Phrasal Verbs
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…
Lori
I am Lori Wolfe, the teacher behind Fun to Teach. I live in Ashland, Oregon with my husband Sunny. Oh gosh, my Sunny and I have been married longer than we have not been! I love to garden and play around with mass plantings. Gardening is like teaching and every year I get to recreate my garden just like my classroom! It blows my mind, but I have taught for 23+ years. Time really does fly when you are having fun. When I began teaching I was head over heels with bilingual (English and Spanish) 1st and 2nd grades. I graduated to third grade some years later and finally moved to teaching English to English language learners. That is when I found my true calling! ❤️. The creation of this website and my 2 blogs help me keep my educational practices sharp, my resources fresh and the motivation for teaching, dynamic and FUN! I’m so excited to share my love for teaching, resources, and ideas with you.
Spring Conference Time!
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…
Sunday is Song Day! Compare and Contrast
Hello everyone!Here is a fun quick song to get your students ready for the language that goes with comparing and contrasting! Happy Teaching!
Collocations – Verbs and Nouns
Hi everyone,Are your ready for more collocations?According to wikipedia (), There are about six main types of collocations-adjectives and nouns,nouns and nouns(a….of….),verbs and nouns,adverbs and adjectives,verbs and expressions with preposition, verbs and adverbs. Although grammar is important when teaching English,…
Writing and ELD
Hi everyone,I received an email today from an ELD teacher asking the following: When I’m going to teach forms to 4th and 5th graders who are EA, what can I do with them that is more advanced? If I give…
Add an ELL Tip to your Email Signature!
Hello everyone this is Lori from Fun To Teach!We had a terrific workshop in Portland last Friday, so I thought I would post these great tips to use under your email signatures. It is such an easy way to educate…
Tell It Table!
Hi Everyone:I had some requests for my Tell it Table Headings.Here it is. See the previous post for a picture of it in action! Tell it Table when? How many? opinion Physical Description (order of adjectives) Noun Reg past tense…
Pronouncing “th” words with “magic ink”
Hi everyone and Happy Friday,I am posting a photo of a simple chart of “th” words in my room. After a mini lesson of how to pronounce the “th” in English which includes where to place the tongue, I use…
Chart for Beginners
Do you have new beginning language students?I used this chart to work on school vocabulary with a new student in January. After the lesson I hung it in the hall and now I use it as a review when we…
Clothing Vocabulary
Hello everyone, Here is a fun utube video to review clothing! It has a nice repeat feature that encourages reluctant speakers to join in! Happy Teaching!Lori