German News Grade 3 Advanced, Frau Thielmann

German News

Grade 3 Advanced / Frau Thielmann

November 2010

I would like to give you an overview of the work in the German class.         

We finished the fourth unit in "Tamburin 2, Deutsch für Kinder". Every student created a book about things he or she collects or would like to collect. The students then presented their books in class.

We talked about the EURO and made our own money. The students eagerly practiced in a play in class how to buy and sell something.

After the autumn break students wrote and drew something about an important incident happening during the break in order to practice their writing skills in German. They presented their work to the class which gave them the opportunity to practice their language skills.

During the St. Martin time we reflected a lot about the St. Martin story and learned various St. Martin songs. All students had a lot of fun making the lanterns in class and we were very proud to show them in the St. Martin Assembly.

Together with all grade 3 classes we went to the Weihnachtsmarkt in Düsseldorf. Students prepared lot of questions in their core classes which they asked at the market. Beforehand, we translated the interview questions into German and practiced the interviews in class. All students had a lot of fun at the market and did a very good job. As a reflection we created our own self assessment criteria about the group work. All students took the assessment seriously and learned a lot about the importance of successful group work. In addition we wrote a recall about the Weihnachtsmarkt.

We continue to use the German books in class. Whenever a student finishes a task he/she can choose a book and read. In addition we sometimes do reading lessons. In order to further support your child's reading skills, please encourage your him/her to take a German book home from the library for his / her reading pleasure.

If you have questions please contact me (thielmann@isdedu.de ).

Birke Thielmann