Kerri CO #2

Today I sat in on Leslie's listening class for Group 2 students. She began the lesson by discussing restatements. This introduced the students to the use of pronouns and how to use them correctly. For example, "I like naval oranges. They are really sweet." She introduced new vocabulary by having students label pictures of fruits and vegetables, for the theme of the lesson was "potluck". She eased the student's nerves by telling them to label as many as they can, and then they would go over it together as a class. She then showed a short video featuring a woman shopping at a market for the same vegetables that were included on the vocabulary list. The students were asked to circle any words they were unfamiliar with during the second showing of the video. The third viewing they were supposed to fill in the blanks with missing words spoken by the narrator of the video. Leslie circled around the room frequently to ensure all the students were caught up and to answer any questions. Each exercise was gone over together as a class, and she made sure each student read at least one sentence out loud. This class gave me some ideas for group activities and how to introduce new vocabulary.