James Shone

3rd Grade English

Who is Teacher James?

Who is Teacher James?

Background

South African 我是南非人。

Rhodes University

I studied Philosophy ( 哲學 ), English

Literature

( 英文學 ) and Classical Civilisations ( 古歷

史 ).

At Chingshin

This is my fourth year at Chingshin.

I have taught in the regular class

programme.

I have taught bilingual grades 1 and

3.

Teacher Ham (grade 1), Teacher David

(grade 5) and I have been developing

the open learning area.

Teaching Philosophy

21st Century Skills

Critical Thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Creativity

What are we doing?

We are applying cooperative learning

合作學習 practices to our students

education.

Why are we doing this?

To maximize the opportunities for

students to practice English

communication skills.

Cooperative Learning

Increase student-talk-time.

Decrease teacher-talk-time. (Clear instruction)

Encourage students to take agency over what

they do. For example:

Students must agree upon and communicate

with peers and teachers about their

cooperative work in all four language areas.

In Class

All grammar lessons will be taught

by Teacher Shao and Teacher Alice.

They cover grammar and Words To

Know.

Any questions about grammar,

please ask them.

Grammar

Open area learning is an important part of grade 3. Every week students will have lessons in the open area.

The open area gives students the opportunity to develop and practice skills outside the normal classroom setting.

Learning to cooperating will be a key focus of this area.

Open Space Learning

Example

Example

English curriculum breakdownGrade 3 English

Midterm Final

Quizzes 20% 20%

Writing 10% 10%

Homework 15% 15%

Participation 10% 10%

Responsibility 5% 5%

Tests 40% 40%

There will be a quiz every two

weeks.

Quizzes will be on Wednesday.

The first quiz will be in week 3.

Quizzes

In grade 3 we want to teach

students to be responsible for

their own learning and for

helping their fellow classmates

learn.

Responsibility

2% peer-grading

2% doing corrections

1% handing in homework on time

Responsibility

Handing in Homework

Students must hand in homework every morning.Then they must check their name.

Handing in Homework

For every 3 times

homework is late-1%

Homework Slips

To keep things easy, homework will follow a schedule.

Homework Slips

Practice Book (PB)

Blue Notebook (BNB) Corrections

or writing (BNB)

Worksheet (WS)

Homework Slips

Monday: words x 5 (BNB)

Tuesday: words x 5 and sentences (BNB)

Wednesday: fluency reading (PB or WS)

Thursday: corrections / writing (BNB)

Friday: English worksheet (WS)

The fluency reading looks like this.

Students will read the story to someone at home.(parent, grandparent, aunt, older sibling, etc.)

Fluency Reading

The one read to will fill out the reading form.

Fluency Reading

The student will then

answer the questions

in full sentences.

Fluency Reading

The answers are marked

for comprehensio

n only.

小學部雙語班

• Goals of the afterschool classes:• To apply English skills learned • To enjoy literature and drama• To study social studies subjects in English• To learn about research methods and to conduct

research in English• To learn about research methods and to conduct

research in English• To write research papers • To present

雙語班課後加課 : 聯結、實作、應用與產出

閱讀經典文學作品、學習社會科學與自然科學專題、研究方法、發表

年級 週三 週五

三 社會科學專題 : Geography

 -

四

世界名著讀書會 : Chocolate Factory / No

Talking!自然科學專題 :

Ecology

 -

五英語文學與戲劇 :

Alice in Wonderland ( 結合聖誕節果展 )

六Research Projects

跨學科自主研究專題 ( 小論文 )

閱讀經典文學作品、學習社會科學與自然科學專題、研究方法、發表

小學部雙語班雙語班課後加課 : 聯結、實作、應用與產出

The after-school system is designed to

give students a greater exposure to English using material they wouldn’t otherwise encounter in the school environment.

Each year at Chingshin, English gets progressively harder, so this course gives students more opportunities to practice.

After-School

6 week cycles – one teacher

per cycle

Each teacher will focus on a separate continent for their material.

New material, but Treasures skills practiced

After-School

• Introduction to the continent

of Africa• People, plants and animals of

Africa• Open Learning Activities,

information gathering and analyzing

• Folktales from various African nations

• Reflection on what’s been learned

My after-school cycle

Looking forward to a wonderful year!