Global IIE
Kids Culture Club
April 13, 2015 To kick off the class Michaela´s Kids´ Club group discussed what the perfect class is like and made rules accordingly. In the spirit of poetry month the group read a funny poem by Linda A. Anderson entitled “When Noses Bloom”. The Kids continued by creating their own poems about odd body parts
Kids Culture Club with Daniel
These past months in Kids Club have been a blast! Loads of interesting activities and stuff to do made every week a busy one! In April the kids started off making their very own Gingerbread Men and Women. After reading a couple of different stories with various points of view about his life, they decided that
Saturday Young Learners 3
The Saturday Young Learners 3 group has been working through Brainpop on adverbs for some time now. They have been working hard; their teacher promised them if they continued to concentrate and work efficiently, they could go down to the American Space Madrid for an activity with the ASM’s library e-tablets. Using a free app, they colored
Bilingual Family Forum with Anna Steele
The first Bilingual Family Forum this past Saturday, May 23rd was a big success. Several parents from bilingual families came together over coffee and snacks to chat, share experiences and ask questions about bringing up bilingual children. Anna Steele talked about her own experience as a mother in a large bilingual family, and shared lots of
Notes from 2015 talks for parents and teachers: Aprender para Enseñar
This year we have had three excellent talks by some wonderful professionals from the world of international and bilingual education. Dr. Linda Gerena from City University of New York followed up her talk about Building Vocabulary through Children’s Literature last December with an engaging session about using questioning to develop critical thinking with students at
April Young Learners 1
In April, the Young Learners 1 group did a lot of activities centered on reviewing and adding vocabulary related to categories that they had previously studied, and practicing grammar concepts started in the previous trimester. In the pictures you can see the students playing a game in which they had to fish for letters, then
Notes & News, Noticias del Instituto Internacional. Mayo de 2015
Para acceder al número de mayo de 2015 de Notes & News : N&N May 2015 From the President, Dear Members of the International Institute Community, The mounds of snow (at least, most of them) have finally melted in Boston, and Spring has arrived here at last. Spring traditionally brings the promise of new life, and
3ª y 4ª sesiones de “Aprender Para Enseñar” para padres y profesores
El jueves 7 de mayo y el lunes 11 de mayo ofrecemos la 3ª y 4ª charlas de nuestro ciclo Aprender para Enseñar, Encuentros para Padres y Profesores. La charla del 7 de mayo lo darán un equipo de madre e hijo de familia bilingüe ¡y docente! Dr Veronica Steffen, de la Universidad Camilo
2º Encuentro para Padres y Profesores el sábado 11 de abril
El sábado 11 de abril de 11:30 a 12:30 estará con nosotros de nuevo Linda Gerena, profesora de City University of New York. Dr. Gerena forma a futuros profesores bilingües y en su próxima charla nos hablará de la importancia del pensamiento crítico en los niños. Nos enseñará maneras de fomentar el pensamiento crítico variando el
Peanut Butter and Jelly!
Augusta Gonzalez hizo para los estudiantes de Kids Culture Club un taller sobre un sandwich muy tradicional en EEUU, el sandwich de manteca de cacahuete y mermelada. Augusta leyó una poema sobre manteca de cacahuete del autor, Shel Silverstein y tambien un libro que se llama, “Bread and Jam for Frances.” Los niños cantaron una canción
