Blog 1_SS2015 - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T15:28:28Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/blog-1?groupUrl=secondaryschoolcurriculuminforeignlanguage&groupId=649749%3AGroup%3A843102&xg_raw_resources=1&id=649749%3ATopic%3A1055913&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHey Kim, I really liked the w…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-03:649749:Comment:10571322015-03-03T03:43:15.980ZJoseph Mansurhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JosephMansur
<p>Hey Kim, I really liked the way you and your group presented in class. Your activity stuck out to me a lot because it was very creative, and it can definitely be expanded in various ways. You can definitely expand your activity to target different subjects, to use different ways of incorporating differentiated instruction, or simply to just make it to teach culture in the classroom. Your post here is also a clear example of what you could do with your activity, and the potential is…</p>
<p>Hey Kim, I really liked the way you and your group presented in class. Your activity stuck out to me a lot because it was very creative, and it can definitely be expanded in various ways. You can definitely expand your activity to target different subjects, to use different ways of incorporating differentiated instruction, or simply to just make it to teach culture in the classroom. Your post here is also a clear example of what you could do with your activity, and the potential is has.</p>
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<p>I also really liked how you explained the material and the activity. I think I speak for the whole class that we would have definitely liked to see more, but HEY thats for the next "teaching slice"! I'll be looking forward to it.</p> Hola Eulalia,
I like how you…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-03:649749:Comment:10571282015-03-03T03:36:58.298ZJoseph Mansurhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JosephMansur
<p>Hola Eulalia,</p>
<p>I like how you made it a personal connection by reflecting of your high school years and how your english teacher made it a point to value pronunciation. I think its good to apply a small personal detail like this in one's lessons because students will feel like you're trying to connect with them, and that you too were in a language course. Your group did a fantastic job!! I definitely believe that a good tool to use in the process of language learning is to have visual…</p>
<p>Hola Eulalia,</p>
<p>I like how you made it a personal connection by reflecting of your high school years and how your english teacher made it a point to value pronunciation. I think its good to apply a small personal detail like this in one's lessons because students will feel like you're trying to connect with them, and that you too were in a language course. Your group did a fantastic job!! I definitely believe that a good tool to use in the process of language learning is to have visual objects presented in the lesson. This will go a long way in helping the lesson, and is a clear example of differentiated instruction.</p>
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<p>I look forward to being a part of more and more of your lessons!!!</p> Hey Nataly, I thought you guy…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-03:649749:Comment:10573312015-03-03T01:51:54.511ZKatherine Brillantehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KatherineBrillante
<p>Hey Nataly, I thought you guys constructed the lesson very well. I believe if you guys had more time, it wouldn't feel so rushed and wishy-washy. Overall I liked the idea you guys had by having the students describe each other to every one else in the class. For the culture, maybe you could take activity to an extra step by having the students introduce to their classmates what holidays they celebrate, this can bring a variety of different culture into the lesson. Great job! </p>
<p>Hey Nataly, I thought you guys constructed the lesson very well. I believe if you guys had more time, it wouldn't feel so rushed and wishy-washy. Overall I liked the idea you guys had by having the students describe each other to every one else in the class. For the culture, maybe you could take activity to an extra step by having the students introduce to their classmates what holidays they celebrate, this can bring a variety of different culture into the lesson. Great job! </p> Hello Jose, I loved how inter…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-03:649749:Comment:10572582015-03-03T01:45:06.224ZKatherine Brillantehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KatherineBrillante
<p>Hello Jose, I loved how interactive and involved your lesson was planned, from the beginning to the end. You both did a great job at keeping the class attentive, and involved. I believe this made the activity fun, and easier to understand by using pictures to teach the students different emotions. As someone who doesn't speak Spanish, I was able to follow through almost 100%, so kudos to you both! I also like your ideas on challenging your students, instead of just handing them everything. I…</p>
<p>Hello Jose, I loved how interactive and involved your lesson was planned, from the beginning to the end. You both did a great job at keeping the class attentive, and involved. I believe this made the activity fun, and easier to understand by using pictures to teach the students different emotions. As someone who doesn't speak Spanish, I was able to follow through almost 100%, so kudos to you both! I also like your ideas on challenging your students, instead of just handing them everything. I believe this method of in-taking new material has a better impact on the brain, and therefore stores into the brain faster by challenging the student to take the extra step to get to an answer. As per culture, just an idea: maybe you could use technology or photos by introducing what people generally associate different moods with in their country. For example, excitement can be associated with festivities and celebrations, and you can introduce the Spanish culture by showing the class which holidays they celebrate. Overall you guys did a great job! </p> Hey, Sarai! your presentation…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-02:649749:Comment:10573252015-03-02T23:26:04.437ZKimberly Romhinhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KimberlyRomhin
<p>Hey, Sarai! your presentation was really interesting because you and James asked questions but also gave explanation of what the images were showing or holding. I liked that you used images to make the lesson lot easier for the students and that you also handed out sheets to facilitate the students understand the topic that you meant to teach. You and James make a good team.... keep it up!</p>
<p>Hey, Sarai! your presentation was really interesting because you and James asked questions but also gave explanation of what the images were showing or holding. I liked that you used images to make the lesson lot easier for the students and that you also handed out sheets to facilitate the students understand the topic that you meant to teach. You and James make a good team.... keep it up!</p> hey! Katherine... I really li…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-02:649749:Comment:10570452015-03-02T23:14:49.843ZKimberly Romhinhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KimberlyRomhin
