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Oral Presentation- KG 1 -Lena Kibbi -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Oral Presentation- KG 1 -Lena Kibbi -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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As children engage in project work,

they learn about how the world around them works and develop confidence in their ability to figure things out.

Projects at early ages have been shown to result in engaged, self-directed learners.

When learners are directly involved in steering projects, they're more invested in exploring and mastering any skill.

Proud of our KG1 learners.

#Facilitating_ Rigorous_ Project_ Learning

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy -Tic,tac,toe-KG3 -Mona Menimneh -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy -Tic,tac,toe-KG3 -Mona Menimneh -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Teaching Tic-tac-toe to kindergarteners involves introducing basic rules and simple strategies like blocking opponents' moves and creating winning lines. Adapting the game with visuals or simplified rules enhances engagement, making learning enjoyable while introducing strategic thinking skills

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy -Sort and Post- KG 1 -Mirna Mneimneh -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy -Sort and Post- KG 1 -Mirna Mneimneh -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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The Sort and Post activity for preschoolers involves organizing items based on various attributes like color, shape, or size, and then placing them in corresponding locations. This task promotes cognitive development, fine motor skills, and language development through hands-on interaction and discussions about sorting criteria.

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy - Sort and Post -KG3 -Laila Harati -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy - Sort and Post -KG3 -Laila Harati -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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The Sort and Post activity for preschoolers involves organizing items based on various attributes like color, shape, or size, letters, picture cards and then placing them in corresponding locations. This task promotes cognitive development, fine motor skills, and language development through hands-on interaction and discussions about sorting criteria.

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Phonics- KG3 -Mona Mneimneh- Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College

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Phonics- KG3 -Mona Mneimneh- Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College

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Phonics applications on iPads for preschoolers offer interactive and engaging activities to reinforce early literacy skills such as letter recognition and sounds. With colorful graphics, interactive games, and audio cues, these apps make learning fun and accessible while catering to individual learning needs.

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Oral Presentations- KG3 -Mona Mneimneh -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Oral Presentations- KG3 -Mona Mneimneh -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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For preschoolers, oral presentations and projects about letters aim to introduce and reinforce letter recognition and phonics in an interactive manner. Activities may include Letter Show and Tell, creating alphabet books, scavenger hunts for letters, making letter collages, puppet shows, letter-themed art projects, and relay races focused on letter sounds. These activities foster early literacy skills while promoting creativity, teamwork, and communication among preschoolers.

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Oral Presentations- House and Family Members -KG2 -Khadija Kurdi -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Oral Presentations- House and Family Members -KG2 -Khadija Kurdi -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Teaching preschoolers about house rooms involves introducing common rooms like the bedroom, kitchen, living room, bathroom, and dining room using visual aids and hands-on activities. Encouraging exploration and discussion about the purpose and features of each room helps reinforce understanding in an engaging way.

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Disneyholics -KG2 -Oral Presentations-Salwa Hammoud and Khadija Kurdi -Makassed Khaled Ben Al Walid College 

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Disneyholics -KG2 -Oral Presentations-Salwa Hammoud and Khadija Kurdi -Makassed Khaled Ben Al Walid College 

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🎙A Disney Podcast 🎙

Our hosts in the Disney podcast were our little leaders to be. They expressed themselves freely and talked about the character they chose.They told us more about themselves.

The magic was as wide as their smiles, as narrow as a wink, as loud as their laughters, as deep as their feelings , as strong as it can lift their spirit and excitement.

It's the magic of their happiness and joy!

The Disneyholics Show was amazing with our KG2 students!

Special thanks to their teachers and supervisors.

#oral_fluency

#If_you_can_dream_it_you_can_do_it

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Addition -KG 3 -Maya Idrees -Makassed Khaled Ben Al Walid College 

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Addition -KG 3 -Maya Idrees -Makassed Khaled Ben Al Walid College 

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Teaching addition to preschoolers involves hands-on activities with manipulatives like counting blocks, incorporating songs, rhymes, and games, and using everyday situations to reinforce the concept. Making learning interactive and playful helps preschoolers grasp addition in a fun and engaging way.

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy - Back -to-Back -KG3 Maya Idrees -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy - Back -to-Back -KG3 Maya Idrees -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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The Back-to-Back strategy in differentiated instruction involves pairing students based on complementary strengths and weaknesses. These pairs work together on activities or assignments, with each student taking turns as the "expert" on certain topics or skills. This approach encourages peer teaching, collaboration, and the development of a deeper understanding of concepts through explaining them to others. They starting asking questions and giving clues and hints about the picture cards.

