Han sido unos días de gran actividad en el mes de febrero en el IES EMPERADOR CARLOS Y EL CEIP CLEMENTE FERNÁNDEZ DE LA DEVESA.
Este es su diario de observaciones:
Rita Rabanal:
13th February_ 4º ESO Geology
The lesson starts when Raquel divided the class into four groups and distributed four rocks to each group. The particular features of such rocks speak for themselves and the students had to observe and explain what they saw. They were given two minutes to think and they guessed the answer correctly. The conclusion we reach is that we live in a beautiful planet we should take care of.
Next, Raquel displayed several pictures on the whiteboard and we travelled to different parts of the world: Iceland, Lanzarote, Zumaya, Giant’s Causeway (Ireland), Hawaii, San Andreas Fault, Mount Everest and Andes Mountains. The geological features of such amazing places make them be one of a kind and the students concluded we live in a dynamic planet.
Finally, she asked the students to think of methods which help us to study the Earth’s Internal Structure. In order to understand the seismic method, they put on a kind of performance to understand how P and S wave particles work.
I really enjoyed the class as well as the students. She managed to engage them/us in the explanation due to the wide variety of activities provided.
13th Feb Geology class, by Cristina de Vega:
Going
to a 4th Eso Biology class was an amazing experience. First of all I
got the chance to see my former primary students who are 4 years older
and still working hard, I got my bunch of hugs 😉.
The topic was tectonic plates movement and the origin of the mountains.
Raquel introduced the topic with a personal connection by showing pictures of herself in different places where the rocks, mountains could be studied. Also, she brought her own "treasures" (rocks she has like "oro en paño", I would do the same) in form of rocks.
I love how she asked her students to become geologists to imagine everything during the lesson. She asked how/when/where and why how they thought tectonic plates work.
She went through some concepts in their notes and then went on to explain how waves work. She used a great idea which was making students be the particles of the waves to show the difference between P wave and S wave.
Then, they created a graph with the waves.
I loved every minute of the class both as a learner and as a teacher, I loved the involvement of the students with the teacher.
Cristina
RITA RABANAL, 19th February
6º Primaria
I observed Cristina during the third period. She gave the class in the entrance hall-lots of space for the students to sit in a circle. Besides the classroom is full of stuff to prepare Carnival.
So, this time she used Kaboom to review Maths: number identification, addition, subtraction… It consists of a cup of popsicle sticks on which you write different numbers or any basic operations of arithmetic. They (two groups) have to take out one stick and if the word Kaboom is written, they will miss a turn and have to pass it on to the other group. If a basic operation is given, they must solve it on the spot. Cristina told me this game can be used to revise any other concept such as the solar system.
Then she got the students to do an exercise as pair work. They were given two pictures to spot the differences and had to stand back to back so that they couldn’t see each others’ drawings. The aim is to get them to speak.
Next, they sat back to back and they had to do a crossword finding the words by solving clues given by their partner. Once they guess it, they have to spell it.
They also played with dice. In a little box with six or seven numbers, each player had to roll their dice and say the number out loud. Quite difficult, but they did really well!
Finally, they played a game called ‘Teatime’ or ‘Speed Dating’. She set up the class in two circles, a small circle and a larger circle outside of that. The students have to face each other. The game is played as follows: each student has to answer a question posed by Cristina-on this occasion, they revised Social Studies- before they rotate to the next person. They swapped places in such a way that once they finished they had revised the unit in question.
She showed me one of her students' notebook. During the first term, she told the students that quite a few English words come from classical Latin and Greek. The example below is the assignment the students were required.
Once again, I am amazed by the endless number of activities Cristina has used in class involving the students to the full. And the most important thing, they are learning through play. Astounding!
RITA RABANAL 20th February
4ºESO
I observed Raquel this morning on the last period. How interesting Geology is and how fascinating the class was!
She started the class explaining the Oceanic Landforms with the help of Google Earth. She also made use of that tool to revise what had been studied the day before.
Then she showed an amazing video about the Theory of Continental Drift and Alfred Wegener. It kept the students listening attentively to it. Raquel used the platform Edpuzzle which allows her to embed questions in the video and pause it at the spot she is interested in so she can track how the students are performing.
