First and Second Grade
With my first graders, we often play games in small groups that the teachers have prepared ahead of time.
With second grade, I often take the students out individually or in pairs to practice the vocabulary and key conversation questions we’re working with at the time. We use flashcards provided by the textbook we use.
For my final project, I was able to create a lesson about Thanksgiving and present it myself
Sixth Grade
Although I see my sixth graders the least, I typically prepare the most for them. The teachers often ask me to come up with games and activities to make practicing their grammar lessons more interesting. Below are examples of activities I’ve prepared and done with the sixth grade students.
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY ACTIVITY
The students had example sentences and had to practice using the graphic organizer to distinguish between the who, what, when, where, and why of the sentences.
This was meant to help students who work better with visuals to organize their notes and to get them thinking actively about which wh- word meant what in context, since it can be difficult to grasp the differences of such similarly spelled words.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES ACTIVITY
I prepared a game for the students to play while practicing the prepositional phrases “look for/into/out”.
The students use one word for each column to create sentences, conjugating the verb correctly on their own and trying to choose the logical options based on the context.
This activity was meant to engage the students in the material in a more interesting way than simply copying a grammar lesson or using regular practice sentences. In this way, they are more actively involved in the forming of sentences and it serves as a assessment of their understanding of how the prepositional phrases are used in context.
| I | the house | ||
| You | into | for the ball | |
| He | the lost dog | ||
| She | look | for | my keys |
| We | their eyes | ||
| You | out | of the window | |
| They | our mom after school |
Demi DiCarlo 