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[laurengreen1]

Hey guys

I'm doing Winter camp for 1st-6th grade, and I'm fine figuring stuff out for 3rd-6th but I have no idea what to do for the younger kids. All I teach now is 5th and 6th grade and English isn't even taught until 3rd grade in public schools (reading/writing doesn't start til 5th grade), so i have no idea what kind of ability i'm dealing with, but i'm assuming very low. also they said it will be a random draw (ie i can't choose the students based on ability) i'll have 27 kids and no Korean assistant...any ideas would be appreciated!!
Thanks

[Perceptioncheck]

Yikes!

First off, will you have first graders, second graders and third graders all in the same class? If so, I really feel for you as there is a huge developmental gap between first graders and third graders. That's going to be a mission with no co-teacher.

First thing I'd do is download a whole heap of songs. There are some gooduns for the littluns' on the yahoo korean site. Simple stuff like the ABC song will help focus them if they're getting out of control. Use songs with actions like happy and you know it as transition activities.

Honestly, there's not a lot you can do with a group that size of that age group, especially if you haven't yet got any classroom routines established (although if you can speak Korean you might be off the hook).

The first - and hopefully last - camp I had with kids that age was spent doing crafts; stuff like ABC books, make their own flashcards, vocabulary spinners. I can't remember what site I used for the crafts, sorry, but I'm sure a quick search of the internets will yield results.

[gillod]

[Countrygirl]

I would use Starfall.com as your entire lesson.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f

Zac the Rat is your new best friend. Watch the video and have the kids do the printouts.

Also, icnelly has a great selection of karaoko videos on youtube. Mr Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwOomEMSxC0 is a favorite with all my students from grade 3 through 6.

Good luck...that's a pile of students with only a co-teacher on paper. I would actually complain. The younger kids are too difficult to control when the numbers are big and the English level low.

[some waygug-in]

Hey dudes and dudettes, check this out:

http://www.teflgames.com/interactive.html

scroll down a bit, there's lots on there.

and this one:

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/

[laurengreen1]

Thanks for all the great ideas!! Much appreciated. No, the classes aren't mixed ages (thank God), just mixed ability. And I'll be teaching each class for two 40-minute periods each day, so it's not like i have to fill 4 hours a day with just one class of non-English speaking kids. i have flexibility to do anything i want so i'm leaning towards doing as many games, songs and crafts as possible--with very very basic english and body language for communication.

[ddeubel]

I'd search for "camp" on EFL Classroom. Loads of ideas.

I'd also recommend getting Mr. Sun and all others on EFL Classroom - HERE Much higher quality (original avi/mp4 files) and you can also download the karaoke which allows you to edit the words/photos and slow the tempo. IC was one of the first to pick up on my karaoke bandwagon and his karaoke's along with mine are a great collection.

I'll just add in general. Winter / Summer camp is not the time for worksheets. Try to refrain and think about production, negotiating of meaning and "real". Bring in props, do role plays, drawing, crafts, songs the students love, projects etc.... GO For it.

If I were teaching, I'd focus on extensive reading . Download the thousands of printable readers with pictures. Teach through all the audio books and really get using narrative with young learners. They are hard wired for story.



DD
http://eflclassroom.com

[Countrygirl]