Author Topic: Kindergarten Lessons (Read 16098 times)

kioquinos · « **Reply #80 on:** November 13, 2011, 08:03:12 pm »

I'm doing a unit on colors this week, and incorporating a review of the sea creatures lesson I taught a few weeks ago:

1. Introduce colors flash cards
2. Butterfly colors song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPAZHVNVJp0 )
3. Sing the butterfly colors song again, and if the kids are wearing that color they can flap around like a butterfly
4. Genki English "I Like Pink Fish" game, using sea creatures and colors
5. Interactive story board about sea creatures. I made up a little story with a lot of scenes with different colors and animals, and I have a blank board that looks like an ocean scene. So after each scene, I'll ask for volunteers to put the appropriately colored animals on the board to make the story! I'm not allowed to do crafts with my kids, so I thought this would be a fun way to get them up and interacting.

...I do have a Korean co-teacher to help me translate directions; without one, this last activity might be kind of tricky to explain for someone who doesn't speak Korean.

iheartharibo · « **Reply #81 on:** November 14, 2011, 02:02:39 pm »

I'm looking for some advice, please. I have two new after school classes starting next month - 4 & 5 year olds and 6 & 7 year olds - each lasting for one hour twice a week. The students are also students in my regular English classes (30 minutes either three or five times a week). Do you think I should make the after school classes a continuation of our regular classes? For example, do extension activities and games to reinforce what we are learning in regular class, perhaps with some extended vocabulary. Or do you think it would be better to design a new curriculum from scratch for the after school classes only? If the latter, do you know where I could get a good starting point online? I see there are some ideas here but any others would be much appreciated. My school will not be providing a curriculum, guidance or resources, as far as I can tell at this time. Thanks in advance for any wisdom you guys can offer.

kllhall09 · « **Reply #82 on:** November 28, 2011, 10:22:25 pm »

You have to teach them for an HOUR?

I don't think it will matter what you teach them because after 40 minutes at most they wont care at all.

I use to teach one kindergarten class for an hour and it is torture. It seemed no matter how many games or songs I played, after 40 minutes, the kids gave me nada.

Breaks help, I know that for sure. I gave them a break at about 30 minutes for a period of about 5 minutes to go the bathroom or get a drink. I would also break up teaching at random points with karate lessons. The boys go crazy and eventually turn on each other. When you see they are bored turn on some music and don't look at them. Turn your head and look at them a few times and encourage them to come to you. When they get close turn the music off and chase them. They pick up on the game really quick. My kids usually would kick me during this game. I use a toy hammer now to hit them back which also is fun.

How many students are in your classes?

iheartharibo · « **Reply #83 on:** November 29, 2011, 02:33:54 pm »

Thanks for your suggestions. I'm not sure if these classes are still going ahead now, as things change on an almost daily basis. However, they may start at short notice in the future so definitely helpful to get some ideas. I think each class would have around 5-10 students but this is likely to vary a lot. I agree, one hour seems daunting...and that's not including the second hour where I have to play games with them!!!

iheartharibo · « **Reply #84 on:** January 13, 2012, 01:45:27 pm »

I’m looking for some advice and suggestions for a class on Monday. I work in a kindergarten and just found out we have a new student starting on Monday. He is seven years old and will be the only student in the class (for now). He has lived in New Zealand so has a very high level of comprehension but is apparently less proficient in speaking English. This is all the information I have. I will see him for at least one thirty minute English class on Monday but possibly two; I don’t know the timetable yet. I haven’t been given any materials for this class and I am not likely to for a couple of weeks. I am ten months into my first teaching job so I don’t really have any experience of how to assess levels. I understand the student is likely to be slightly nervous at first too. Can anyone suggest any activities, resources, games, structure, etc for my first lessons? What should I do to put the student at ease and get a handle on his level of English? Any ideas that work well with just one student to keep them entertained?

towl · « **Reply #85 on:** January 15, 2012, 03:41:29 pm »

I've played pass-the-parcel with mine and it went down really well. Crazy excitement!

Michaeljohncoulson · « **Reply #86 on:** March 06, 2012, 11:04:34 am »

Attached is some PowerPoint presentations I've been using for my kindergarten classes.

