martes, 8 de noviembre de 2016

Artefacto digital creado!!


Para poder realizar esta tarea he usado una herramienta que no conocía: TACKK, con la que puedes de forma sencilla publicar y crear contenido online!

En esta última actividad había que incluir un audio o video, en mi caso he utilizado unas imágenes y audio explicando:

- Cómo he desarrollado mi blog.

- Las distintas actividades que he creado en el blog relacionadas con la unidad didáctica desarrollada.

- La idea clave que me llevo del curso.

- La herramienta que más me ha parecido interesante para mi aula.

- Lo que más me ha gustado del curso.


El enlace a la actividad que he creado es el siguiente:

https://tackk.com/c8tpj1


Ha sido un verdadeo placer!! HASTA PRONTO!!

lunes, 7 de noviembre de 2016

Unidad didáctica: "The very hungry caterpillar"

La unidad didáctica que he desarrollado se titula “The very hungry Caterpillar”.

Está destinada a alumnos del primer curso de Educación Primaria (entre 6 y 7 años de edad) en el área de ciencias naturales en inglés.

Los principales objetivos de la unidad didáctica es que los alumnos:

- Entender el cuento de la oruga glotona de Eric Carle.
- Identificar vocabulario relacionado con la comida.
- Aprender los días de la semana en oral y escrito.
- Secuenciar los distintos eventos y escenas del cuento.
- Aprender el ciclo vital de la oruga.
- Valorar la importancia de hábitos alimenticios saludables y el cuidado del medio ambiente.
- Acercar a los alumnos al uso de las TIC.
- Valorar la importancia del uso de materiales reciclados para hacer manualidades.
- Cooperar en el trabajo en grupos potenciando respeto y colaboración entre los alumnos.

Los contenidos que se trabajan en la unidad son los siguientes:

- El ciclo de la oruga.
- Las comidas.
- Los colores y números.
- Los días de la semana.

El vocabulario que se utiliza en la unidad es:

- Revisión de los números del 1 al 9 y los colores.
- Nuevo vocabulario: los días de la semana y el vocabulario de la comida relacionado con el cuento de la unidad: egg, caterpillar, cocoon and butterfly.
- Nombres: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, cheese, cake, salami, ice-cream…
- Verbos: be, eat, drink, walk, jump, start, finish…
- Adjetivos: yellow, red, blue, green, brown, purple, black, white, orange, bug, small, fat, slim, happy, sad…
- Adverbios: always, never.
- Preposiciones: in, on, at.

La gramática de la unidad:

- Presentación del presente simple en las formas afirmativas y negativas.
- Introducción del verbo to be.
- Descripciones con uso de adjetivos.

Tipo de discurso: los alumnos describen el ciclo de la oruga.

A lo largo de la unidad los alumnos desarrollan y mejoran las cuatro destrezas del área: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Los elementos contextuales que se trabajan en la unidad son conocer comidas típicas de países de habla inglesa y la promoción de hábitos saludables.

La metodología utilizada principalmente se basa en los siguientes principios:

- Tener en cuenta las características del grupo de clase y el conocimiento previo entorno a la unidad que se va a desarrollar.
- Potenciar un aprendizaje significativo del alumnado.
- Tener en cuenta las características psico-evolutivas de los alumnos así como su nivel cognitivo, necesidades e intereses.
- Potenciar la comunicación y la interacción en las distintas actividades.
- Motivar a los alumnos para aprender con actividades variadas y divertidas.

Los materiales utilizados en la unidad han sido variados:

- Materiales audiovisuales (TV, DVD, proyector, pizarra digital).
- Cds con música de la unidad.
- Libro de la oruga glotona, juego de memoria, dominos, sopa de letras, fichas de ampliación y refuerzo, flashcards, mapas, revistas, libros, cuentos, juegos del aula, puzzles…

- Recursos y materiales de distintas páginas web como por ejemplo:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/search/?proxystylesheet=site_search&site=photography&client=site_search&output=xml_no_dtd&getfields=*&requiredfields=description&q=butterflies
www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Lepidoptera/pictures/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/foodDictionary.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gNaNOWdg8
www.kidsplaypark.com/games/caterpillar/

Las 7 competencias clave se desarrollan a lo largo de toda la unidad: competencia lingüística, matemática, social y cívica, digital, aprender a aprender, conciencia cultural y artística y sentido de iniciativa y emprendimiento.

Los criterios de evaluación de la unidad son los siguientes:

1. El alumno reconoce y reproduce el vocabulario relacionado con la comida.
2. El alumno entiende en sentido global del cuento.
3. El alumno ordena y secuencia la historia trabajada.
4. El alumno identifica y reproduce sonidos del vocabulario de la unidad.
5. El alumno utiliza el ordenador para desarrollar las distintas tareas para reforzar los contenidos trabajados a lo largo de la unidad.
6. El alumno identifica y dice los días de la semana de forma oral y escrita.
7. El alumno crea un libro y el ciclo de la oruga.
8. El alumno aprecia y valora los hábitos saludables.
9. El alumno aprecia el uso de materiales reciclados.
10. El alumno colabora en grupos mostrando una actitud positiva.


