Third Week of Teaching

My 3^rd week teaching at San Blas’s School was excellent. The main topic reviewed on all levels was food. I prepared a very nice activity that could work with 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd grade just with a few adaptations depending on the case. 

I started the activity with a simple warm up that could be use to keep student´s attention. Then, I began showing flashcards one by one, and I pasted healthy food on one column and junk food on another. The first thing that students have to do was to answer to my simple questions like: What is this? What color is this? Do like apples? Then, they had to identify items on the book and color them. Later, I explained the difference between healthy and junk food with examples and gestures. Finally, I gave each student one food item so they have to go to the front and place it on the corresponding jar. One of the jars was an apple and the other one was a chocolate bar. The activity was a huge success, and I really enjoyed as much as they did. I taught this activity to all levels, and the only thing that I changed was the quantity of new vocabulary items that I taught. For example: at 1^st grade I taught just 4 items, on 2^nd grade I taught 6 items, and at 3^rd grade I taught 8. This has been the coolest lesson plan that I have developed so far, so here it is the lesson plan:

Level: Second Grade

Topic: Healthy Food vs. Junk Food

Objectives	Activities/Procedures	Useful Language	Assessment Criteria	Material/Resources	Time
Ss will be able to: -Recall instructions that have been reviewed on previous lessons -Identify different kinds of food -Infer the difference between healthy food and  junk food -Describe different kinds of food -Classify healthy and junk food	Warm up: -The T greets the Ss and mentions what is going to be done during the class. -The T starts giving and showing instructions that Ss have to follow while they perform the movements and repeat the command: Stand up, sit down, stand up, hands up, hands down, spin, and jump. Presentation: -The T introduces content by showing flash cards while Ss answer the question “What is this?” -The T draws two columns, one for healthy food and other for junk food and classifies the flashcards showed before. T explains the difference between healthy and junk food. Practice: -Ss work on page 50 on their books by identifying the same items that are being showed on the flashcards.  -Ss repeat together after the teacher and then color on their books the same items from the board. Consolidation: -The T gives one food item to each student. -T shows two jars, one is an apple for healthy food and the other is a chocolate for junk food. -Students come to the front and make a line, then each one have to classify the food on the jars.     Closing Activity: -The T checks students work -T points out what has been accomplished and congratulates the Ss for their good work.	-Food and beverages vocabulary -I like -I don’t like -This is a/an -These are -That apple is red -The banana is sweet -Delicious -Healthy -Junk	-Ss show comprehension of expressions being use by naming, pointing or describing -Ss apply language or expressions being studied -Ss participation -Ss willingness to communicate	-Board -Chalk -Flash Cards (Big and small versions) -Tape -Play and Learn (2nd grade) Book -Crayons -Plastic Jars	-5 min -10 min -10 min -10 min -5 min