Year : 3
Topic : Pet's World
I've been too busy with netball these few months and I forgot on updating about my lessons here. Well, its not that always that I adapted my own lesson, and sometimes I got the ideas from the internet too. Okay, my pupils are weak at grammar. Teaching them to understand it and use it always a tiring one. There are days that I wondered and thinking on how to teach them grammar in a way that they know how to use it well.
Plus, my pupils are unable to create proper simple sentences. I believed that they are afraid to make mistakes and they do not know the words in English. Then, I realised that I should try to trigger them in making sentences through a competition among themselves. So, here's what I did for the lesson.
First lesson :
1. Using Charade game as the introduction as verbs are verbs. So, it is easy to act on it.
2. Prepare word cards with meanings at the back of it. I used 135gsm drawing block papers and manually write the words because I was too lazy to type and print and cut. Then, distribute the word cards to the pupils individually. Make sure all of them have one verb.
3. Allow them to think to create ONE simple sentence from the verb that they got. They may ask questions about other words that they do not know. Few of them love to use dictionary, which is good.
4. I checked their works and I was slightly disappointed because they can't properly make a simple sentence.
Due to that, I decided to prepare a better lesson for them, to trigger them to make sentences in the next lesson.
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Second lesson :
I prepared a 'DIY Whiteboard' which made up of laminated papers for them to use and write on it. I also prepared markers individually for them. But, this time, I grouped them into pairs and they shared the whiteboards and markers (because I did not make enough, my bad).
There are about 10 pairs (I have 37 pupils in this class), I just gave them a verb. The pairs are given about 2 minutes to discuss and write a simple sentence on their DIY Whiteboard. Then, they need to write it on the real whiteboard in front of the class. Then, we discussed it and pupils copied the sentences on their exercise books.
Guess what?? They did pretty well as compared to the individual ones. I concluded that they need something more than just exercise books, something that they can used in a fun way.
So far, I believed that they know they can. Its just the matter of want to do, or not. Always believe in your pupils. If the pupils still weak in this, just ask them to meet you in the staff room during recess, teach them one-to-one. They'll get it.
Thanks for reading! :)
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