3^rd Journal

September 29^th, 2015

Sixth grade students were working with family. For instance, I planned activities that let students describe briefly their family members. The first class of the week, I took to the classroom a song titled “the family song”, I found it really interesting, not only because it was perfect to introduce the topic, but it had a good rhythm. However I had some problems when I decided to play the song, I figured out the volume was not enough to cover the whole space. Then I had to sing the song, it was comic, hard and a rewarding at the same time. The second class was basically an introduction of my family through a poster, I also asked different questions to the students about their families. And the third class was aimed at double-checking a piece of homework they had. This was about a poster that had to be shown to the rest of the class.

I have to admit that students’ English level is low, but I know that they have to use the language in a real communicative situation, and this presentation was the best way to put into practice the topics worked previously. Unfortunately, misbehavior in students did not help most of them reach the objective of the class: Learn about family members.

Every class sets a new challenge for me owing to the fact that I know that my students are expecting great things from their new teacher. Thus, I have to prepare myself properly in order to respond efficiently to my children’s expectations and needs.