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Spelling - Mona Mneimneh -Maya Idrees-Laila Harati -KG 3 -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Spelling - Mona Mneimneh -Maya Idrees-Laila Harati -KG 3 -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Spelling is the foundation of literacy skills. KG students learn the phonemic sounds, recognize letters, and eventually can spell out the word. It’s all part of their literacy development milestone.

Great applause to our un-BEE-lievable spellers!

#literacy_skills_development

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Embracing the Family Bond-KG 2  Salwa Hammoud -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Embracing the Family Bond-KG 2  Salwa Hammoud -Makassed Khaled Ben El Walid College 

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Teaching kindergarteners about family is crucial for fostering social-emotional development, cultural awareness, and foundational life skills. By embracing diverse family structures and helping students know that each person within the family is important and valued ,we can bridge the gap between home and school, nurturing empathy ,love and inclusivity in young learners.

#family_members

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Oral presentations in preschool play a crucial role in fostering language development, communication skills, and confidence in children.
They provide opportunities for kids to express themselves, share their thoughts, and build vocabulary.
KG1 students sharing their oral presentations ♥
#oralpresentation
#shareandask
#showandshare
#preschoolactivities
#abat
#kg1

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Winter echoed in KBWH Wonderland!
It will be an unforgettable day literally and figuratively! Kindergarteners were thrilled with the novelty of wearing their PJs and enjoyed sort and post , show and share activities (DI) , drank hot chocolate, unscrambled words , winter cards and many more!...

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Word Detective Strategy

School: KBWH
Class: KG 3
Teachers :Mona Mneimneh -Randa Kourani
Rima Radwan

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 3
Teachers :Mona Mneimneh -Randa Kourani
Rima Radwan

Activity Description :The Word Detective Strategy helps the students to find out the meaning of unfamiliar words and increase their vocabulary mastery. Vocabulary is one of the important components of English. It is integrated into English skills including listening, writing, speaking, and reading. Students will earn a Word Detective Badge at the end of the activity.

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 2 B
Teacher: Lynn Fathallah

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School : A.B.A.T

Class : KG3

Teacher : Marwa Al Kalaaji

Activity description
Learners were asked to take a lentil seed. Separate bits of cotton and put them in a jar. Place a few lentils on top of the cotton.Put the jar in a place with natural sunlight and air. Then to water the lentil seeds every 2 to 3 days , observe the seeds daily and record the changes that are happening.
After that learners were asked to use a chart to draw the changes  that were happening to the seeds.  During the experiment, learners were asked to take pictures for the changes that were taking place during the whole experiment.
At the end, learners must record a video about the experiment and explain what happened to the lentil seeds using the sequential words (First, Then, Last) to describe the steps and  send their videos via WhatsApp.

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School : ABAT
Class KG2
Teacher : Sherihan Najmeddine

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School: OBK
Class: KG1
Teacher: Samar Younis

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Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online.

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Store photos and docs online. Access them from any PC, Mac or phone. Create and work together on Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents.

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School: KBWH
Preschool English teachers had a great opportunity being exposed to this training. It was an asset to them , learning new techniques and applying them with their learners in school. Hopefully, they will try other activities in the near future, and we are pretty sure that these activities will have a great impact on our kids' literacy skills and academic performance when it comes to English Language.

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School :KBWH
Class: KG 2 A and B
Teachers: Leyla Kobrosly-Neamat Ghazzawi

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 3 B
Teacher: Randa Kourani

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 3 B
Teacher: Randa Kourani

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School: KBWH
Class : KG 3 A
Teacher: Mona Mneimneh

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 3
Teachers: Mona Mneiimneh-Randa Kourani

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KBWH- KG 3 Virtual English Language Specialist Program (VELS)

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School: KBWH
Class : KG 3 A
Teacher: Mona Mneimneh

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School: KBWH
Class : KG 3 B
Teacher: Randa Kourani

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 2 A and B
Teachers: Neamat Gahzzawi-Leyla Kobrosly

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KBWH- KG2 Virtual English Language Specialist Program (VELS)

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School: KBWH
Class : KG 2 B
Teacher : Neamat Ghazzawi

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 2 B
Teacher: Neamat Ghazzawi

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School : KBWH
Class :KG 1
Teachers :Carine Sinjer - Mirna Mneimneh

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School: KBWH
Class: KG 1
Teachers: Carine Sinjer - Mirna Mneimneh

