Transcript rods - in umeri in colore

Rods (Cuisenarie Rods)
Numeri in Colore
Paolo Iotti
Aosta
18 – 19 March, 2010
Tips for teaching English
at primary level
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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 , peerassessment, self-assessment, portfolio)
CALL (teaching & testing programs)
Teaching aids
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Toys
Building blocks
Cuisenaire rods
Posters
Readers/stories
Games
Puppets
Class mascot
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:
Cuisenaire Rods –
description (2)
white = 1 cm.
red = 2 cm.
light green = 3 cm.
purple = 4 cm.
yellow = 5 cm.
dark green = 6 cm.
black = 7 cm.
brown = 8 cm.
blue =9 cm.
orange = 10 cm.
Selected lexical areas where
Rs can be used:(1)
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colours
numbers
the alphabet
time specification
body parts
family relations
buildings & furniture
animals
food
abilities
Aspects of grammar that
can be ‘smuggled’ (2):
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personal pronouns
articles
nouns
adjectives
verbs
prepositions
word stress
sequence of words in an English sentence
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!
Numbers
• Stairs
What number is
dark green?
• Bingo
Numbers (2)
• Hunt the “thimble”
e.g. Find 2 red
rods and 5 white
ones.
Time Specification
• Telling the time
• Morning routine
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.
Main Advantages:
C – colourful
U – universal
I – imaginative
S – solid
E – effective
N – nice
A – appropriate
I – indispensable
R – ready
E – exhilarating
Goodbye!