Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Inquiry ProgressPost # 3

On Friday we were able to film the two second grade classes. I will be loading the videos by next week. My students were able to demonstrate their understanding what we have learned in the unit.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Inquiry Progress #2

After my students have learned about the different areas of the house, and were able to act out what they do in each room (showering, eating, sleeping….). Now we started putting the family members in the different rooms. We put one person at the time until we have covered the 6 areas and the 6 persons. Then we played the “what’s missing” game is when the students have to close eyes and I will take down one person at the time and they have to guess it. In a different activity I asked the students to put the family members in different areas of the house. Putting the family members in the different room after a verbal command will count as assessment for understanding.

Inquiry Progress #1

In the last two week, I have been working on teaching our family and home unit. As these are second grade students we have previously learned about the family in fits grade, and now we have been working on the different areas of the house. I presented the difference areas of the house by the TPRS (Total Physical Response Story Telling). I used French only by acting the story out, like “I shower in the bathroom” bys saying it while acting like I am showering. I did that with all the different areas of the house. The students had the chance to participate by acting and the others had to actually word what the students was acting.