2. MANGO TREE
Mangueira
Group 2 (5-6 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!
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.
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.
1. STARTING SONG
Remember
Remember
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 "Are We There Yet?"
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Have you ever been on a road trip like the characters? If yes, have you ever asked "are we there yet?"
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What is something you do in the car when you're going somewhere?
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Have you ever been to the zoo? What was your favorite part?
Discussion for "Doing my Chores"
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Do you do chores around the house?
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Do you help your parents with things around the house?
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Do you like doing chores?
Discussion for "Do You Wonder Why Bugs are Good?"
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Do you like bugs?
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What are your favorite bugs?
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Did you understand why bugs are important and why we have to take care of them?
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
The Particular way of the Odd Ms Mckey,
by Daniel Errico
And That Was The Oddest of Things,
by Daniel Errico
3. HANDS-ON!
Follow the activities that are inspired by the story you just read!
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by "Are We There Yet?"
Game: Let's Pretend!
How: Divide the class into groups of 3 or 4 (depending on the size of the class). Ask one student to be the leader (they can be alternating), the other 2 or 3 students have to follow the student around the classroom. The students have to ask "are we there yet?" until the leader arrives at the place they want. The leader then has to say "yes, we have arrived at (and say the name of a place of their choice)."
For example. A student walks around and the students go asking "are we there yet" finally the student will say "yes we have arrived at the beach".
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by "Doing My Chores"
Game: Password
How: Put the class in a circle. One student (teacher chooses) will have to say "we have arrived at the..." then the teacher will whisper to one student a place. For example, the beach. Then that student has to whisper to the student next to them until it has passed to everyone in the circle, until the first student has heard and can answer out loud.
Online version: Think of anything related to the story. Here’s a list of ideas you can choose from. Either use the Zoom whiteboard or draw it and show your students. Once you have your object ready, write out the name of the object only using blanks. (they have to be filled up by letters). The students have to guess one alphabet at a time. To make them work together, ask them to discuss as a group which letter to choose. If the letter is a part of the name, you add it to its corresponding blank.If the letter does not belong to the name, you must start to draw a hangman, one part at a time in 6 stages. (head, body, left leg, right leg, left hand, right hand). Each time the opponent guesses a wrong letter, you draw a part of the hangman, until the drawing is complete.
Game: Do your Chores!
How: Put the different chores spread out on the floor on one side of the classroom and put the students on the other side of the classroom. Divide the class into 2 teams and make them line up. The teacher says the commands such as "make your bed" and 2 students (one from each team) have to run to the chores, choose the correct chore and go back to their team. Once they have arrived, both have to say "I have completed my chore of…. (in this case: making the bed)
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by Do You Wonder Why Bugs are Good?
Game: My favorite and my least favorite
How: Students will stand behind their chairs. The teacher will say phrases (related to chores) and if the students agree with those comments, they sit down. If they disagree, they get up.
For example, my favorite chore is making my bed. My least favorite chore is vacuuming.
Online version: Do the same activity except students will stand up from their chairs at home.
Game: Memory Game
Material: Names of Bugs Images of Bugs
How: Print out the bugs that appear in the story and the names of the bugs. The students have to match the bugs and their names.
Online version: Show the students each image and they have to guess the names of the bugs. They have to say the name of the bug out loud. You can also put the two documents side by side and the students have to look at the bug and the name and guess which is which.
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by The Particular way of the
Odd Ms Mckey
STORY PRINTED DICE
Before the storytelling starts, make a dice with printed parts of the story. Use this printable story dice to let your students to create their own version of the story, roll the dice and ask the students to build their versions of the story based on random pictures. You can use as many blocks as you want.
ACTIVITIES
And That Was The Oddest of Things
Game: Can you guess what bug I am?
How: this activity can either be as a whole class, in smaller groups or separate the class in 2 teams and make them compete against each other. Have a list ready or write on the board the names of the bugs that appear in the story. A student will silently choose a bug and the other students have to guess what bug they have chosen, asking questions such as "does it have a tail? Does it fly? Does it live in the desert?"
If the students are competing, whichever team gets more bugs correct wins.
Online version: A variation is that a student silently chooses a bug (or any other animal they want). The students have to guess what bug the student has chosen, asking questions such as “does it have a tail? Does it fly? Does it live in the desert?”
GENERAL ACTIVITY
Game: Passing the Ball
How: The teacher will put the students either in a circle or all over the classroom. Ask a question (for example: how old are you?) and throw the ball to a student. The student will answer and then ask "how are you?" and throw it to another student. QUESTIONS: "How old are you?" "how are you?" "what is your name?" "what is your favorite food?"
Online: Same thing except that instead of throwing the ball, they will say the name of the student they want to answer. For example:
Teacher: João, how old are you?
João: I am seven years old. Maria, what is your favorite food?
ACTIVITY: CHAIN DRAWINGS
Give each student a piece of paper and some colored pencils. Instruct the students to draw anything that comes to their mind about the story they listened to while music is being played. After 30 seconds stop the music and, as the music stops, ask your students to stop drawing, and pass their picture to the person to their left. After that play the music again, and ask them to continue the drawing that the person on their right has started. When they finish drawing, each student will have a picture that all the other students contributed to. Give the students a chance to describe the picture, showing it to the rest of the class, and say what they think it is about.
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.
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.
EUPHORIC MODE
If the kids are euphoric, we propose a few activities that will help you manage the energy of the group.
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:
Name Moves
Students stand behind their chairs. In turn, each student says his or her name accompanied by a special movement. For example a student might say, “Kayla!” while dramatically dropping to one knee and doing Jazz Hands. After the student does his or her move, the rest of the class says the student’s name in unison and imitates the move. Then it is the next student’s turn.
Musical Chairs
A set of chairs is arranged with one fewer chair than the number of players (for example, seven players would use six chairs). While music plays, the students walk around the set of chairs. When the music stops abruptly, all players must find their own individual chair to occupy. The player who fails to sit on a chair is eliminated. A chair is then removed for the next round, and the process repeats until only one player remains and is declared the winner. Since we are working with young kids, one option is to always change the kid who is out of the game. When another student loses, the one who is already out comes back.
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!
Simon Says
Follow this video of Simon Says for the students to move around and also practice their listening skills.
Video
Hot Potato
Use a small ball and have kids toss it around the room as the music plays. When the music stops, whoever is left holding the “potato” (the ball) is out!
Telephone
Ask the students to stand up and make a circle. Whisper a phrase into the ear of the first child. Then, have that child repeat the phrase to whoever is next to him/her. This continues around the circle. The last child will repeat the phrase out loud. Kids will laugh as they see how the message gets changed. Then ask the last child to show the picture that´s related to the phrase (You can use phrases and pictures from the storytelling they listened to).
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.
Don't forget