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[gillod]

My school asked me to start teaching afterschool classes. This is great for me- It's 3:30 to 4:30, when I'm usually sitting on my butt. But I have no idea what to teach.

It's a mix of 3,4,5. That sounds insane to me. What could I teach to a 3rd grader that won't bore a 5th grader and what can I teach to a 5th grader that would be understood by a 3rd grader?

What do you do for after school classes?

[nomad-ish]

i've taught a mixed grade after-school class before; don't do it! i spent way too much time planning one lesson and then trying to make variations of it for each grade level. then during the class i would jump around a lot to explain things to everyone. definitely not a good idea.

[Fishead soup]

Basically anything you can't use for the ordinary large classes because either. You are stuck using a really bad textbook. You have to cater your materials towards larger classes.

I use Bogglesworld , Finchpark.com, Strange Stories in the News

[gillod]

[gillod]

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

I'd use a text such as Let's Go 3 or English Time 3 etc...

5 mins. Intro - how's the weather today, how are you etc (ball toss)

5 mins. Monthly song - http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-little-kids.htm
(choose from the link then print copy for each kid, sing twice each AS class)

20 mins text book

5 min break (so you can take a rest, grab a coffee and not be around kids for a few breaths....)

5 min today's text review

10 min activity that recycles today's text language (presentaitons, role plays, questionairres, interviews, quizzes etc..)

10 min game as above

[Xuanzang]

Use a textbook and add supplementary activities to build on the themes.

[son of coco]

Monopoly and other games

No not really, not all the time. Sometimes though, especially if they've had exams etc. We make up some rules and they're fined heavily if they don't speak English (well...$10).

Bogglesworld is good, I'm at Middle School though so we can use a lot of the role plays etc etc.

Also do surveys and other stuff.

[chipsnsalsa]

I have about 20 students in my afterschools - the upper level class is about 20 students 3rd-6th grade. This is my third time doing it and first time feeling comfortable with it, lol. I've actually stopped using a text book altogether - I just can't figure otu how to use them well, so I just make my own materials and we glue them all in a notebook.

Anyway, in case you're interested - my schedule : everyday we start with a dictation song - we listen to a pop song or fun kids song and fill in blanks. This is a change from the singing we do in class and they seem to really like it. Next, we do a small role play of 2-5 students in a group and we have to watch everyone's play after they finish. (The best one gets a prize, so they usually all work at memorizing their little one liners and are really cute. I try to split up the high energy third graders into other groups - the older kids always complain when they get a spaz, but they usually pretty good and getting them to settle down and learn their line.) Then we play a game and do an essay related to the conversation in teh role play. (I've taught them little paragraph long essays - so really not an essay at all - but we make sure to have introduction sentences and conclusions.) It sounds high level, but it's not. I print out a copy of a premade essay for my third graders, change some words on it in pencil and they copy. Some of the older kids actually do write really nice, original essays/paragraphs though. When each student finishes their essays I check it and they play in the play room or read a book until everyone is done. Then we play another game or do a small art project.

Oh. We also have one party or activity day a month where they can either watch a movie and I can breath, or we make play dough or do game tables (four tables, each with a game - go fish, guess who, etc. - a certain amount of time at each table - usually lasts about 45 mins to an hour altogether. I make them write an essay on their favorite table then...) All in all my class is about 1 hour and 45 mins.

[jiberish]

Easy way could just make it a writting class and just have different expectations for their work. However just because they are grade 5 doesn't mean they are better. I've had grade six students who were worse than grade 1 students. That is not a joke.