2. MANGO TREE
Mangueira
Group 1 (2-4 year olds)
Welcome teachers to Vivadí´s second Cycle!
The structure of this cycle may look familiar, as it is similar to the previous one. This will make it easier for you to get used to the planning and class dynamic!
The objectives of this cycle has are different from Cycle 1, but continue in the same line. Therefore, the rubric is also different as it is based on these new objectives.
Remember we are always available to solve any doubts you may have!
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS CYCLE ARE:
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Consolidate bond with Vivadí’s class.
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Give meaning to the class' contents.
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Feel confident to use English during Vivadí´s class.
When you see that there is progress in these areas, you can move on to the next cycle. Check the rubric that will help you know if the group is ready to move forward!
WE SUGGEST YOU CHECK THE EVIDENCES WITH WHICH YOU WILL OBSERVE IF YOUR STUDENTS HAVE ACHIEVED THESE OBJECTIVES
CLASS PLAN
3. HANDS-ON!
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This is the main activity that will follow the narrative in our classes. There are surveys, creative projects, and activities around the school (if that’s a possibility).
• The hands-on! activities are always inspired by the narratives, so make sure you check them in advance in order to better choose when each one of them.
2. STORYTELLING
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Let the children listen to a story in English
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Always try to generate curiosity in your students by eliciting from them any kind of speculation; and when reading with them, make sure you use your body language so that meaning is clear.
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The narrative will always be followed by a simple discussion, in which you will ask specific questions about what they’ve heard or seen.
My class is 25 to 30 minutes long!
We know that some schools work with more frequent and shorter English classes of 25 to 30 minutes. In those cases, we suggest you follow this shortened plan of activities.
To ask your students about the video experiences (jornadas), ask them how they did them, if they are liking them so far, which were their favorites, etc.
Remember
1. STARTING SONG
It is important that the starting song is maintained throughout the cycles to emphasize the beginning of the Vivadí class. This way, we are letting students stay calm because they will know what is going to happen, even if the activities are different in this second cycle. The starting song and the ending song frame the English moment.
Once again, we need students to change the disposition of the class by moving the desks and chairs to the sides and making room in the center of the classroom.
This way, students are in charge of building their own learning space. This makes them protagonists of their process of language acquisition.
Lyrics
If your friends are in the classroom, say hello.
If you see your teacher smiling, show your teeth
If you want to show your feelings, give a hug
If you feel like being silly, make some noise
If you want to get together, make some room
Let your heart feel so much better, make some room
Let’s get ready for Vivadi
Let’s have some fun and play with english in our world
Let’s get ready for Vivadi
We are all in this together
We’ll do it you and me
We’ll be a big great family
ALTERNATIVE STARTING SONGS
2. STORYTELLING
The first activity is the reading of a story. After reading the story, you will have a discussion moment with your class where you discuss the story you read. Below you will find some discussion points you can use.
Afterwards, you will find activities inspired by the story. Be sure to choose the activity that corresponds to the story you just read. this cycle, you have three options.
Note that The Robot’s Bedtime involves the participation of the kids making robot noises, making robot movements and finally repeating “I am a sleepy robot powering down” while they close their eyes and relax.
We remind you that, even if you have audio-visual support, your body language is key to make children understand the meaning of the story and also make it significant to them.
*If you don't have a projector: it is convenient that you read with nuances, while another person acts what happens in the story.
You can choose between these options with no particular order, but, remember how important repetition is. So, if you choose to repeat one story more than once, don’t worry if another story is never told.
Discussion for "The Dream Pillow"
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Have you ever had a bad dream? What did you dream of?
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What's the best dream you have ever had?
Discussion for "The Robot's Bedtime"
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Did you enjoy being a robot?
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If you were a robot, what color would you be?
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What is your favorite thing about being a robot (speaking, moving or going to sleep?)
Discussion for "The Day the Vegetables Came to School"
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What are your favorite vegetables?
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Have you ever had a silly dream like Raju?
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Did you find the story funny?
Would you like to interact with the kids during the storytelling moment?
After you have read the story to the children once, you can do a second reading with the kids interaction.
Try stopping at specific moments of the story and ask the kids to copy the gestures of your face that indicate the feelings of the character in the story.
Example: if the character indicates that he is tired, you should make an expression that shows fatigue and the children should imitate it.
MORE STORYTELLING OPTIONS
3. HANDS-ON!
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by The Dream Pillow
Game: Make Your Own Dream Pillow
How: Students will think of their best stories, draw a representation of them and fold up the paper. Make a mural of "Pillow" with all of the drawings. The students can open the paper and see the stories.
Online: Students will draw and they can share it with the class, instead of making a mural. You could take a picture of each student presenting and put into a Padlet and then show the students.
Game: Make Your Own Dream Pillow
Students will think of their best stories, draw a representation of them and fold up the paper. Make a mural of "Pillow" with all of the drawings. The students can open the paper and see the stories.
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by The Day the Vegetables
Came to School
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by The Robot's Bedtime
Game: A market of vegetables!
Material: Root Vegetables Fruits Fruit Vegetables
How: Cut out all of the cards with the vegetables and the names of them. Put them all around the room. Tell the students when they go they have to ask for vegetables. Say phrases like "I would like..." "could I have?"
Make groups of 4. One of the students from the group will be the seller of the vegetables (the students will rotate who is the seller in each station). The 3 other students will order the vegetables at the station. "I would like 3 sweet potatoes" "Could I have 5 yams?"
Online: Share your screen, showing one document at a time. Tell the students that they are in a virtual market of vegetables. Each document is a different stand. Then the students will take turns saying the phrases "I would like..." "Could I have..."
Game: Be Like a Robot!