<p>hey! Katherine... I really liked the way you and Joe planned the lesson. I liked when Joe used the blackboard to explain when a word changes from singular to plural, but I liked more when you also explain the lesson in English because that helped understand what you guys meant to teach. I loved the use images and the sheets you guys handed out so we could work in groups, and I have to also mention when you guys call on us so we could be involve and participate in the lesson. Keep it up! I am…</p>
<p>hey! Katherine... I really liked the way you and Joe planned the lesson. I liked when Joe used the blackboard to explain when a word changes from singular to plural, but I liked more when you also explain the lesson in English because that helped understand what you guys meant to teach. I loved the use images and the sheets you guys handed out so we could work in groups, and I have to also mention when you guys call on us so we could be involve and participate in the lesson. Keep it up! I am pretty sure you will be two amazing Italian teachers. Best of luck.</p> Hello Joel, I found your…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-02:649749:Comment:10570442015-03-02T22:00:08.461ZEulalia Garciahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/EulaliaGarcia
<p> Hello Joel, I found your presentation interesting because describing the objects adjectives in class is very important because is how we can relate an object to itself. Interaction between students gives the opportunity to everybody to learn. As a teacher going around the class is important because you need to make sure that every student is learning. You also want to give examples on the board for information about the different lesson. Visualization of course is one important factor…</p>
<p> Hello Joel, I found your presentation interesting because describing the objects adjectives in class is very important because is how we can relate an object to itself. Interaction between students gives the opportunity to everybody to learn. As a teacher going around the class is important because you need to make sure that every student is learning. You also want to give examples on the board for information about the different lesson. Visualization of course is one important factor because it is important to see objects in videos to student to have a major idea of the culture and it is content. Pairing students also can transmit communication between them in order to practice the language what they can see in the videos or lectures. So it is great how you had exposed your activity, I had learned that interacting is important in order to learn a language. </p> Hi Katherine, I enjoyed your…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-02:649749:Comment:10573212015-03-02T20:08:06.903ZSindy Cacereshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SindyCaceres
<p>Hi Katherine, I enjoyed your group’s presentation. I really like how you incorporated photos into the activity. Photos are a great way for students to understand the meaning of words they have never seen before. Due to your differentiation instruction I feel that would have been a great way to approach to every student and reassure yourself that everyone was on track. </p>
<p>Hi Katherine, I enjoyed your group’s presentation. I really like how you incorporated photos into the activity. Photos are a great way for students to understand the meaning of words they have never seen before. Due to your differentiation instruction I feel that would have been a great way to approach to every student and reassure yourself that everyone was on track. </p>
Hey James, I really enjoy y…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-02:649749:Comment:10573202015-03-02T19:56:54.549ZSindy Cacereshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SindyCaceres
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<p>Hey James, I really enjoy your group’s presentation. I like the way you would use differentiation instruction to accommodate every student’s needs. The way you would introduce culture into the lesson is very interesting as well. Especially since the classrooms are culture diverse and it would be nice for everyone to feel comfortable with everyone’s culture. The activity that your group provided for the students is a great way for students to start learning a little more about the…</p>
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<p>Hey James, I really enjoy your group’s presentation. I like the way you would use differentiation instruction to accommodate every student’s needs. The way you would introduce culture into the lesson is very interesting as well. Especially since the classrooms are culture diverse and it would be nice for everyone to feel comfortable with everyone’s culture. The activity that your group provided for the students is a great way for students to start learning a little more about the different careers that there are in this world. </p>
The activity my group and I…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-03-02:649749:Comment:10572412015-03-02T16:05:47.992ZNataly Herrerahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/natalyherrera
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<p>The activity my group and I did was to teach how to use adjectives. I found my activity interesting because it was being taught to a native speaking language class.As suggest by our fellow classmates, we definitely would have taken things a little slower. Regardless of the fact that they are natives in the language, it is important to make sure they understand what they are being taught and work at their pace for a little. Rather than just standing there while the students performed…</p>
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<p>The activity my group and I did was to teach how to use adjectives. I found my activity interesting because it was being taught to a native speaking language class.As suggest by our fellow classmates, we definitely would have taken things a little slower. Regardless of the fact that they are natives in the language, it is important to make sure they understand what they are being taught and work at their pace for a little. Rather than just standing there while the students performed the activity, our group could have gone around and ask if they understand what they are doing. Our way of incorporating more culture into the lesson was with pictures we had printed and have the students describe that they see in the picture with adjectives they know or learned. The pictures included different people and many different ways to describe them whether it was how they looked or how they were feeling. We could have used pictures of people from different countries in order to incorporate more culture into the lesson Our activity was to have the students describe each other to their partner and then the students would tell us what they learned about their partner. This allowed the students to get to know one another with our lesson.</p>