As I said above, she managed to arouse the students’ curiosity-and mine! I noticed that by the quietness of the class and by their ‘oh’ exclamations when they heard something they didn’t know. And it was the last period!
This morning, Rita and I visited Noemí´s class in ESO year 1. As they did last week, in today´s period they kept working on persuasion.
They started doing a review of persuasive techniques. For homework, students had written some arguments using such techniques (rethorical questions, emotive language, facts) and had to explain to their partners why they seemed convincing. They also read an advertisement to analyse the common vocabulary and persuasive devices that are normally used in these cases.
Then, they continued studying the three persuasive techniques (Ethos, Pathos and Logos). Once Noemí had explained them, she displayed three commercials from youtube for the students to match some pictures with those techniques and vocabulary. Students were really involved in this activity so that a funny debate was opened between Noemí and them about the sequences they were watching.
Near the end of the class, students were asked to create their own commercial. They were organized in small groups and were given a specific task. There were three different tasks for the whole class.
Nice lesson for today. Students were involved in the topic and in all the proposed activities.
Today I visited Rita´s class in ESO year 4, same group I had seen last week.
As always, Rita started her lesson with a Show and Tell. Rita started sharing her story so that students followed suit.
Then Rita asked them to talk about a book they had read when they were children. They spent some minutes working in pairs. After sharing their stories with the person sitting next to them, some of them were picked to speak up in front of the class.
For the third and last activity Rita introduced some quotes and displayed the video “Pale Blue Dot” from the American astronomer Carl Sagan.
First, students analysed the quotes and they shared their feelings, emotions and thoughts with their mates. The same as they had done in the previous activity, they first worked in pairs and then publicly.
Once they had watched the video, Rita asked them to take out the compact mirror they had brought and look at their eyes in it. She intended to make them aware ‘we are made of starstuff’ and find their own universe. Amazing!
Great lesson for today. I really enjoyed listening to the students´ stories and feelings. They were totally involved in the class and participated a lot.
The topic was tectonic plates movement and the origin of the mountains.
Raquel introduced the topic with a personal connection by showing pictures of herself in different places where the rocks, mountains could be studied. Also, she brought her own "treasures" (rocks she has like "oro en paño", I would do the same) in form of rocks.
I love how she asked her students to become geologists to imagine everything during the lesson. She asked how/when/where and why how they thought tectonic plates work.
She went through some concepts in their notes and then went on to explain how waves work. She used a great idea which was making students be the particles of the waves to show the difference between P wave and S wave.
Then, they created a graph with the waves.
I loved every minute of the class both as a learner and as a teacher, I loved the involvement of the students with the teacher.
Cristina
19th February, 4 Eso
de CRISTINA DE VEGA BENAVIDES -
Today I visited a group I had already seen last week, I know these students are really involved and like English a lot.
Rita starts her lessons with a Show and Tell, students were worried about their Spanish literature exam they had later on the day and at the beginning nobody wanted to say anything but Rita brought them to her class so they could comcentrate.
From the show and tell, Rita manages to use different phrasal verbs and vocabulary for them to use. She even did some drills with them by telling one of her students to ask someone else in the class certain questions.
After, she placed a picture of an astronaut to do the thinking routine of "see-think-wonder".
Amazing how the mind of teenagers work. Her classes are very peaceful! Love the environment she creates.
Rita starts her lessons with a Show and Tell, students were worried about their Spanish literature exam they had later on the day and at the beginning nobody wanted to say anything but Rita brought them to her class so they could comcentrate.
From the show and tell, Rita manages to use different phrasal verbs and vocabulary for them to use. She even did some drills with them by telling one of her students to ask someone else in the class certain questions.
After, she placed a picture of an astronaut to do the thinking routine of "see-think-wonder".
Amazing how the mind of teenagers work. Her classes are very peaceful! Love the environment she creates.
RITA RABANAL, 19th February
6º Primaria
I observed Cristina during the third period. She gave the class in the entrance hall-lots of space for the students to sit in a circle. Besides the classroom is full of stuff to prepare Carnival.
