Hi everyone,I love using songs and chants during my lessons. Much of the input students receive during ELD is visual. Songs and Chants offer another venue for students to learn the lesson objective through music and rhythm. As an ANTICIPATORY…
FILL IT IN…………………………… This is a great opener after the song/chant has been used for several days. GROUPING: Small group or whole class. OBJECTIVE: To practice a song/chant WHAT YOU NEED: • Copy the song to use withoverhead, on the…
CALL BACK …………………………… Not a song. Not a chant. This is the perfect option for those of us who can’t carry a tune! GROUPING: Whole class OBJECTIVE: To practice a song/chant WHAT YOU NEED: • Copy the song onto…
VERY VARIED VOICES …………………………… This is an excellent and fun way to open a lesson. Students practice vocabulary through songs and chants with very varied voices. GROUPING: Whole classOBJECTIVE: To practice vocabulary WHAT YOU NEED: • Song/chant HOW TO: •Sing…
It is time for fractions and the video Math Tutor has a 9.00 minute video which serves as a nice introduction. Basic Math: Lesson 6 – Clip #1 – Understanding Fractions Happy Teaching!
Hi everyone,Are your ready for more information on collocations? Remember a COLLOCATION is an expression of two or more words that go together. Collocations “sound right” to native speakers, but are difficult for English Language Learners who lack the native…
Hi everyone,I wrote a fun song on collocations ~ words that go together in a certain order. I started looking into collocations and found out what a complicated part of English these can be. I am going to post a…
Hi everyone, Today I used a Number Formation package from Jennifer Kadar over at Empowering Little Learners. Each number has a poster, worksheet or two and comes with a parent letter! It is cool. Check it out at her Teachers Pay…
Hi everyone!I recently started to look into phrasal verbs. This is such a tricky area of English for my intermediate and early advanced language learners that I wanted to learn more about them. I found out that there are 3…
Don’t miss this article, it is a great one to read and pass on to staff members and colleagues. It has relevant information that we should all know and practice! Here is a link and the very beginning of the…