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Rods ( Cuisenarie Rods ) Numeri in Colore

Rods ( Cuisenarie Rods ) Numeri in Colore. Paolo Iotti Aosta 18 – 19 March, 2010. Tips for teaching English at primary level. Words are not enough (realia, flashcards, gestures, senses)

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Rods ( Cuisenarie Rods ) Numeri in Colore

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  1. Rods (CuisenarieRods)Numeri in Colore Paolo Iotti Aosta 18 – 19 March, 2010

  2. Tips for teaching English at primary level • Words are not enough (realia, flashcards, gestures, senses) • TPR (Total Physical Response) – children listen and follow a whole sequence of instructions, doing what the teacher says, (e.g.:TPR with clothes vocabulary, An action routine, A pointing rhyme, Miming a morning routine, Physical break chant, Right or wrong, ‘Simon says’) • Variety in the classroom (activity, materials, pace, organisation, voice) • Keep their hands busy! • Enjoyment • Motivation • Content • Cooperation • Assessment(traditional tests , observation , conferencing , projects , peer-assessment, self-assessment, portfolio) • CALL (teaching & testing programs)

  3. Teaching aids • Toys • Building blocks • Cuisenaire rods • Posters • Readers/stories • Games • Puppets • Class mascot

  4. Cuisenaire Rods – description (1) The rods (numbers in colour, coloured numbers) are named after their inventor, who initially used them to teach arithmetic. In the system, there are 10 rods measuring 1 cm to 10 cm (one square centimetre in cross section). Rods of equal length are assigned the same colour. Most Cuisenaire rods follow this system:

  5. Cuisenaire Rods – description (2)

  6. Selected lexical areas where Rs can be used:(1) • colours • numbers • the alphabet • time specification • body parts • family relations • buildings & furniture • animals • food • abilities

  7. Aspects of grammar that can be ‘smuggled’(2): • personal pronouns • articles • nouns • adjectives • verbs • prepositions • word stress • sequence of words in an English sentence

  8. Letters of the Alphabet • Encode your rods! (key: t – blue, c – light green, a – black, e – brown, y – yellow, etc.) Lexical area should be established. Team game – make as many words as possible for your opponents!

  9. Numbers • Stairs What number is dark green? • Bingo

  10. Numbers (2) • Hunt the “thimble” e.g. Find 2 red rods and 5 white ones.

  11. Time Specification • Telling the time • Morning routine

  12. Parts of the Body • Monster game (one rod = one part of the body, e.g. white (1) – an eye, red (2) - a mouth, etc. Each group throws the dice and makes appropriate parts of the body. Then children describe their monsters.

  13. Main Advantages: C– colourful U – universal I– imaginative S– solid E – effective N – nice A – appropriate I – indispensable R– ready E – exhilarating

  14. Goodbye!

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