Being a teacher: learning through experience

    What did you like? What would you do differently?   I liked the activities the teacher used with her students, however they did not seem to have a concrete reason for the lesson. The topic of the lesson was not clear, the children were just saying nouns, but not using the language, there was no real conversation.  However, It seems to me that she used the vocabulary to better understand the story. And I thought the reading was entertaining.  I would start by explaining the topic to be covered that day, ask a question or activity related to that topic, start explaining it, make use of the activities she did, but focused on the topic, and finally do a brief review to check how much knowledge the students have acquired.  What is your general reflection on the lesson? In my opinion the teacher could have a clearer teaching. The resources she used such as: flashcards, reading, the blackboard, and even the things the children used seemed intere...

Reflections What is your general reflection on the lesson? The students learned new vocabulary: 10 animals, and reviewed some numbers (from 1 to 12).   They also learned to ask questions using "Is it...?" and then say the animal or the number.   The use of gamification created a fun moment for the students. They looked amused, they didn't seem to me to realise that they were learning something .      What do you think are the strong sides of the lesson? In the first activity, recognition of the 10 animals through flashcards, and repeating. For example: "It's a butterfly". "It's a butterfly". The second activity involved memorising the animals and their names when the teacher removed a card, making the students think of the animals that were there and the one that was missing. Making them use the structure of the principle "It's a...". Finally, for the last activity, he set up a quiz in which the students had to guess which letter ...