Here the materials. I painted the lid of the jar with acrilic pink paint. I created the stickers. I can send them to you for free. (ei98srl@gmail.com)
If you make a similar craft I´d love to see.
I would like to publish a collection .
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jueves, 6 de abril de 2017
Easter Craft
In a hurry I made these Easter Gifts for some teachers. I recycled Nescafé Coffee jars. I went to Breick Chocolate store ( La Paz, Bolivia) and bought the bunny and the smallest eggs they had. The store clerck was nice enough to give me the white grass to put in the bottom and set the bunny and eggs.
viernes, 31 de marzo de 2017
Routine Verbs for ESL/EFL learners
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For this blog entry I checked several books from
many publishing companies. The most common routine verbs were these, but I createad total of 185 flashcards.
Games make the lesson an engaging learning experience.
Children will practice the verbs and you can listen how much they know. They
might get creative as they make up their rules for the games. Teams will be
formed and they will have to communicate in English.
Routine Verbs Flashcards games
Game : Spelling Verb Bingo
Place all the verb flashcards on the board. Have the children select
only 6 and write them down on their paper. Call out a word and place a tick on the
flashcard. Use the small cards for calling the verbs. Children cross the words as they have it on their spelling bingo grid.
Game : Slap Use
the small flash cards to spread out on the floor or a table face up. One student
can be the caller, give him /her the slap caller badge and the other players will be the slappers, who will slap the correct card. The one that does it first
keeps the slapped card. Continue until all the cards have been called. The
winner is the one with most cards.
For the game I made these slap caller
necklace. I cut and glued them onto fun foam, punched a hole and thread yarn
into the hoop. I use them to have the group respect the caller and be more
organized at playing the game. You can play with any set of word and use the
necklace but change the caller every time. You can even write on the back of
the necklace the caller´s name so you
choose a different child every time.
Game: Mime. Show a
flashcard and do the corresponding action as you say it. Have the student mime
and repeat the action.
Teacher: wake
up,wake up !
student: wake
up,wake up !
Game : Questions. Place 6 flashcards on the board. Write a question word under each one: Who ?, Why ?, Where ?, When ?, What ?, How many ? . Divide the class into pairs and have them write questions with each question word. When all the questions are ready, have them exchange the questions sheets with other pairs to answer them.
Game: Verbs in a bag. Place
the routine flashcards in a bag. Sit the children in a circle if you have a
small group. For large groups, it might be good to have several sets and do the
activity in groups.
The first child of the
circle gets a card from the bag and without showing it mimes the actions. The
children have to guess and shout out the verb. Then make a sentence with the
verb.
Children: play soccer !
Children:
Henry is playing soccer./ Henry plays soccer/ Henry can play soccer.
Cutouts for Routine Verbs
Get realia or use the
cutouts for some routine verbs. Put them in a small bag or box. Grab one and do
the action.
Teacher: (Pretending to
brush her hair) I brush my hair with my brush.
Give the brush to another
student and have him or her do the same.
Call several students to the
front. Give a cutout or realia to each student and show the action flashcard
and have the students do the action at your signal. Have the rest of the class
find out who is doing the action.
Teacher:
Ready! Go ! read a book.
Students:
David !
Teacher:
David reads a book.
Students:
David reads a book.
Place all the cutouts on the
desk or around the classroom. Mime and say an action, but without the
corresponding realia or cutout.
Teacher:
I eat lunch.
Students run to find the
corresponding realia or cutout to hand it in to you.
Student:
Here.(gives the fork to the teacher)
Teacher:
I eat lunch with my fork.
Game: Play I want to. Continue
with all the cutouts in different places around the classroom.
Teacher:
I want to brush my teeth.
The students run and the
first one to get the toothbrush and hand it in to you wins a point.Continue with more.
Game: Match card to cutout.I
made small cards to go with the cutouts. Make some examples on the board and
have the students arrange all of them using masking tape on the board. Then
have them write sentences using the visuals as reference.
