Hi there again!
What do you think about my first learning mission? Don't forget to comment anything you would improve or simply do in a different way. Remember that the aim of sharing all my ideas is to learn from each other!
Today I will show you the follow-up of my open educational project about The Weather.
As I told you at the very beginning of the project, I wanted to collaborate somehow with The ESL Times Magazine. Well, this second learning mission will include that collaboration. I will follow the same sequence as in the previous post.
This time, the teacher will suggest the students learning how to read and create a weather map, because now that they are "meteorologists" they are going to need it. The mission will be called: Weather Maps.
The objectives are:
This time, the teacher will suggest the students learning how to read and create a weather map, because now that they are "meteorologists" they are going to need it. The mission will be called: Weather Maps.
The objectives are:
- Manage the use of weather symbols
- Interpret and create simple weather maps
- Listen and write weather reports
- Enjoy learning
And the main competences are:
The first challenge will be to create a list-of-symbols' infographic like the one below, made with Venngage (see the reflection for more information). The teacher will give the students the option of using her template or designing a new one. Apart from that, they will find some icons within the tool but they will have to draw others with paint and upload the images. Besides, she will ask them to add expressions like the ones in her infographic to describe the weather conditions that they can check in this website: http://usefulenglish.ru/vocabulary/weather-and-temperature. This challenge will be done in groups of 3-4 students and it will take 2 lessons (90 minutes).
The second challenge will start by playing in the following website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/weather_report.shtml. Then the kids will have to check the weather from different cities of Spain in this link: https://kidsweatherreport.com/.
The procedure will be the following one: the kids in their groups will choose a city and check the weather forecast. After that, they will have to write a short draft report with Google Docs or Microsoft word (approximately 2 or 3 lines long) that they will record later on in a podcast like if it was for the radio. For example:
"The weather today in Madrid is partly sunny. There are a few clouds. The temperatures are mild between 10ºC and 26ºC. There is no wind or rain". They can also use information collected with the tools made in Mission 1(one lesson of 45 minutes).
As for the third challenge, the teacher will play all the podcasts from the previous section and in pairs they will have to create a map with all the information listened using Venngage. Before, they will have some time to play with the following tool http://www.whitbyweather.com/Children/Wx%20Forecast3.html. And then, back to Venngage, they will be asked to upload a Spanish mute map and put the icons that the descriptions in the podcasts say and write the complete description below (2 sessions of 45 minutes). Here is an example:
Finally, the teacher will ask the students to go home and reply to the following post.
And as I said at the beginning of the post, the teacher will share this experience in the ESL Times magazine since it is perfectly aligned with what they look for: activities in English that involve listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
REFLECTION
By planning this learning mission I have learned quite a lot.
First of all, I have discovered Venngage which is a very nice tool to make infographics. What I like the most of it is that it includes a special option for teachers (schools) to work with students easily in the class. Moreover, it is very useful to work on the topic of the weather since it contains plenty of icons related to it.
To continue with, I have discovered a lot of pages for checking the weather like Accuweather or BBC weather, although only Thekidsweatherrepot seems to be the most suitable for working with young children. Additionally, I have found countless ICT resources to work on the topic of the weather like the ones below:
Finally, I'm glad of having been able to include the four skills necessary to develop when learning a foreign language, and accomplishing in this way the requirements to collaborate with the ESL Times.
All in all, this is all about the second super learning mission. I hope you find it useful and inspiring!
In the next post, I will write about the evaluation, so stay attentive and don't miss it!
- Linguistic communication
- Knowledge and interaction with the physical world
- Cultural and artistic competence
- Learn to learn
- Autonomy and initiative
- Digital competence
The first challenge will be to create a list-of-symbols' infographic like the one below, made with Venngage (see the reflection for more information). The teacher will give the students the option of using her template or designing a new one. Apart from that, they will find some icons within the tool but they will have to draw others with paint and upload the images. Besides, she will ask them to add expressions like the ones in her infographic to describe the weather conditions that they can check in this website: http://usefulenglish.ru/vocabulary/weather-and-temperature. This challenge will be done in groups of 3-4 students and it will take 2 lessons (90 minutes).
The second challenge will start by playing in the following website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/weather_report.shtml. Then the kids will have to check the weather from different cities of Spain in this link: https://kidsweatherreport.com/.
The procedure will be the following one: the kids in their groups will choose a city and check the weather forecast. After that, they will have to write a short draft report with Google Docs or Microsoft word (approximately 2 or 3 lines long) that they will record later on in a podcast like if it was for the radio. For example:
"The weather today in Madrid is partly sunny. There are a few clouds. The temperatures are mild between 10ºC and 26ºC. There is no wind or rain". They can also use information collected with the tools made in Mission 1(one lesson of 45 minutes).
As for the third challenge, the teacher will play all the podcasts from the previous section and in pairs they will have to create a map with all the information listened using Venngage. Before, they will have some time to play with the following tool http://www.whitbyweather.com/Children/Wx%20Forecast3.html. And then, back to Venngage, they will be asked to upload a Spanish mute map and put the icons that the descriptions in the podcasts say and write the complete description below (2 sessions of 45 minutes). Here is an example:
Finally, the teacher will ask the students to go home and reply to the following post.
And as I said at the beginning of the post, the teacher will share this experience in the ESL Times magazine since it is perfectly aligned with what they look for: activities in English that involve listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
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REFLECTION
By planning this learning mission I have learned quite a lot.
First of all, I have discovered Venngage which is a very nice tool to make infographics. What I like the most of it is that it includes a special option for teachers (schools) to work with students easily in the class. Moreover, it is very useful to work on the topic of the weather since it contains plenty of icons related to it.
To continue with, I have discovered a lot of pages for checking the weather like Accuweather or BBC weather, although only Thekidsweatherrepot seems to be the most suitable for working with young children. Additionally, I have found countless ICT resources to work on the topic of the weather like the ones below:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/teachers/overview.shtml
- http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-forecasting.htm
- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/create-weather-map/
- http://www.whitbyweather.com/Children/Wx%20Forecast3.html
- http://bluesquarething.co.uk/geography/dragdropmap/europeweathermap.htm
Finally, I'm glad of having been able to include the four skills necessary to develop when learning a foreign language, and accomplishing in this way the requirements to collaborate with the ESL Times.
All in all, this is all about the second super learning mission. I hope you find it useful and inspiring!
In the next post, I will write about the evaluation, so stay attentive and don't miss it!
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