First Days of School
Now for the lesson... I prepare a list of facts about myself, ranging from where I was born to I manage my own fantasy baseball team, and other similarly "interesting" facts.. I fold each one and put them all in my fact jar. The next day - I leave all the classes maps of me up, and pass out a 20 question "quiz" in multiple choice format, and tell them to feel free to use the "visual resources" on the wall. We then go back to the KWL list and I have each class contribute 3 new things they know about me...
Tom Grennan- a raspy, pleasant voice | szalaykata
I was preparing for my English language competition (called FUNtastic; organised for students aged between 10-15 in Veszprém county) – searching for a cool song for the listening part- when I tumbled on a great British talent, Tom Grennan. I was absolutely amazed by his special voice and his melodies. All the competitors definitely loved his song and the lyrics. I have created a reading comprehension (gap-filling) task and many more based on the songs of Tom Grennan. You can find the teachers’s notes HERE and the materials for students HERE. Enjoy the tasks and the songs as well! Like this: Like Loading...
136 FREE Back To School Worksheets & First Day Of School Activities
Ready to start your class off right? The first day of class is an important time for teachers and students alike - it’s the time to learn all your students’ names, set the tone for your classroom, and make sure everyone’s feeling relaxed and ready to learn. You probably don’t want to charge in with too much new material on the very first day - after all, it’s important for your students to feel relaxed around you, and around each other, so they’ll be comfortable enough to learn and produce the new ESL concepts you’ll be sharing with them. The question is, how can you help them feel relaxed? With BusyTeacher.org’s 264 resources for the first day of school, of course! Want to start things off as simply as possible? Whether your class if full of young kids or full-grown business English students, BusyTeacher.org’s 264 first-day-of-school worksheets offer something just right for your class. You can dive into our collection of first-day-of-school worksheets in a few different ways.
Detective Game by Peter Pappas
I did not waste the opening week of school introducing the course – my students solved mysteries. I took simplified mysteries and split them into 25-30 clues, each on a single strip of paper. Read my blog post on how I used this lesson. I used a random count off to get the kids away from their buddies and into groups of 5-6 students. This activity demonstrates to students the need for considering the contributions of every group member and gives them practice in organizing cooperatively to accomplish a task. You will need a set of clues for the case for each group. Link to Murder Mystery Clues Link to Bank Robbery Clues Note - These clues were adapted from: Learning Discussion Skills Through Games Gene and Barbara Dodds Stanford Citation Press / Scholastic Books 1969 Students are seated in a circle with the teacher standing outside the group. "Today we are going to play another game that will help improve your discussion skills.
First Week Plans
For the past three years, the beginning of every year has meant a new school, new students, new classes. Last year I had FOUR preps, one of which I didn't know about until a week before school started. So my first days of school have always been pretty mundane. Here's the syllabus, here's your book, here's the rules... blah blah blah. But this year I am at the same school, in the same room and feel like I can breathe under my three preps (two of which are new, but oh well!). After reading the #mssunfun and hearing(reading) so many posts about not starting the year like a robot I'm inspired to not even mention my syllabus until our third (and first full 90 minute block) class. Google doc survey. And then in no particular order, here are some of the ideas I stole off the Middle School list,
School of Fisher: Important Piece of the Puzzle
August is quickly approaching and that means school is right around the corner! Eek, where did July go? Starting to think about school and lesson planning. For the past few years, I have my students participate in a Classroom Scavenger Hunt. (You know the sheet with a bunch of questions that start off "Find someone who ....". Each student will receive a puzzle piece. You can download this activity and a blank puzzle piece for FREE here or visit my TPT store here.
First Day of School Activities
I'd love to hear what activities you do with your students on the first day of school. Link up below with one of your favorite activities or share your plans for the whole day. This year I created a small book for the first day/week of second grade. If you would like to check out the two books click here for the Welcome to Second Grade book and here for the So Long Second Grade book. Megan (Linkup closed)
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Fostering Relationships in the Classroom
Students and teacher need to develop positive and trusting relationships in an effective classroom. It is also critical that all students, especially English-language learners, develop trusting and enriching relationships with each other. There are many activities which can be used for both introductory purposes and throughout the year to build and maintain positive relationships in the classroom. Some activities which work well to introduce students to each other and to the teacher can be used again at later points in the year as students' interests change and as they gain new life experiences. 1) Sharing Weekly Reflections Each week, we have students write about two positive events that occurred in their lives and one not-so-positive event (along with what they could have done to make it better or what they learned from it). 2) Introducing Me/3 Objects This activity is sometimes called a "Me Bag" or an "All About Me Bag." 3) "I Am" Project 5) Two Truths and a Lie 6) Four Squares
Szótanulási módszerek – Angolul tanuló diákoknak, angolt tanító tanároknak
Ahhoz, hogy diákjaink tudatos, nyelvtudásukat önállóan is fejleszteni képes tanulókká váljanak, a kezdetektől fogva fontos, hogy a nyelvtanulással párhuzamosan foglalkozzunk tanulásmódszertani kérdésekkel, kialakítsuk eszköztárukat, megismerhessék azokat a módszereket, melyekkel eredményesen fejleszthetik nyelvtudásukat. Ehhez a munkához adunk ötleteket. 1) Mikor tudunk egy szót? A szótanulással foglalkozó tanulásmódszertani foglalkozásokat érdemes a „Mikor tudunk egy szót?” Mikor tudunk egy szót? ha ismerjük jelentését;ha helyesen ki tudjuk ejteni;ha le tudjuk írni helyesen;ha ismerjük nyelvtani jellemzőit: szófaj, esetleges rendhagyó alakok stb. (A diákoknak szóló részben egy-két példával illusztráltuk, mire gondolunk.) 2) Általános tanácsok A bevezető óra után beszéljük meg közösen, melyek lehetnek azok az elvek, melyek segíthetnek abban, hogy eredményesen bővítsük szókincsünket! A) Szövegkörnyezetben tanulj! B) Használd! A legjobb, ha többféle mondatot is alkotunk. C) Mondd ki! 1. szólista
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