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FlipQuiz was created to provide educators with a quick way to create gameshow-style boards for test reviews in the classroom. With FlipQuiz, questions are displayed on-screen and boards are saved for later use. Sign up is free for the basic FlipQuiz, and you can quickly start creating your own boards. All you need is an idea of the questions you want to enter, and the correct answers. Emotions. The Italian Man Who went to Malta. Blog linked to the eltpics main blog, Take a photo and… Category:Icebreakers/Warmups.

Teampedia.net currently hosts over 70 free icebreakers and over 100 free team building activities.

Category:Icebreakers/Warmups

Icebreakers (also known as Warm-ups, Energizers, Openers, and even Deinhibitizers) are activities that help people feel more comfortable and get to know each other. Listed below are activities submitted and improved by users around the world. Icebreakers are most commonly used during the first stages of team development (e.g., at the introductory class) or preceding a group process (e.g., to start off each team meeting). They can also be helpful whenever group energy is low and people need re-energizing, or when members join the group. Icebreakers work best when they are fun and engaging and they draw out information or qualities of the participants that may not be obvious (e.g. talents, attitudes, or previous experiences). You might also be interested in Icebreakers for Online Team Building. Introductions and Icebreakers. F is for First Lessons. Students doing pair work in the first lesson of the beginners group The Methods course that I am teaching this summer has just embarked on a short round of teaching practice classes.

F is for First Lessons

To help the teachers plan their first lesson, I pulled a few old favourites out of the drawer. They are roughly divided into those that have a mainly interpersonal function (such as forging a collaborative group dynamic) and those that are primarily diagnostic (identifying strengths, weaknesses, interests, and styles). First Lesson Ideas. It has been a while since I was off from blogging, with the occasional teacher interview.

First Lesson Ideas

I needed a well-deserved break from writing for a while and have decided to write this post about first lessons after participating with a recent ELTChat discussion a few days previously. So apologies if you have been keen to read updates but I guarantee that more posts will be followed in the next few months leading up to Christmas.

Nevertheless, back on track. When I remember my first CELTA lesson, it was quite worrying and nerve wrecking. There were 6 trainees and 2 trainers watching the lesson and I only had to teach for 10 minutes. Name Cards This is a well-established activity so you can remember names more easily. Classroom Layout You could draw the classroom pretty quickly on a piece of blank paper and write down the names of all the students on this. First Class Ice Breakers Using Mobile Devices. I previously wrote about the importance of beginning a class focusing on the learners in the room as opposed to the content to be covered in Beginning the School Year: It’s About Connections Not Content.

First Class Ice Breakers Using Mobile Devices

Most classes, starting with about middle school, begin the school year with reviewing the content to be covered, expectations regarding grades, and other academic information provided by the teacher or instructor. The human or social element is often disregarded.What is interesting is that most learners enter the classroom wondering who is in the course. They want to know about the teacher and the people in the class not what material is to be covered. What this says to me as an educator is that it all begins with a social connection – between the educator and the learners, and between the learners themselves. All of my classes, regardless of student age or demographics – elementary gifted students or graduate students, begin with ice-breakers and team-building activities. Cell Sharing. Animal Phrases - Dog and Cat Sayings, Their Meanings and More!

To make a wrong assumption about something.

Animal Phrases - Dog and Cat Sayings, Their Meanings and More!

To bring up an issue that has already been resolved. Typically said to indicate that any further investigation into a situation may lead to harm. Someone that calls for help when it is not needed; a person who lies. Ignoring a large, obvious problem or failing to address an issue that stands out in a major way. My Favourite Warm-Up Activity. Adjectives with a twist… This activity involves using adjectives to describe animals.

My Favourite Warm-Up Activity

There’s a twist, though: you will later reveal that the students are actually describing themselves! Use this warm-up activity when you’re doing a unit on adjectives or descriptions. It’s also a good way for students to teach each other new vocabulary. You could also use it when you have a class of new students, to break the ice. 1. Have them write the animal names on a piece of paper.

Warm Up Activities. Activities at the start of the lesson deserve more attention than they usually receive.

Warm Up Activities

In fact, the initial activities that start the class are very important for the following reasons: 1: Warm Ups set the tone of the lesson. For example, an activity that students find too difficult or confusing can prove discouraging. Compare a fun activity which raises energy levels. 2: Warm Ups get students to begin thinking and focusing on English. Warm Up Activities For English Clubs. What warm up activities do you use? A) One which has been very popular with my classes, at whatever age (even my Business English classes) has needed a little preparation prior to class but worth it!

What warm up activities do you use?

I write as many words as I can, relevant to what they should know or are working on at the moment, on the whiteboard.- not in rows. but haphazardly all over the board, different colours if you like! View topic - Warm Up Exercises? Taken from someone (sorry I don't have your name!)

View topic - Warm Up Exercises?

Who posted this earlier: Find Someone Who. GAMES, FILLERS, WARM-UPS.