- The document summarizes journal entries from a student's practicum observing an English class of 4th grade students in Argentina. - On the first day, the student felt nervous but introduced a lesson on weather and reviewed a story about a fairy named Zappy. The students were enthusiastic, motivated, and wanted to participate. - In subsequent classes, the student continued lessons on weather, the Zappy story, and introduced new vocabulary like house parts and colors. The students remained engaged and asked frequent questions. - Over time, the student felt more comfortable and the students greeted her warmly. The students enjoyed the lessons and activities and worked energetically the entire class. The student was challenged to keep the students stimulated

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Nombre: Andrea Alejandra Cantaroni
Materia: Taller de la Práctica
Fecha: 5/6/14
Tema: Entradas al Jornal.
Grado observado: 4 B
Nivel: básico de Inglés
Journal:

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9th
, June
Class Nº 1
The group I was assigned for my practicum was formed by eleven boys and twelve girls of
between nine and ten years old.
The first day of class I felt nervous and anxious. The teacher of the course introduced me
to the class. She explained to them why I was there. They were very surprised and happy.
They gave me a cheerful welcome. Then, I started the class speaking about the weather. I
wrote on the board the question "What’s the weather like?” I waited until they answered
the question. I went near a picture hanging on the wall, in which you could see the different
kinds of weather and the corresponding drawings. I asked, "Is it cloudy?” they answered:
“yes, it’s cloudy”. They wrote on their notebooks the answer “It’s cloudy” and they drew the
cloud and they also wrote the date.
I continued the class with a revision on the previous class. We remembered the main
characters of the book in order to start with a short story about Zappy, a little fairy that
appears on the book, who knew a group of children that go to the same school .Zappy
looked for their friends and entered into the different parts of her house and we focused on
naming each part of the house. Students wanted to participate all the time .They named
each part of the house where Zappy went into. They were very enthusiastic in each
moment, they loved taking part and raising their hands. And they also wanted to go to the
front of the class to speak and work. They were always motivated. I was very astonished.
Then, they did written activities about Zappy and the parts of the house, and also we
listened to the audio CD of the story. In this exercise, they had to pay attention in order to
answer where Zappy was in each picture; they had to complete the sentences from the
book. At the end, we watched a video about parts of the house with a song, they sang the
song and finally we said “good bye”.
I think that I have to prepare each class very well because children are very active and
demand to continue working in each stage of the class. They love the English class. They
are always motivated to work.

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Journal
11th
, June
Class Nº2
The second day of class, I greeted children and they said “Hello Miss Andrea”. They gave
me another happy welcome. Then I started the class speaking about what’s the weather
like? I wrote on the board the question” What’s the weather like?” I waited until they
answer the question. I went near a picture hanging on the wall in which you could see the
different kinds of weather and the corresponding drawings. I asked, "Is it runny?” they
answered: “yes, it’s runny”. They wrote on their notebooks the answer “It’s runny” and
they drew the rain and they also wrote the date.
We revised the places where Zappy had been to look for her friends. I used colored
pictures with a house and its parts written in each room. Then I started to name different
objects the Zappy found in her house. Children repeated enthusiastically and named the
different elements of the house. All of them wanted to learn and name the new vocabulary.
Then they did a written activity about the elements in Zappy’s house. They asked to check
their activities at that moment. Then we listened to audio the cassette, in which many
elements in Zappy’s house were mentioned. Students had to complete a written task.
Finally, they went to their break because time was up. They greeted me and kissed me
good bye. We really bonded.
I think that they want to be corrected all the time and they ask for help in each stage of the
class .If I don’t answer quickly, they get angry very fast. I have to organize my time in order
to help them continue working with enthusiasm and happiness.
16th
, June

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Journal Nº3
The third day of class I said “Hello Miss Children, and children said ““Hello Andrea”. They
gave me a happy welcome. Then I started the class speaking about what’s the weather
like? I wrote on the board the question” What’s the weather like?” I waited until they
answer the question. I went near a picture hanging on the wall in which you could see the
different kinds of weather and the corresponding drawings. I asked, "Is it sunny?” they
answered: “yes, it’s sunny”. They wrote on their notebooks the answer “It’s sunny” and
they drew the sun and they also wrote the date.
Then I did a revision about Zappy and her friends and also what she saw in her house.
After that I mime in order to guess what part of the house Zappy was. They did this
activity very enthusiastic and happy in stage of the exercise. They were involved in each
activity all the time. They loved participating and raising their hands in order to guess each
part of the house where Zappy was. Then they did a written activity about Zappy story.
After that we played a Bingo about different elements of the house that zappy found in the
house. They played very happy and all of them wanted to win. They remembered each
element of the Zappy’s house very quickly and enthusiastic. Finally when the ring rang Thy
greeted I and they said “Good Bye Miss Andrea. I said “good bye” Miss Andrea.
I think that they are dynamic and anxious to work and do activities.They love working and
participating in each moment .I have to create many activities in order to stimulate them to
go learning with happiness and enthusiasm. This is a great and involving challenge to face
in order to improve my teaching
19th
, June.

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Journal Nº 4
The fourth day of class the group said “Hello Miss Andrea. They gave me a happy
welcome as in every class. . Then I started the class speaking about what’s the weather
like? I wrote on the board the question” What’s the weather like?” I waited until they
answer the question. I went near a picture hanging on the wall in which you could see the
different kinds of weather and the corresponding drawings. I asked, "Is it cloudy?” they
answered: “yes, it’s cloudy”. They wrote on their notebooks the answer “It’s cloudy” and
they drew clouds and they also wrote the date.
I did a revision about Zappy and where she had been to look for her friends. Then, I
started to teach other different things that she found in her house. Children with
enthusiasm repeated and named the different elements. Then, I told a short story about a
frog called Frida and a rainbow, in order to introduce the colors. Frida the frog presented
different objects with each color of the rainbow. Children were attentively listening to the
short story. I showed each picture with each colored object that Frida compared to the
rainbow. Then I asked questions about the story and we named each color of the rainbow.
And we also practised with pencils and colored elements in the classroom .They
participated a lot. They were involved with this activity. Then I gave instructions for them to
do a written task about Frida and the rainbow. They asked to correct what they had done
all the time. Finally, the bell rang and they said to me “Good bye MissAndrea".
I think that some of them work very quickly and are anxious in each moment. I feel I have
to pay attention to each of them all the time, .I have to answer their questions and
organism time to check their work and their answers. They are motivated to work and do
the activities all the time.
Journal Nº5

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11th
, august.
The fifth day of class I felt relaxed and as a part of the class. They were calm and
expecting me. When I arrived, the children said ““Hello Andrea”.
. Then I started the class speaking about what’s the weather like? I wrote on the board the
question” What’s the weather like?” I waited until they answer the question. I went near a
picture hanging on the wall in which you could see the different kinds of weather and the
corresponding drawings. I asked, "Is it sunny?” they answered: “yes, it’s sunny”. They
wrote on their notebooks the answer “It’s sunny” and they drew the rain and they also
wrote the date.
I did a revision about Frida the frog and then I continued the story with new and different
things that Frida saw in the lake with other new colors. They participated a lot telling the
story and naming the new colors and things from the lake.
They were involved in each activity. After that I gave a written activity that I had to check
because they asked to be corrected all the time. Finally, when time was up, I said “good
bye “and they said “good bye Miss Andrea".
I think that they feel motivated to work. They do not have any problem with their learning.
They enjoy working and doing activities all the time. They are happy working. I enjoyed a
lot working in this atmosphere. I would like to work in a place like this in the future.