So, this time she used Kaboom to review Maths: number identification, addition, subtraction… It consists of a cup of popsicle sticks on which you write different numbers or any basic operations of arithmetic. They (two groups) have to take out one stick and if the word Kaboom is written, they will miss a turn and have to pass it on to the other group. If a basic operation is given, they must solve it on the spot. Cristina told me this game can be used to revise any other concept such as the solar system.
Then she got the students to do an exercise as pair work. They were given two pictures to spot the differences and had to stand back to back so that they couldn’t see each others’ drawings. The aim is to get them to speak.
Next, they sat back to back and they had to do a crossword finding the words by solving clues given by their partner. Once they guess it, they have to spell it.
They also played with dice. In a little box with six or seven numbers, each player had to roll their dice and say the number out loud. Quite difficult, but they did really well!
Finally, they played a game called ‘Teatime’ or ‘Speed Dating’. She set up the class in two circles, a small circle and a larger circle outside of that. The students have to face each other. The game is played as follows: each student has to answer a question posed by Cristina-on this occasion, they revised Social Studies- before they rotate to the next person. They swapped places in such a way that once they finished they had revised the unit in question.
She showed me one of her students' notebook. During the first term, she told the students that quite a few English words come from classical Latin and Greek. The example below is the assignment the students were required.
Once again, I am amazed by the endless number of activities Cristina has used in class involving the students to the full. And the most important thing, they are learning through play. Astounding!
RITA RABANAL 20th February
4ºESO
I observed Raquel this morning on the last period. How interesting Geology is and how fascinating the class was!
She started the class explaining the Oceanic Landforms with the help of Google Earth. She also made use of that tool to revise what had been studied the day before.
Then she showed an amazing video about the Theory of Continental Drift and Alfred Wegener. It kept the students listening attentively to it. Raquel used the platform Edpuzzle which allows her to embed questions in the video and pause it at the spot she is interested in so she can track how the students are performing.
As I said above, she managed to arouse the students’ curiosity-and mine! I noticed that by the quietness of the class and by their ‘oh’ exclamations when they heard something they didn’t know. And it was the last period!
FEBRUARY 20TH
de RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ TATO
This morning, Rita and I visited Noemí´s class in ESO year 1. As they did last week, in today´s period they kept working on persuasion.
They started doing a review of persuasive techniques. For homework, students had written some arguments using such techniques (rethorical questions, emotive language, facts) and had to explain to their partners why they seemed convincing. They also read an advertisement to analyse the common vocabulary and persuasive devices that are normally used in these cases.
Then, they continued studying the three persuasive techniques (Ethos, Pathos and Logos). Once Noemí had explained them, she displayed three commercials from youtube for the students to match some pictures with those techniques and vocabulary. Students were really involved in this activity so that a funny debate was opened between Noemí and them about the sequences they were watching.
Near the end of the class, students were asked to create their own commercial. They were organized in small groups and were given a specific task. There were three different tasks for the whole class.
Nice lesson for today. Students were involved in the topic and in all the proposed activities.
FEBRUARY 21st
de RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ TATO
Today I visited Rita´s class in ESO year 4, same group I had seen last week.
As always, Rita started her lesson with a Show and Tell. Rita started sharing her story so that students followed suit.
Then Rita asked them to talk about a book they had read when they were children. They spent some minutes working in pairs. After sharing their stories with the person sitting next to them, some of them were picked to speak up in front of the class.
For the third and last activity Rita introduced some quotes and displayed the video “Pale Blue Dot” from the American astronomer Carl Sagan.
First, students analysed the quotes and they shared their feelings, emotions and thoughts with their mates. The same as they had done in the previous activity, they first worked in pairs and then publicly.
Once they had watched the video, Rita asked them to take out the compact mirror they had brought and look at their eyes in it. She intended to make them aware ‘we are made of starstuff’ and find their own universe. Amazing!
Great lesson for today. I really enjoyed listening to the students´ stories and feelings. They were totally involved in the class and participated a lot.
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