Algunos ejemplos de actividades desarrolladas a lo largo de la unidad son:

- Elaborar un libro siguiendo un modelo del cuento de la oruga glotona.

- Juego de memoria con el vocabulario trabajado.

- Elaborar una lista de la compra de alimentos saludables.

-Refuerzo del vocabulario trabajado para atención a la diversidad.

- El ciclo de la oruga glotona con imágenes reales.











sábado, 29 de octubre de 2016

Learning the lifecycle of a caterpillar and revision of vocabulary: online activity Educaplay


Here are some examples of online activities where students reinforce their knowledge about the Unit (vocabulary and the lifecycle of a caterpillar) :

https://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/2662356/find_the_picture.htm

https://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/2662361/group_of_words.htm

https://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/2662345/word_search.htm







Attention to diversity.


I also have designed activies for attention to diversity:

Form words with wooden pegs.



Make a puzzle.


Dominoes game.


Make a cube game.




Example of Tasks and Activities


Here you got some examples of tasks and activities for the Unit:

Post-listening activity.

After telling the story, students will be organized in groups of three students. Each group will be given a worksheet with pictures of the story in random order and sentences in strips of paper. Students can check the book if they need some help. There is also a model in the blackboard. Students will have to match the stripes of paper with each picture. Then, they will put the pictures in order in the blackboard according to the days of the week. Finally, the students will read the vocabulary they know and the vocabulary they have learnt using appropriate intonation. While the students are doing the activity, I will go round the class monitoring and guiding them.

Timing: 20 minutes.
Groups of three students

Practice activity. Fill in the gaps.

I will give the students a worksheet with drawings and the song´s lyrics. They fill in the gap with the right word while listening to the song. Each gap starts with the initial letter of the word. This activity will reinforce the practice of the written form. The students also have a model of the vocabulary (word cards) in a corner in the classroom.

Timing: 15 minutes.

Individual work

Worksheet with drawings and the song´s lyrics. Flashcards and word cards


Presentation activity. Colour, cut and punch a hole. 

The students have to retell the story. First, I give them patterns of different food that appear in the story. They have to reorder, colour, cut and punch a hole according to the story. This activity will reinforce the vocabulary and grammatical structures while they are creating an alternative version of the book.

Timing: 10 minutes.

Small groups


Warm-up activity. 

The students are divided in groups of three students in each group. I give them cards of food that are repeated twice. They place them face down and try to find the pairs of cards that are the same. To complete the task they have to pronounce the vocabulary while guessing the cards.

Timing: 15 minutes.

Groups of three students

memory game (cards with pictures of food)



Evaluation (criteria and instruments)


Specific assessment criteria:

1. He/she recognizes and reproduces vocabulary related to food.
2. He/she gets the gist of the very hungry caterpillar story.
3. He/she sequences the events of a story.
4. He/she identifies and reproduces the pronunciation of English words.
5. He/she uses the computer to complete several tasks and to reinforce the vocabulary.
6. He/she identifies and lists the days of the week.
7. He/she creates a mini-book and the life cycle of a butterfly.
8. He/she values the importance of healthy eating habits.
9. He/she values the importance of recycled materials to make arts and crafts.
10. He/she cooperates in groups showing a positive attitude.

In the evaluation process we will assess if the students have reached the objectives and if they have acquired the contents set for this didactic unit. Evaluation will be continuous along the teaching and learning process.
The students will be evaluated at the end of every lesson and they must achieve an overall minimum rate of 50% for all the competences completed and attempted.  We will use different assessment tools to evaluate the students according to the following chart:



Key Competences

In this particular didactic unit, the seven key competences will be developed:

Linguistic competence by becoming familiarized with the spelling and the pronunciation of some words, by learning vocabulary about food and the days of the week, by participating in classroom communicative situations using simple grammatical structures, by expressing likes and dislikes and by developing knowledge related to their own experience (orally and written).

Mathematical competence and basic competence in science and technology by using logical thinking to solve communication problems, by interpreting information from charts, by manipulating a variety of objects (food), by counting, classifying and matching food with its quantity, by completing series and ordering sequences, by deducing the meaning of new lexical items from context, by comparing the size of objects and by developing respectful attitudes towards oneself and others.

Digital competence by learning the possibilities that Internet offers to consolidate the knowledge of the lifecycle of a caterpillar, by classifying elements in accordance with the information obtained from audiovisual materials and by using a variety of information sources (stories, computer resources…).

Learning to learn competence by applying strategies to search information from the book, by classifying the sequences of the story, by making autonomous decisions when carrying out the tasks and by using materials and resources in an adequate manner.

Social and civic competences by cooperating in group activities, by being respectful with the environment, by showing a tolerant attitude when participating in oral discussions and by acquiring healthy eating habits.

Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship competence by specifying the necessary resources to fulfill an objective, by following efficient actions to complete the tasks and by becoming aware of one´s strengths and weaknesses in the foreign language.

Cultural awareness and expression by using creativity and imagination in the design of the materials, by listening to the story and singing the song, by drawing, painting and making the lifecycle of a caterpillar crafts and by appreciating the value of other students´ work.