Michaeljohncoulson · « **Reply #87 on:** March 06, 2012, 11:09:33 am »

More PowerPoint presentations.

Michaeljohncoulson · « **Reply #88 on:** March 06, 2012, 11:13:55 am »

More ppts.

Michaeljohncoulson · « **Reply #89 on:** March 06, 2012, 11:18:49 am »

More ppts.

Michaeljohncoulson · « **Reply #90 on:** March 06, 2012, 11:24:19 am »

More ppts.

Fad9567 · « **Reply #91 on:** March 07, 2012, 01:00:33 pm »

This thread is amazing, and will use many posts from it.

Some problems I have run into is a range of age in my kinders. Being having some in diapers still and others that probably just missed the cut of to move to 1st grade. That being said for me the young ones just mainly mimic the older ones. And the problem arises with the young ones that are not getting their way. I teach without a teacher which makes for them understanding instruction very hard. Play many songs, read big books and let them move around. If they are forced to sit for more than about 7 mins they lose it and do their own thing.

teacherteacher · « **Reply #92 on:** March 08, 2012, 10:16:51 am »

I do phonics with my Kindergartners using Starfall.com. We focus on one letter and two vocab words per lesson.

I'm attaching a Word file with flashcards I made. Each page has a color clip art picture and the vocab word written below it. There are two vocab words for every letter:

ant, apple, baby, banana, cup cat, dinner, dog, elephant, eggs, fish, fingers, girl, go horse, heart, insects, igloo, jump, juice, kick kitchen, lock, lips, monkey, moon, nose, nine, ostrich, on/off, pig, puppy, question, quilt, rainbow, rose, skateboard, sunglasses, train, ten, up, umbrella, violin, van, walk, window, box, six, yawn, yellow, zebra, zoo

All of the vocabulary came from Starfall's ABC section (either from the part where you click on individual letters or from the ABC song). I printed and laminated the flashcards.

Also, as a side note, my Kindergartners wanted me to click on the hand icons in the Starfall ABC section one day, so we did and started to learn American Sign Language. They seem to really like it.

Anel Meyer · « **Reply #93 on:** March 16, 2012, 01:17:58 pm »

So it was my first time teaching kindergarten and though it went pretty hectic the first lesson...from the second forward I got the hang of it.

I started out with naming of body parts. The song "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" worked pretty well! And the little ones enjoyed it a lot! They are like sponges at this age, they basically suck up everything and remember it even!! I figured if they have at least some understanding of naming things, then I will start on phonics...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gxphoOOwTbo

Can anyone give any advice on phonics though?? Do ages as young as 6 need to learn that now?

Anel Meyer · « **Reply #94 on:** March 16, 2012, 01:29:27 pm »

Here are some flashcards on bodyparts for kindergarten or low elementary grades.

jsk474 · « **Reply #95 on:** March 20, 2012, 08:19:25 am »

I felt that the head and shoulders song was too advanced for my kindergartners. I'm planning on splitting up the body parts lesson into 2 parts...first teaching the upper body parts (mainly on the head, like eyes, ears, mouth, etc.) and then moving onto the remaining parts (arms, legs, etc.). I also think its never too early to teach phonics. I have some 5th graders who can barely read, if at all, and I'm sure it would have helped if they had solid phonics lessons at a very young age.

jsk474 · « **Reply #96 on:** March 20, 2012, 04:23:09 pm »

I attached my body parts lesson I made for my kindergartners involving a baby dragon. The story was a hit, but when I passed out the coloring worksheet, they totally ignored my directions (it doesn't help that the kindergarten teachers aren't very good at English). I was trying to have them color one part of the face at a time, but they did their own thing and just colored whatever.

fossil754 · « **Reply #97 on:** April 06, 2012, 03:26:01 pm »

Used my own pic for some of these, so feel free to change around as needed. Found these compliment the 2nd lesson "I Want Some Chicken" in the fourth grade book I use.

fossil754 · « **Reply #98 on:** April 06, 2012, 03:29:15 pm »

Forgot to add this Mario bomb game ppt. It's one that bounces around a lot. I didn't make it at all, just changed it around to match this topic. It's really simple and best used for lower level classes.

marty · « **Reply #99 on:** April 08, 2012, 11:49:23 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/user/MapleLeafHashima?feature=mhee

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