Being a teacher: learning through experience

  Phases and the aims of the lesson A warmup and a review of the previous topic are given at the start of the lesson. At the beginning, the teacher starts by singing a song about greetings. After that, she gave them a quick review of a story they read, in which they had to remember the animals in the book and asked them "what can the animal do? The animals said the animals they remembered: crocodile, rabbit, pig, mouse, and what they could do, like: show their teeth. Then the teacher asked them to also do what the animals could do. Afterwards she asked them to form a circle and join hands to sing the song related to the book (about the animals and what they can do). In order for the students to have a better interpretation and recognition of the song, the teacher made use of small flashcards.  Next, the teacher showed them the cover of the book and asked them some questions so that they could hypothesise what the book was about, so she did a pre-reading. During the reading, th...