23, February 2010: Teaching class #2

This week our group focused on the topics of family, activities/sports and animals. I started out with a quick review at the beginning, just going over basic introductions (Je m'appelle...etc). We started the different members of the family. Then we went over sports/activities and had a video and a cool match-up game that the kids were able to play. I thought this was a good idea because the terms on the sheet were words similar to the same words they meant in English so it was easy for them to figure out and seemed to make them feel more comfortable with what we were trying to teach them. Most didn't even need any help from us. They were able to figure it out on their own which I thought was awesome!

We taught animals during the last part of the class. We had beanie babies hidden around the room and split up the remaining four girls into two teams and had them find the certain animals that were on their list. I think they all had fun doing this and when we reviewed the different animals they had, they seemed to know right away which one was which.

I feel that this class was a success. We didn't seem to be rushing around like last time and we had our topics well spaced out. Although I'm sad that we lost one of our students, I have been very happy with the overall behavior of our group so far. With just four girls left, they are all very respectful towards us and one another.

If there's anything I think we could improve on, it would be continuing to come up with engaging activities that keep the class interesting. I think we should also try to work on coming up with more ideas for their alphabet books. Maybe next class we could assign them a drawing activity or have them cut out and color things to glue inside. But overall I think everyone in our group did a great job and I can't wait for next week!