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School: KBWH
Class:KG1
Teachers: Carine Sinjer-Mirna Mneimneh

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KBWH- KG1 Virtual English Language Specialist Program (VELS)

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School: KBWH
Class: KG1
Teachers : Carine Sinjer-Mirna Mneimneh

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School : KBWH
Class :KG 1
Teachers: Carine Sinjer- Mirna Mneimneh

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School :KBWH
Class: KG 1
Teachers: Carine Sinjer -Mirna Mneimneh

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School: ABSS
Class: KG1
Teacher: Hanan Chehab

After being introduced to different community helpers , and their roles, my children played the role of the community helper and they were asked to guess different riddles about different community helpers. Moreover, the resources provided by VELS helped me find different worksheets , activities that made the lesson more interactive.
Repetition and time were the challenges I faced while implementing the activities.

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KG1 children went crazy for our community helpers theme. They were talking, playing games and role playing all about different community helpers. 👩🏼‍⚕️👩🏻‍🏫👩🏻‍🚒 👮🏽‍♂️ Salwa Agha

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Open- Ended Questions / Sentence Starter / Mystery Bag 

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Open- Ended Questions / Sentence Starter / Mystery Bag 

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School: ABSS
Class: KG3
Teacher: Mirvat Edelbi

Open - ended Questions provide children with opportunities to explain and describe something; thereby expanding and developing their speech, language and vocabulary. I related them to different themes and objectives, children felt eager to know the right answer and shared different ideas. Some of the challenges is that some children gave up and didn't believe in their abilities to find the answer, or they answered I don't know ... but with repetition they adapted more with the strategy.

Sentence Starter
Children were divided into two groups , the first group had a sentence starter " Can I ...?" , the second group continues the sentence with different suggestions ...  Using sentence starters help my students to express their thoughts through writing or speaking. It's also used to assist students to focus and organize their thoughts, as well as fostering creativity. It was an easy and helpful activity for them.

Mystery Bag
I got a bag and the children tried to guess what's inside by touching the objects and describing it. It was a fun activity for them and they were engaged.

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Name: Rana Ammar
School: ABAT
Grade level: kindergarten

Activities:

Activity (1): Mystery box
In this activity, the learners are asked to bring an object from home that is related to the concept they are learning about. Each day, two volunteers are going to put the things they have in the box and the rest of the learners will be asked to guess what's inside the box by raising questions about the color, shape, size, etc... of this object.

Activity (2):  Drama Activity
In this activity, the teacher will choose a volunteer and will ask him/her to think about a scenario that he/she would like to share with his/her friends. After that, the chosen student will start narrating the events, while the rest of the learners are going to act them out.

Activity (3): Vocabulary Enrichment+ sentence stems
To help the learners acquire more vocabulary words, the teacher will send on weekly basis a list of daily used vocabulary words. This list of vocabulary words will come along with sentence stems that will help the learners to improve their communication skills.
Activity(4): Enhancing oral fluency using sight words
In this activity, the learners are going to use the newly learned sight words to create short stories about different images that the teacher is going to show to the students.

Challenges:
-Due to Covid-19, the learners are attending school in person from 7:30 till 12:00. The duration of the English session/day is about an hour and half. Therefore, being exposed to English language for a short period of time each day will certainly affect the performance of the students, especially oral fluency that requires daily exposure to language.

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School: O.B.K
Class: KG3 A,B,& C
Teachers: Hala Majary, Malakeh Ghaziri, and Soha Abdulhadi

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to attented the V.E.L.S workshop who gave us new eduvational methods and helped us keep our students on-task and engaged.
Here are samples of our work and hope for more courses that will support and improve our teaching process.

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Jazz Chants/ Role Play/ Discuss Pictures 

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Jazz Chants/ Role Play/ Discuss Pictures 

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School: OBK
Class: KG2 A&B
Teachers: Hadia Naccache and Zakia Takroury

VELS was a unique experience which added a lot to our teaching profile. Many activities were implemented in our lessons whether online or in presence. Some of which are jazz chants, skits about themes, projects, discuss events in pictures and many more...
The ample activities done were engaging and targeting. Please, have a look at the sample material provided (in the link).

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School : ABSS
Class: KG2
Teacher: Zeina Shehab
Unit: Community Helpers

Riddles have to do with listening and speaking skills' development. One of the challenges is getting children to listen properly in order to guess the riddle, and sometimes you have to repeat the riddle more than once so that they can guess the answer.
Guessing activities and games are interesting for preschoolers,they help attract their attention and increase their engagement.