Making English Fun at Escudo School! Haciendo Inglés Divertido a la Escuela Escudo!

We visited Escudo School today to see what the 4th through 6th graders were learning from their La Esperanza teachers in English class.  
Today´s lesson focused on the students learning the English words for the rooms and the objects in a house.  The students also learned the words and actions to the song, “If You Are Happy and You Know It,” where they practiced their words for parts of the body and action words like clap, snap, and blink.  Lastly, they reviewed direction words like behind, next to, on, and under.  They got the chance to read all the words aloud and write them in their notebooks. 
Five volunteers are assigned to the secondary classes at Escudo School this October – Dar, Beth, Zoe, Nita, and Alex.  Nita, a volunteer who is a teacher in the United States (pictured on the left) shares her thoughts about her volunteer experience with La Esperanza:

“The opportunity to work in various public schools in Granada has been invaluable.  I have grown so much as a teacher and have met other like-minded, wonderful volunteers.  Given motivation, the students here have a strong desire to learn and some of the teachers work very hard with the support they are given.  It has been a true pleasure working and learning with students, teachers, and the ayudantes in La Esperanza.”



Visitamos la escuela el Escudo para ver a los estudiantes 4 a 6 grados, y saber lo que han aprendido en sus clases de inglés que impartido por los voluntarios del equipo de inglés.


Las clases de inglés que se imparten con los estudiantes son palabras simples, nombres de objeto de las casas, de igual forma los estudiantes aprenden palabras de una canción (Si eres Feliz y lo Sabes), también canción de las partes del cuerpo y muchos más temas fáciles de aprender. Y por último se repasa los temas de la clase pasada (detrás, arriba, de lado de.) también tienen la oportunidad de hablar en voz alta, participar en clase y de igual forma escriben en su cuaderno la clase de hoy.

 Cinco voluntarios son asignado para enseñar ingles a los estudiantes del Escuela El Escudo en el mes de octubre Dar, Beth, Zoe, Nita, y Alex. Nita entre este grupo tenemes un profesor que es USA y este comparte sus ideas con el grupo de voluntario de la esperanza granada -

"La oportunidad de trabajar en varias escuelas públicas en Granada ha sido invaluable. He crecido tanto como profesor y he conocido a otros maravillosos voluntarios.Teniendo en cuenta la motivación, los estudiantes aquí tienen un fuerte deseo de aprender y algunos de los maestros trabajan muy duro con el apoyo dentro de las aulas. Ha sido un verdadero placer trabajar y aprender con los estudiantes, maestros y ayudantes en La Esperanza."





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