ORIGAMI VOCABULARY

outside reverse fold

inside reverse fold

turn around

turn over

fold and unfold

SAMPLES OF ORIGAMI

I think they are really cute.

ORIGAMI

I enjoy very much craft work. Maybe, because my mummy was a taylor, and she used to motivate me a lot with her beautiful job, which I know, she loved it so much.

This week I have been reading and practicing ORIGAMI and its benefit.

ORI means to fold and KAMI means paper.

It is a very good brain exercise for your students, as they can have developed some skills such as reading, listening, writing, attention, patience, concentration, sequencing, proportion, symmetry, problem solving, geometry, creativity, language speed development, measurement, ecology, self confidence, social, temporal spatial, visual motor, and so many more.

You can teach them the specific words, as well as to get them involved in this creative environment. ORIGAMI

DRIVER'S CLASS

It is very hard to drive in a country where the road signs are different. I have been studying not only the signs, but also the right procedure to get my UK driver's licence. I need to know very well the traffic rules.

Introduce some important vocabulary and signs for your students. It might be useful if they intend to live abroad.

Print some signs and the correspondent vocabulary to be linked.

Have fun!!!

PLANETARIUM

Children love to search on the internet.

Would you like to find a good subject?

Try PLANETARIUM.

They can find all the planets in the universe, their positions, and clicking in each image, they can enjoy the beauty of a full size image of any planet.

Check the details: Size, shape, colour...

Prepare a beautiful board with drawings, pictures and names.

They are going to be delightful with the experience

POST OFFICE VOCABULARY

Type all the important vocabulary about POST OFFICE;

Letter, envelope, stamp, sheet of stamp, stamp book, greeting cards, postcard, postman, postbag, letterbox, counter, scale, counter assistant, posts, delivery-rider, delivery-courier, airmail, express mail, first class mail, postcode, label, address, return address, address sender,

money order,

Bring pictures to match the vocabulary;

Give the students some time to recognize and number them;

Check the answers;

Repeat the vocabulary building the scenery of a Post Office;

Try to check all the new words the students have acquired in the end of the activity.

Enjoy...it can take about 2 hours

COMPUTER VOCABULARY

If you want to introduce IT classes in your English ones, prepare your students to work with new vocabulary.

Make some slip of papers with names of computer parts and ask them to stick in the right place:

Ex: Monitor, Screen, Buttons, Power on/off, Power Cable, Leads, Mouse, Right and Left Click, Keyboard, Computer Base ( stand/low), Headphone.

Start an instruction how to use it:

Ex: Press the Power button (switch it on), open Microsoft Word, File, Type, Save as, etc....

Teach them how to shut down, switch it on an repeat the instructions.

Review the vocabulary in the end of your class.

VOCABULARY ACTIVITY

This is very funny!!!

Ask your students to form two queues and give a sheet of paper for the first ones.

On the back of last students you write a word (the same for both). If you are working verbs, or new words, select a few of them (at least one word per student).

When you say start, the lasts are supposed to write the same word they felt on their back on the back of the colleague on the front, until it gets to the first one who has to write it on the paper. The first go to the end and you repeat the process with different words until everybody has participated.

The team winner is the one with more scores.

They are going to love it...enjoy !!!!

GOLF CLUB

If you have a field or a space where the children can play, I found this idea at PAJAMA MOMMY very insteresting. You can get the kids involved to build up this MINI GOLF COURSE.

CRAFT MATERIALS:

3-liter plastic soda bottle
Colored tape
Markers
Cardboard
Cardboard tubes
Duct tape
Time needed: About 2 to 3 Hours

Lets play!

CRAFT ACTIVITY

This craft activity is a very good one to be developed in your classroom.

What are we going to do? COASTERS...

Yeah...we need them at home...and the children are going to love being involved with.

MATERIAL

White and colourful paper, painting, crayons, magazine...

clean contact paper;

scissors;

Cut some circles, triangles or squares for the base;

use collage, drawings or paintings...

cover both side with contact...

It is charming, isn't it?

BEHAVE YOURSELF

It is for me, and for you. Think about your students.

How do we tend to behave in some situations?

How the behaviour can affect other people?

First lets understand them.

PASSIVE: you allow people to get what they want. You don't express your needs.

(Ex: Yeah...you can have it.)

AGGRESSIVE: You impose yourself.

(Ex: Give me that!)

MANIPULATIVE: You get what you want.

(Ex: Ok, you have it, I don't need it.)

ASSERTIVE: You express your needs without imposing.

(x: I like it, don't you? Let's share it up?)

ASSERTIVENESS SKILLS

Our behaviour towards others can be different depending on the situation and people.

At this time lets understand 4 of them:

PASSIVE

AGGRESSIVE

MANIPULATIVE

ASSERTIVE

LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVELY

I have researched how to learn more effectively this week.

The resource in the area is really impressive, but one book in particular has caught my eyes. It is colourful, big letters, pictures, and every section is very well explained and separated.

TIPS...oh yes...they help us a lot...I love them

If you understand that we use both side of our brain to learn more effectively, you are going to agree that we need to combine some techniques to improve the way we learn. I would say that everyone has a particular strategy of learning.

What is yours?

Ex: If you want to learn PHRASAL VERBS, what is the best method to use and to be applied in classroom for your students?