Teacher: go to bed. I go to bed at 11 o´clock
every night.
Game : Print a
camera for yourself in a bright construction paper. Have several
more printed as well.
Students of all
ages like the camera. Use the camera to have the children name each verb as you pass the
picture, you can make the strip as long as you want.
I also included the photo clip art, children either draw the verb, look
them up in magazines and cut them or simply cut them from the small cards here.
They can also write the verb or write complete sentences.
They can make a photo album using their own pictures and write
sentences under each photo.
Game Who is ? Have six
children come to the front. Hand in a routine verb card to each one and the
corresponding realia or cutout to act it out. They have to look at it and mime
the action at your call.
Teacher:
Ready ! Action !
Teacher:
drink !
Students:
Laura !
Teacher:
study !
Students:
Jorge !
Then do
it backwards.
Teacher:
Ready ! Action !
Teacher:
Patricia !
Students:
watch TV !
Teacher:
Tomas !
Teacher: Have dinner!
Game : Pocket charts. Have the students make pocket chart
phrases. If you have a pocket chart, place
it in a visible location in your
classroom. If not , children can make a similar one with poster board.
Write the list of
the verbs or place the flashcard and have them make as many phrases as possible.
They can either draw or cut out a matching illustration for their phrases. Make
your own model. This is mine, I was planning on putting it on the pocket chart,
but I couldn´t find it. Instead I grabbed a poster board and glued it like
this. Children can make their own version, maybe a verb for each group and see
what they come up with. Play it as a game by assigning a winner to the group that has the most phrases.
Routine Charts: make small groups and
have the students fill out the chart template with the routine verbs. The chart is for
groups of 4 students and 5 verbs. Give them the template. They have to ask each
other questions in order to complete the chart and give a final tally.
Student 1: Oriana, Do you jump
rope at school ?
Oriana: Yes, I do.
Small cards Games
Game Small Cards. Lay all the cards
face down on a table. A student turns a
card around, reads it and makes a complete sentence.
Student: clean. I clean the house with my mother
every Saturday.
If it is right the student keeps the card. If the sentence is wrong, the student puts the card back.
If it is right the student keeps the card. If the sentence is wrong, the student puts the card back.
Then I made two versions of picture dictionary using the small cards, one is to glue the missing picture and the other is to glue the missing word. It can be done
in groups.
Game BINGO! And I added a
BINGO Grid. The grid is for 9 spaces. But you can give out only 3 spaces to
each student. He/she can write the routine verb on each space or glue a routine
verb from the small cards.
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lunes, 30 de enero de 2017
Clothes Resources for the ELementary ELL
Here are resources and activities for the Clothes Theme.
Link to the resources:
Link to the resources:
Wacth the video of the complete resource:
How many? Give each group of student clothes small
flashcards in different colors and have them sort all the pieces.
Teacher: How many
dresses ?
Students: six. Six
dresses.
Then ask them to sort
the clothes by color.
Teacher: How many
red ?
Students: four.
Teacher: Which
color has more clothes ?
Students: green
and blue.
Teacher: Which
color has less clothes ?
Students: white
and black.
Then ask them to make
patterns.
Teacher: green
shoe, brown shoe, green sock, brown sock.
Teacher: red cap,
red dress, pink cap, pink dress.
Alphabet. Review the
alphabet by having the students say the starting letter for each clothing item.
Teacher: letter B!
Students: B is for blouse. B is for boots.
Continue with all the other letters. Students can write all
the letters and make a chart as in the example.
Sort by season.
Talk to the students that there´s appropriate clothes for each weather. Have them sort all the cutouts. Then, write
each season and all the clothes that are worn on each one.
Sort by family
members. Also have the students tell
you the clothes that each family member wears. Also discuss which can be used
by the same family members, make a Venn Diagram.
Teacher: Look at the dress. Whose
dress is it ?
Students: It´s Mommy´s dress.
Sort by gender.
