Saturday 2 February 2013

WRITING A POEM :-)

WORDLE ACTIVITY


  • Name of the Activity: "The Colored Poem"
  • Age of the Children: 10-12 years old
  • Level: Third Level / Cycle of Primary Education
  • Aim of the Activity: To practice Writing skills and besides that  to improve Listening, Speaking, Reading and Vocabulary.
  • Description of the Activity: The teacher shows a square with different colored words and will propose to the students to work in groups. Each group of the students will choose a color  and with these words they have to try to elaborate a poem. They will try to use the largest number of words as possible to create the poem. They have around 15-20 minutes. And at the end each group will read aloud the poem that they have done. It is a good colaborative task to improve several skills above all, writing skills.
Tool and URL: Wordle is a Free Tool to enhance writing skills. Practical tool and very easy to use. http://www.wordle.net/


Wordle: FAIRLY TALE


THAT MAGIC NIGHT! :-)

STORYBIRD ACTIVITY


  • Name of the Activity: "That Magic Night!"
  • Age of the Children: 6-8 years old
  • Level: First Level / Cycle of Primary Education
  • Aim of the Activity: To practice Reading skills and besides that  to improve Listening, Speaking, Writing and Vocabulary.
  • Description of the Activity: The teacher will read the story aloud twice but the students follow the text at the same time. At the end the teacher will ask to students if they are understand the story and he/she will encourage them if there is someone that wants to explain it to the class. Little by little all of the students will read a part of the text aloud and they will discovering the story step by step and if there are words that they don´t understand. The teacher also might propose to the students that in groups of 4 or 5 to prepare a different end or even it is a good idea to create a new story together, why not?... This kind of activities allow to develop children imagination and this is a good way to teaching and learning process.
  • Tool and URL: Storybird is a Free Tool to enhance reading skills. Very useful for teachers and it would be a wonderful way to show parents what their children read in class. http://storybird.com/