30 SECONDS TALK CONTEST

30 SECONDS TALK CONTEST

This is an oral  motivating activity, which makes students speak spontaneously about a given topic.


What do you need?
You need an mp3 recorder.
In this example we created an account on soundcloud.com.
You could also use windows movie maker and write the lyrics.

My colleague at school recorded it, the audio it is not very good you can work on the audio before loading it. These children were in January, Year 2.
 I hope you like the idea.

FIRST GROUP
SECOND GROUP

CREATE INTERACTIVE POSTER

Glogster is a very simple tool to create Interactive poster, where you can include videos.
I'll show you one example.
Steps:

1.  http://edu.glogster.com/
2. Sing in as an educator
3. Follow the  steps.
4. Once you have done  your poster you can embe it and copy it in your blog. or you copy the web address.

EXAMPLES
or
CALENDAR GLOGSTER

CEIP JOSEP TARRADELLAS GLOGSTER

MIND MAPS

In order to help your students to study you can create your own mind maps.

I have used  BUBBL US to create a mind map about animals, Primary year 2.

A further activity we can carry out would be to record their voices reading the mind map or talking about it.

Using flashcards

Sometimes we don't need a lot of resources in class but a lot of ideas to use the same resource in different ways.

In this blog: Teaching in English, the author has included a slideshare to give ideas about the use of flashcards.

I hope you like it.

USE OF FLASHCARDS

READING IN CLASS, LISTENING AT HOME

First of all, this idea is not my idea. I got it in an teaching course and I developped it last year.
The idea is to Record our students reading in class and load it in the web. In this way our students will listen to themselves and to other mates at home.
Hear there's one example.

VOICE: I recorded their voice with an mp3 player.
VIDEO: I used Windows movie maker. It is very simple to use.

1 GREAT IDEA IS MADE OF LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS

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CLASS RULES

My school PT helped me to developped visual posters that will help my students to be aware of what behavoiurs are expected from them in our class and in out school.
I have written them in terms of  "I respect when..." and some of the drawings are pictos.
Feel free to use them if you find them helpful.
Classroom rules in english
Classroom rules in spanish


I have also come across this song in youtube. I hope you like it.