Sort by Singular and Plural. It is and They are.
Teacher: What are these?
Students: They are pants!
Teacher: What color are the pants?
Students: They are blue.
Show a flashcard and start asking questions:
Teacher: What is this ?
Students: A dress.
Teacher: What color is the dress ?
Students: green.
Teacher: She is wearing a green dress.
Continue with the rest of the clothes.
Ask more questions:
Teacher: Is she wearing pants?
Students: No, she isn´t.
Teacher: Is wearing brown sandals?
Students: Yes, she is.
Hand in flashcards to all the students and have them write a
text relate to what the person is wearing.
He is wearing a
black jacket, a red and blue t-shirt, blue jeans, brown belt and brown shoes.
Hand in another flashcard and have the students write
questions that can be answer in a yes or no form.
Is she wearing a
blouse ?
Is she wearing a
pink dress ?
Are her shoes
purple ?
Is she wearing a
hat or a scarf on her head ?
Describing clothes using adjectives.
Draw a t-shirt on the board. Draw some stripes with colored chalk or markers.
Then write stripped. Continue with dots, floral, zebra, leopard, army, plaid
and many more. Use the clothes flashcards to show the printed clothes. Ask
questions.
Teacher: What pattern does his pants have ?
Students: His pants are camouflage.
Sort the flashcards using adjectives. Here are some examples.
Teacher: Who has a dress ? (
all the students that have a flashcard with a dress will stand up.)
Teacher: Who has a pink dress ? (
all the students that have a flashcard with a pink dress will continue standing
up and the others will sit down.)
Display several flashcards on the board. Give them an
allotted time to write sentences related to each one. Ask a student to read their sentences, all
the other students that have the exact same one, should tick the sentence. Ask
more students to read their sentences. The student with more sentences ticked
is the winner.
Use the flashcards to label the clothes. You can place them in a cover sheet and have the students use white board markers, or place them on the board and have the students label them.
I have a fashion catalog for free at my store:
But I made a new and better version. It´s just a cut and paste from magazines and students can be able to write a short description for each.
And prepositions are always used related to clothes. I got four furniture clip art and several clothes cutouts.
Teacher: Who´s this ?
Students: It´s Daddy.
Teacher: This is Daddy´s closet. Look what is in Daddy´s closet.
Students: pants, sweater and a belt.
Teacher: There are pants, a sweater and a belt in Daddy´s closet.
More to this resource at this link: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2018/08/more-clothes-theme-resources-and-ideas.html
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viernes, 13 de mayo de 2016
Community Helpers, Jobs and Occupations
I´ve gathered a lot of old clip art to make this big
collection. There are 315 flashcards from old jobs and occupations to the
present. I searched all the vocabulary from the book series and came up with
this list. I guess that you can use them with all the levels even adults. I will receive requests to change names on any
or to include some more. Notice that some jobs have different ways to write it.
For example, Steelworker and Steel worker. If you google the word, both
versions will show.
Link to the
315 flashcards of jobs from the present and the past.
Flashcards Games and Activities
Teacher: What is he ?
Students: He´s a puppeteer.
Teacher: Where does he work ?
Students: He works at a Theater.
Students can also answer the questions on
their notebooks.
Hand in a flashcards to a student. Ask
him/her to write as many sentences as possible. Student: He is a
Professor. He works in a University. He is a Math Professor. He is funny. He is
playing with a yo-yo.
3. Story Group. Set a group of students together
and hand each one a flashcard. Have them write a story all together that
relates the people in the flashcards.
Story: The Scientist has a
wife, she is a Manicurist. They love going to the Theater. The Mail carrier
gave them the theater invitation to a play. They saw a Knight there.
4- Alphabetical order. Challenge the students to
write the jobs in alphabetical order on their notebooks. Make it a race. The
first to do it correctly wins.
5. Descriptions. Students write only words to
describe all the flashcard.
