Introducing Yourself

Hello everyone,

Addressing students by their name is the first step in working successfully with a class. However, it isn’t that simple and it can be quite boring to simply have students asking their names several times. So here’s an activity you can use in your first class that will provide an enjoyable way to learn the children’s names even if they know each other already.

GRADE: 3rd and 4th

AIMS

·        create a stimulating learning environment

·        learning/revising the children’s name

·        learning/revising some vocabulary       

MATERIAL:

·        A4 sheets of paper

·        Coloured pencils, crayons or markers

PROCEDURE:

Hand out A4 paper sheets and tell students to fold the A4 paper into half.

On one side of the card write your name so everyone can see it

On the other side of the card draw something that begins with the same letter as your name. Eg. Patrícia Panda; Susana Sun; Luis Lion

Afterwards, have all students standing up and making a circle. Be the model and introduce yourself by saying “Hello, I’m Patricia Panda”(don’t forget to show the correct side of the card as you are introducing yourself.)

Then face the child on the right side and ask “What’s your name?”

The child, to whom the question has been made, replies:”Hello, I’m Susana Sun.” Then the “What’s your name?”question is made to the student, again on the right. Carry on the activity until each student has had a go.

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Depending on the level of students you can make this activity into a more challenging one: the student who has to answer the question “What’s your name?” has to tell his/her name as well as the previous student(s).

Eg. Hello, I’m Susana Sun and she is Patricia Panda.

Or

Hello, I’m Susana Sun, she is Patricia Panda and he is Luis Lion.


:-D