Day 5: Monday, June 4, 2012 @ Kenton On Sea

Today was the beginning of the first full week teaching the students at Kenton On Sea. This day was very successful because we were able to complete all activities that we had previously planned. We started the day off with the brain dance which was an activity that the students loved as it always made them motivated in the classroom.

 

The objective of the day was to introduce the ten vocabulary words from the story "The Magic Horns." As we went about this activity, we introduced the word in English and in Xhosa. Along with the words in both languages, we presented them with a simple definition of the word and a dance move that helped the students better remember the word.

1. ill
2. tend
3. bundle
4. exchange
5. journey
6. trembling
7. famine
8. fierce
9. victorious
10. harmed

After completing the 10 vocabulary words and having them create index cards that they used to study the words and definitions we decided to switch gears and assist them with the math skills. Starting this task we decided that it would be more beneficial for the students to get in a habit of not using their fingers. We decided that using counters would be a fun activity as well as visual representation for solving math problems. We assigned 10 problems to the students and had them solve each problem in small groups of 5 using the counters. The students really enjoyed this activity. After we seen that they were comfortable using the counters in groups we assigned them problems and had them work individually.

 

 

 

--Jasmine Harris and Lindsay Jones