6. Play a Class Bingo game. Place all the flashcards that you
are working with on the board. If you
are using 24 flashcards, then have the students select 8 or 12 to write on their notebooks. Write your 24
flashcards selection on separate piece of paper and put them in a bag. Call on
each word to play BINGO!!
7. Make Venn Diagram. Instruct how to make a Venn Diagram. Pair the
students. Hand in 2 flashcards. Students make sentences with similarities and
differences.
8. Word Association. Show a flashcard and have the
students write as many words in an allotted time related to the job. Award
appoints.
Pirate: boat,
sword, mean, parrot, sea, money, treasure, island.
9. What am I ?
Have a volunteer student come to the front and sit. Hand him/her a
flashcard without showing it to the class. Students ask Yes/No questions. The
first student to find out the job on the flashcard will take the chair.
Questions: Do you work in a school ? NO.
Do you wear a helmet ? No.
Do you
wear a uniform ? Yes, a white jacket.
Do you
use any materials ? yes, chemical items.
10. Analogy. Display the flashcards and have the
students find the analogies in writing. Most of these jobs end with ER.
11. Show the numbers on the board and elicit the job
on each one as you say the number.
Teacher:
What´s number 10 ?
Students:
He´s an ice cream man.
Teacher:
What does he do ?
Students:
He sells ice cream
12. Distribute one card to each child in class. Students have to stand up as they hear their card called.
13. Position the cards around the classroom. Name a job and have students point to the flashcard.
14.True or False. Show a card. Say a sentence related to the card. Students show the Yes Puppet or the No Puppet. I put the file in the store... check it... it might be free.
12. Distribute one card to each child in class. Students have to stand up as they hear their card called.
13. Position the cards around the classroom. Name a job and have students point to the flashcard.
14.True or False. Show a card. Say a sentence related to the card. Students show the Yes Puppet or the No Puppet. I put the file in the store... check it... it might be free.
Teacher: He is a
car dealer. He works in a supermarket.
15. Mime. Select a card and show it to a volunteer
student. That student mimes the job and the class has to guess what the job is.
16. Dictionary. Hand in a flashcard to each student.
Have them find that word in the dictionary and copy a sentence. Than at your
signal, have the students hand in their card to another student and continue looking up the job on the
dictionary.
José.
Bring me the witch.
Gabriel.
Get the Veteran and give it to Mary.
Kay.
Point to the table tennis player.
Lily.
Circle the shopkeeper.
Peter.
Show me the dentist.
Ian. Check the Engineer.
Ory.
Find the Paleontologist. Show the Classroom Command to hint the student what to do.
18. Who
? Place the flashcards on the board and
describe one, only saying a word. The children point to it and guess which one
is it.
Teacher: green dress.
Students: The Heroine!
19. Write
several jobs on the board. Have the
students place the flashcards under each one.
21. The Alphabet: Place plastic letters in a bag. Have a student draw a letter from the bag and all the students have to find all the flashcards associated with that letter. In this case , letter M.
22.Hold it up: hand in all the flashcards among all the students. Place the
students in a straight line, if possible. Say the job word in random
order and each student must hold up their flashcard
Teacher:
Cleaner. Orchestra conductor, figure skater, mechanic, coast guard,
policeman, producer, chemist, pilot, fortune teller, cleaner.
23. Questions. Place the flashcards on the board and ask questions. The student that answers correctly wins the card. Award the students with the most flashcards at the end.
23. Questions. Place the flashcards on the board and ask questions. The student that answers correctly wins the card. Award the students with the most flashcards at the end.
Teacher: Who has an Harp ?
Student: The Harpist.
Teacher: Who sells fish ?
Student: The Fishmonger.
Teacher: I love colors. I work in houses. I use big brushes
25. Slap. Place the flashcards on the board. Have
two students slap the flashcard with a flyswatter as you name them.
Teacher: Cellist !
Here are all the other flashcards.
This resource is part of the Community Helpers BUNDLE. LINK:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Helpers-Unit-for-ESL-BUNDLE-6415647
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