of letters and 4 kids in the class. As they learn new letters, I add them to a plastic bag.

At the beginning of each class, we sing the ABC song a few times as a warm up. Then we do rock scissor paper (to avoid fighting over colors). When that’s all done, each student has a bag of magnets. They go up to the board and have to put them up in correct order. They struggle with things like the b and the d and the q and the p, so we sing and look at our big ABC poster.

Here are a few pictures of them from the first time they did the activity.

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Apr

Kindergarten Graduation

At the end of February, our 7 year olds graduated from Maple Kinder. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the event. However, Karin was kind enough to get a few pictures for me. I’m proud of what these students accomplished in the kindergarten. And I’m doubly proud of what they are accomplishing in the elementary school classes. Congratulations Spring and Winter Classes!

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Apr

Foods – Countable and Noncountable

Polaris Class is studying countable and uncountable nouns using foods. Their latest activity was to draw some foods on a table and the write sentences about them. For example… There is an apple on the table. There are three bananas on the table. There is some cheese on the table. I simply took the book activity and put it on the board. After cutting out various foods from flashcards each student came up and added one picture to the table on the board. They had to write a/an/some/number by the picture. When everyone had a turn, they had to write the sentences on the board. Then they repeated the exercise in their books on their own. repetition is the key to successful second language learning. By doing it as a group first, the class didn’t even realize they were doing it more than once.

Enjoy the pics!