Board games are a fun time in class. The classic
board game can be played to activate speaking in a less stressful setting, they
can participate without worrying if they said it wrong. Children get to compete
to win, but they have to know the vocabulary. So, starting playing the house unit board game featuring the furniture in the house.
You can have the students play by just counting
the spaces that are in the die and read the phrases: Go back, Go ahead, Miss 1
turn and do the actions. But you can place the small cards along and have each
player move the spaces in the die if the word in the card is read correctly or
if the picture cards are identified .
I used funny house items as markers, so each
player can be a house object, such as a chair or a sofa. I put them in a binder
clip so each marker can stand on board game without falling.
Graphing. I made three different graphs for vocabulary building.
The first one, Who lives in your house ?
Give children a
house and have them write the family members who live in their house. Or Have
them cut from the templates their family members. They should also write their
names. Then they have to make a total count.
Graph the results
on the board. Make a chart in advance with the student´s names and the numbers
on the other.
The second one is
related to: How many pets live in your house?
And the third graph is, How many rooms are in your house? This kind of graph will help identify the rooms in a house.
I like to have some cards for student
interaction. Here are the ones that I made for this House Unit. I chose the
most frequent words in the Book Series that most of you use. I also included
some British words for the same objects, since I noticed that in some countries
teachers use the British methods. I can make some more cards if you ask.
Picture and word cards are just matching, well
yes, but do more things with them.use them for interactive lessons.
The cards give learners more opportunities to
hear and speak English. The games cane
be played alone or in small groups. I saw this
idea on Pinterest of using plastic plates. You can write on it with dry erase
markers and then wipe it off with baby wipes. You can write the word on each
plate or have a student write the word and the other has to find the picture.
If it is possible, have your own bulletin board
for a word wall. Place the letters from A to Z and have the students put all
the pictures under each letter.
Or place only the words. I made letters in black
and white just in case you want to print them onto colored cardboard and save
some ink.
It can also be picture and word
cards for the home hands-on learning game.
If not,
have them make their own Pictionary as fun engaging activity.
The flashcards! I made more than 270 House
Objects Flash Cards to use as a visual aid.
Ideas for using the flashcards.
Use 3. Place students in groups of 2. Hand them
4 flashcards. Tell them to write several sentences using all the words in the
flashcards. Model your own example.
Use 4. Describe the flashcard. Model one and hand each student a flashcard. Have
them write as many sentences as they can to describe a picture. Start with: This is my bathroom.
Use 5. Play give
me by Spelling. Students play in groups of 4. Hand in more than 8
flashcards, try that they start with the same letter. One student is the
speller. The others have to find the flashcard. Model on the board.
Teacher: S-H-E-L-F
The students shout SHELF!
Use 6. Cut the word part from several flashcards.
Then cut the word in several pieces. Put them in a bag and have students put
the word back on each flashcard as in puzzles.
Use 7. Label the flashcards. If you place each
flashcard in a plastic sheet they can label with a dry erase marker and then
erase it for other students to use.
Use 8. I made additional small word cards. They
can be sorted in each room of the house
I also included a worksheet to do the same as with
the flashcards. Students will say where the pieces of furniture are: The bathtub is in the bathroom.
And a complete house.
Furniture
catalog. Introduce the catalog to the students by asking
where does their family buy furniture, if there is a furniture store that they
have been to. Tell them that they are going to make a group furniture catalog.
I added several ways to do it.
One, is
that I provided all the pieces. Tell the students to glue the furniture pieces
in the spot of the appropriate heading. The catalog´s cover is in blank for the
students to write the name of their store.
Students can cut pictures from old magazines
that they bring in to school and create their own version. When the catalogs are done. Have them share
their work. They can also role play with other groups that come to buy from
their catalogs and take orders.
Scrabble Tiles. I suggest you print a template
for each student or several templates for a group. Have them come up with a
crossword. This game is good for
Spelling practice. It also works for the students to identify pieces of furniture.
Spelling Bingo. I usually include this game
because I know that students love it and are willing play many times. I made a
house template for it. It is harder to teach ELL students to spell than to
read. Some teachers think that Spelling is not important while others focus too
much on that area.
I have found so many Verb Clipart in old Cds
that I included them. Games for social interaction?
1.
Go get it. Stick several verb
Flashcards on the board. Make several teams that have to line up in front of
the board at a considerable distance. Say a sentence that describes the
flashcard. The first student to get the correct flashcard from the board wins
it for the team.
Teacher: The girl is eating ice
cream.
Students should be able to state where people are: She is in the kitchen.
Use the flashcards to ask questions: Where is Grandma?
Students. She's in the living room.
1.
The flashcards are used to prompt
writing. