who is teacher james? background south african 我是南非人。 rhodes university i studied...
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James Shone
3rd Grade English
Who is Teacher James?
Who is Teacher James?
Background
South African 我是南非人。
Rhodes University
I studied Philosophy ( 哲學 ), English
Literature
( 英文學 ) and Classical Civilisations ( 古歷
史 ).
At Chingshin
This is my fourth year at Chingshin.
I have taught in the regular class
programme.
I have taught bilingual grades 1 and
3.
Teacher Ham (grade 1), Teacher David
(grade 5) and I have been developing
the open learning area.
Teaching Philosophy
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity
What are we doing?
We are applying cooperative learning
合作學習 practices to our students
education.
Why are we doing this?
To maximize the opportunities for
students to practice English
communication skills.
Cooperative Learning
Increase student-talk-time.
Decrease teacher-talk-time. (Clear instruction)
Encourage students to take agency over what
they do. For example:
Students must agree upon and communicate
with peers and teachers about their
cooperative work in all four language areas.
In Class
All grammar lessons will be taught
by Teacher Shao and Teacher Alice.
They cover grammar and Words To
Know.
Any questions about grammar,
please ask them.
Grammar
Open area learning is an important part of grade 3. Every week students will have lessons in the open area.
The open area gives students the opportunity to develop and practice skills outside the normal classroom setting.
Learning to cooperating will be a key focus of this area.
Open Space Learning
Example
Example
English curriculum breakdownGrade 3 English
Midterm Final
Quizzes 20% 20%
Writing 10% 10%
Homework 15% 15%
Participation 10% 10%
Responsibility 5% 5%
Tests 40% 40%
There will be a quiz every two
weeks.
Quizzes will be on Wednesday.
The first quiz will be in week 3.
Quizzes
In grade 3 we want to teach
students to be responsible for
their own learning and for
helping their fellow classmates
learn.
Responsibility
2% peer-grading
2% doing corrections
1% handing in homework on time
Responsibility
Handing in Homework
Students must hand in homework every morning.Then they must check their name.
Handing in Homework
For every 3 times
homework is late-1%
Homework Slips
To keep things easy, homework will follow a schedule.
Homework Slips
Practice Book (PB)
Blue Notebook (BNB) Corrections
or writing (BNB)
Worksheet (WS)
Homework Slips
Monday: words x 5 (BNB)
Tuesday: words x 5 and sentences (BNB)
Wednesday: fluency reading (PB or WS)
Thursday: corrections / writing (BNB)
Friday: English worksheet (WS)
The fluency reading looks like this.
Students will read the story to someone at home.(parent, grandparent, aunt, older sibling, etc.)
Fluency Reading
The one read to will fill out the reading form.
Fluency Reading
The student will then
answer the questions
in full sentences.
Fluency Reading
The answers are marked
for comprehensio
n only.
小學部雙語班
• Goals of the afterschool classes:• To apply English skills learned • To enjoy literature and drama• To study social studies subjects in English• To learn about research methods and to conduct
research in English• To learn about research methods and to conduct
research in English• To write research papers • To present
雙語班課後加課 : 聯結、實作、應用與產出
閱讀經典文學作品、學習社會科學與自然科學專題、研究方法、發表
年級 週三 週五
三 社會科學專題 : Geography
-
四
世界名著讀書會 : Chocolate Factory / No
Talking!自然科學專題 :
Ecology
-
五英語文學與戲劇 :
Alice in Wonderland ( 結合聖誕節果展 )
六Research Projects
跨學科自主研究專題 ( 小論文 )
閱讀經典文學作品、學習社會科學與自然科學專題、研究方法、發表
小學部雙語班雙語班課後加課 : 聯結、實作、應用與產出
The after-school system is designed to
give students a greater exposure to English using material they wouldn’t otherwise encounter in the school environment.
Each year at Chingshin, English gets progressively harder, so this course gives students more opportunities to practice.
After-School
6 week cycles – one teacher
per cycle
Each teacher will focus on a separate continent for their material.
New material, but Treasures skills practiced
After-School
• Introduction to the continent
of Africa• People, plants and animals of
Africa• Open Learning Activities,
information gathering and analyzing
• Folktales from various African nations
• Reflection on what’s been learned
My after-school cycle
Looking forward to a wonderful year!