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Butterflies: Teaching through Projects for Authentic English Practice

This project aims to provide authentic English practice to students by exploring the topic of butterflies. Through fieldwork, learning centers, and culminating events, students will engage in hands-on activities that promote learner autonomy, cooperation, and practice across various curriculum areas such as art, history, geography, and music.

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Butterflies: Teaching through Projects for Authentic English Practice

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  1. Lucia Miranda SISTEMA ANGLO DE ENSINO Maio/2007 Desenvolvendo Projetos Temáticos Lúcia M. Gallina – julho 2005

  2. Teaching through projects Provide authentic English practice: students are able to see the relevance to the real world of what they are learning.

  3. Provide variety for students and teachers - they get out of the classroom and 'into' the environment.

  4. Promote learner autonomy and co-operation. • Provide practice across the curriculum - eg. art, history, geography, music, etc

  5. Phases on a project – Butterflies • PHASE 1 • Planning • Introduction • PHASE 2 • Field work • Learning Centers • Displays • PHASE 3 • Culminating event • Comments • Conclusion

  6. Phase 1 – Planning / Introduction • Project on butterflies stemmed from an earlier conversation with the classes. • A new discussion evolved due to this discovery. • A letter informed parents of the butterfly topic • Research about butterflies begun with non-fiction and fiction trade books, educational resources, videos, computer software and live larvae specimens. • 5. Curriculum goals were discussed as well as anticipated fieldwork and center activities. Both a topic weband curriculum webwere generated to help us get a starting point for the project and organized our existing knowledge

  7. Introduce the topic “butterflies” by sharing personal stories and experiences in order to grow your students interest on the topic. Add information to the growing web. Make an outdoor butterfly safari and record the activity

  8. PHASE 2 - Field work, Learning Centers and Displays Field work Organize a field experience trip or, if it is not possible, have a film or a website to guide your students. Butterflies coming out of pupa

  9. In this phase the students have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge in self-directed, independent activities in centers. • Math Center • Manipulatives such as pattern blocks Learning Center • Art Center • Play dough • Watercolor • Plastic paint • Reading Center • Non-fictional books and stories on tape • Puppet Center • Dramatic performance • Music Center • Songs and rhymes

  10. Display kids works in the classroom and in the hallway to give the students the opportunity to share their creations. Displays

  11. PHASE 3 - Culminating event, Comments and Conclusion Culminating event During the project students will bring lots of real butterflies to your classroom. The culminating event is the special day when you and your students let them free.

  12. Comments and conclusion Ask students and parents for their comments about their experiences with butterflies and involvement in the project. It’s very importante to ask children about their feeling towards the end of the project.

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