Journal by https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt Journaling of my kindergarten experience en-us 2018-05-17 21:17:39 UTC 2025-11-20 21:49:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 2. How did the students react to your teaching, to the activities and the materials? How did they react to the lesson? antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261751053 Students reacted well and they enjoyed the listening part. Most the time they understood me and followed me although in some moments for example, at the beginning they were distracted by the camera and do not follow me at all. The lesson was well developed and they liked working with concrete objects that they already knew. Besides, most of them participated in all the activities and in the game too. In conclusion, they c ould follow the instructions and developed their speaking skills ]]> 2018-05-17 21:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261751053 4. What aspects of the lesson require change / improvement? antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261752365 The time is something that I do not manage very well so I believe that I have to improve this part of the lesson and include for example a goodbye song. I also think that a clock or watch can help me to organize my time in the classroom. I only have my phone to know the time and it is a very uncomfortable method during the class. ]]> 2018-05-17 21:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261752365 greeting song antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261754703 Children love this song!! ]]> 2018-05-17 21:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261754703 During the first class... antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261755901 Pupils learned about classroom objects. They could describe them and count them. They also related the classroom objects with concrete examples. I really enjoyed the class and pupils exceeded my expectatives. Although I already knew them I was so nervous but I trusted in them and I knew that they would do the best as in every class. ]]> 2018-05-17 21:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/261755901 goodbye song antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263482995 Today I add a goodbye song. Pupils liked it ! 

]]> 2018-05-24 20:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263482995 1. What teaching strategies did you use? Which ones were effective? Why / why not? antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263485046 I mimic and move my hands and body to explain the activities and pupils understand me most of the time. When they do not understand me. I try to repeat the instructions in a different way. I usually add pictures for understanding and this is very effective, too. I believe that all activities required instruction and the best way to do it is by movements and so these strategies are effective because children pay attention when somebody is moving and it challenges them to guess and understand what the teacher is doing. Other technique is make a circle together and sit down on the carpet with them. So my participation is crucial to motivate pupils to do different activities and games. Working on the carpet is not always effective because pupils are usually very energetic and therefore they are empowered and they do not pay attention or do what the teacher says. In this case pupils work in groups and they do the activities on the chairs to be more comfortable]]> 2018-05-24 20:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263485046 My second class antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263486883 During my second class we started with a revision of classroom objects so we listened and sang the chant of the last lesson again. Then we did two activities about the objects in which pupils had to listen and circle the correct number. Most of them developed the activity well but some of them needed my help. This time I added a goodbye song and pupils danced a lot. ]]> 2018-05-24 21:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263486883 Treasure Hunt antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263489649 At the end of the second lesson pupils played the game "treasure hunt". They had to find green envelopes, open it and say what object is. It was funny!! ]]> 2018-05-24 21:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263489649 5. What do you find useful of this lesson that will help you plan the next one? antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263490181 Work with the computer to do a revision or to supply flashcards help me a lot. Besides I realize that children's participation in the distribution of elements like photocopies and pencils give me the chance of organize the tasks and the time. So both the computer and children's participation are things to implement the next classes. ]]> 2018-05-24 21:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/263490181 My third class... antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/264648359 During my third class pupils learned about imperatives (sit down, stand up, close your book, etc) They really enjoy the story and the game at the end of the lesson. The story was very short but it had a moral end:
“I’ll tell you a story when I was very little as you. My teacher always told me “Paul, sit down on the chair” but I always stood up. When she told me “open your book” I always close my book and I laughed and laughed but my friends were very angry. 

One day I was alone and I felt very sad. I understood that my friends and my teacher were very angry with me. I said sorry to my friends and the teacher. Now I listen to my teacher and sit down and open my book every class. I look at my friends and listen to them. Now, I am very happy!  
During the game pupils had to listen to me and do the opposite
]]> 2018-05-30 22:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/264648359 A teddy bear antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/264648820 Paul, a teddy bear, helped me to introduce the new topic (imperatives) during the third class and it helped me to tell the story and did it more motivating

3.      What aspects of the lesson do you consider successful?

I think that the use of an object as a teddy bear can impact very positive in children because they show great interest when presented with these types of objects. Besides I believe that the use of routines as a hello and goodbye song are very successful techniques to bear in mind. Another posibility could be the use of a weather weel to learn the weather and integrate it in every class.


]]> 2018-05-30 22:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/264648820 My fourth class antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265255437 6.      Choose a moment that was important for you during the lesson. Describe it and say why it was important.

During this class we reviewed some topics that included imperatives and classroom objects. I believe that an essential moment for me was when pupils had to listen what I said and did the correct action. For example, I said them "point to the red pencil" or "sit down on the white chair" and all of them or the pupil that I named had to do it. It was a very important moment because I could know if they learned and internalize the new topics and if there were some things to review.

]]> 2018-06-03 23:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265255437 7. Choose a moment that was important for the students during the lesson. Describe it and say why it was important. - Lesson 4 antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265256044 I think that an important moment for the students was when they played a game as "roll the dice and do the action" or when they had to listen and dance. At this age, most pupils are kineasthetic learners and so they enjoy to move their bodies and to play games. ]]> 2018-06-03 23:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265256044 My last class!! antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265860706 Teaching values is so important as teaching knowledge. So during my last lesson I'll teach pupils how to ask for a classroom object in a polite way.Childen understood that be polite is very important to live in a better world. ]]> 2018-06-06 12:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265860706 A song to learn how to be a polite person antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265861585 Children reviewed the topic "ask nicely" with this song]]> 2018-06-06 12:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265861585 Showing part of my experience antonella_young https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265870190 In this audio pupils play a game called the treasure hunt. Then we gather all the found objects and repeat them aloud pointing to each of them. I believe that I should have put the objects on a table to be more comfortable. Besides I used some spanish words for understanding. Perhaps some pictures showing how to play the game could be a better option and will replace the use of spanish words or sencenteces. ]]> 2018-06-06 13:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/antonella_young/5ima291wz1rt/wish/265870190