How: Choose one student to be the "head robot" (they can alternate) to go to the front of the classroom. The head robot will say: "Can you ….. like a robot?" And the students will mimic. For example: can you jump like a robot?
Online Variation: Same thing as you would do in the classroom but this time the student will not go to the front of the classroom. If you are using zoom, you can pin the student's video.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
Game: How is (name of student)?
Students can reply "Maria is happy" "Pedro is sad" (This game can apply to storytelling. For example, the teacher can ask "how is this character?" (and it can be the Dream Pillow story) and the students reply that the character is scared.
CRAFTS ACTIVITIES
4. MOVE YOUR HIPS
Use Move your Hips! activities when you feel students are too distracted or have been seated for too long. The idea is to move and refresh the body, always through learning, and it can be used at any moment of the class. Below you will find some ideas for your age group.
CONCENTRATED MODE
If the kids are concentrated, we propose a few activities that will help you manage the energy of the group.
EUPHORIC MODE
If the kids are euphoric, we propose a few activities that will help you manage the energy of the group.
FREE DANCE
Let them dance one of the following songs on our Spotify list (or Youtube list) that is also aligned with what we have been experiencing in the class. Just select a song that they will enjoy and press play to let them move freely around the space.
CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE
Play either one or both videos so that the students can mimic the motions. This way the students are listening to a song in English and matching the words with their actions.
5. BRAIN BREAKS
This is a brain break moment for the kids to change energies and prepare with their minds and their bodies for what follows.
You can choose between these options:
Act Like
Give your students scenarios and they have to act them out. See how many they can do in 3 minutes.
For example, try asking them to act like:
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They are driving a car
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They are cooking
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They are sleeping
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They are dancing
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They are laughing
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They are eating
Dance and Freeze
Play a catchy tune and let students freely dance (or call out instructions to dance in particular ways, such as “Dance as if you have a sore foot” or, “Dance as if you just woke up”). Every so often, pause the music and have students freeze on the spot, likely in comical poses!
Coloring Pages
Coloring pages are a great way to relax and allow the younger kids to take a break. Free handed drawings or coloring pages are both excellent choices for this age.
Simon Says
Follow this video of Simon Says for the students to move around and also practice their listening skills.
6. HARMONY
Now, you will continue activating your bodies. To do this, ask and show the kids how to move the body from their toes to the head:
- Stand on your feet and lean forward letting your head and arms hang.
- Maintaining that position, shake your body freely.
- Slowly, raise your body back to the standing position. Always remember that the last part of the body to raise is the head.
- Open your eyes and mouth as big and wide as you can!
Tip: it is a good time to mention parts of the body and make the children start listening to these words.
To end this moment you can ask your kids to give a few jumps to finish activating all the parts of the body.
Now it’s time to start with the harmony activities. When the kids finish jumping and moving their bodies, put this playlist as background music for the rest of harmony time.
Meanwhile, go ahead and start
with the following activities:
1. ASANA
2. SWARA
3. SAVASANA
4. ANJALI
1. ASANA (Postures)
We will start with the asanas, which means postures. Try these three different positions with your students.
Each position will be related to the story previously read. You can explain to the kids why they connect to the story.
BODY POSTURES
This time, we will start with a short series of body postures. They should be done one after the other in the order shown.
1. Mountain
Stand on your two feet.
Feel the ground beneath you.
Let your arms hang freely and relax your shoulders.
2. Sun
Raise your arms up high as if you were reaching for the Sun.
Place your hands together in Anjali mudra.
3. Dog
Bend down and place your palms flat on the ground. Step your feet back to create an upside-down V shape with your buttocks high in the air. Straighten your legs, relax your head and neck, and look down between your legs
4. Mountain
Stand on your two feet.
Feel the ground beneath you.
Let your arms hang freely and relax your shoulders.
FACE POSTURES
Dog face
Fish face
Happy face
HAND POSTURES
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Anjali
Buddhi
2. SWARA (Breathing)
Children should be lying in the floor in a comfortable and easy position for them.
Remind them of the importance of breathing through their nose.
Belly Breathing exercise:
- The children should put their hands on their tummies and try to expand their bellies (not their chests) when they breath in.
- Then they should feel their tummies shrink as they breath out. (They should picture their belly buttons push towards their tummies)
3. SAVASANA (Final relaxation)
After the Belly Breathing exercise, you should play a song from this playlist and let them just relax, ideally closing their eyes.
It would be also ideal to:
- Turn off the lights
- Have the children lay down on the floor
- Have the children covered with a blanket
This song will be repeated every class in this same moment. This will serve as a guide for the kids to, eventually, understand that the final relaxation moment has come. Hopefully, they will gain the confidence to close their eyes when they hear the song as it will be a familiar activity.
Final Relaxation
4. ANJALI
After the Savasana song, you can ask the kids to sit down again and close the Harmony practice by taking their both hands together to the centre of the chest.
Then, you should say “thank you” to them and they should repeat "thank you" after you.
MORE HARMONY OPTIONS
7.ENDING
SONG
Just like you´ve been doing so far, play the Vivadí ending song to let the children know that the class is almost over. Remember this is the moment to rearrange the classroom as you found it when you started and, finally, have the children put their shoes back on.
Lyrics
If you enjoyed our time together, sing along
If you can’t wait for next class, high five!
To get ready for what follows, tidy up
See you next time dear teacher, good bye!
It’s not goodbye with Vivadi
The things I learnt today will always stay in me
It’s not goodbye with Vivadi
We are all in this together
We’ll do it you and me
We’ll be a big great family
ALTERNATIVE ENDING SONGS
To remind your students to access the platform and do the jornadas.
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