Pre-Departure Training Workbook

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Part Two: The Primary Level

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2-1 Opening (1)

Schedule and Rotations
1. The rotation schedule you follow depends on the number of
in your teaching group.

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2. Where the schedule is 2 hours per day (in Catch-Up and some Beginning situations): Use fewer
.
Cancel
or limit to
minutes.
should be no more than
minutes.
3. Each teacher repeats each activity while
rotate from class to class.

2-2 Opening (2)

Keys to an Effective Opening
1. Opening sets the tone of the children's
for the day.
2. Children must physically
where they should be.
3. Each step of Opening should have a call to
,
and the first child to come to attention earns a
(such as picking the song, picking the game, or putting the weather picture on the calendar).
4. One teacher
,
others actively
and keep children in
.

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2-3 Creating an SPE

Six Teaching Areas
There are six teaching areas in the Primary levels. They are:
  • Kitchen
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Drama
  • Gym
  • Games
  • Shop
1. There are similarities, but each teaching area has
components to that area.
Creating an SPE
1. Before planning any SPEs in a new teaching area, study the ILP
about the area that you will teach.

2-4 Keys To Surviving Lesson Planning

1. Focus on
not quality.
2. The more
you have planned into your activity, the more you have to talk about (and the more you have to do).
3. Plan
you will do, not language you will say.
When teaching, do the
.
4. Set a fixed amount of 
for planning.
Planning will improve after you have more 
.
5. Use lesson plan forms and include 20 - 
tasks.
6. Turn in your lesson plans to your  
each week.

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2-5 Arts + Crafts

1. Prepare a  
to show the children before you have them make it.
2. All children do the same
of the art/craft at the same time.

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Exercise Idea: Vase of Flowers
Where does the language come from in Arts & Crafts?






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2-6 Games

1. There are 3 types of Games: table games, circle games, and
games.
2. You must find ways to keep the children
when it isn't their turn.

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Exercise Idea: Cat & Mouse
Where does the language come from in Games?






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2-7 Gym

1. Gym activities are
that have been adapted so that children of any age can do it.
2. Places where the children sit or stand have to be visually marked, like in
.
3. Gym teachers should always have a
.
4. Gym activities that take several sessions to learn should be repeated several times with slight
.

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Exercise Idea: Kickball
Where does the language come from in Gym?






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2-8 Kitchen

1. Teachers must follow
for health, sanitation, and food handling. 
 2. To save time from actually cooking during class, teachers may use a "
". 
3. In Kitchen, children expect to
the activity. 

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Exercise Idea: Face Pancakes
Where does the language come from in Kitchen?






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2-9 Drama

1. For a successful drama lesson, the book used must have a
(not just 
).
2. The story must be visual (have
) when a book is not used.
3. Don't
the story — tell it.

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Exercise Idea: Jack and the Beanstalk
Where does the language come from in Drama?






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2-10 Shop

1. Toys and items built in Shop are referred to as
.
2. Demonstrate what a finished Shop Kit does
having them build it.
3. Some Shop Kits make take several
periods.

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Exercise Idea: Flashlight
Where does the language come from in Shop?






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2-11 Closing + Store

1. Have the students count their tickets in their
 groups.
2. Store should be done
, taking no more than 5-10 minutes.
3. Pick children to redeem tickets in the order of how well they are following the
 .
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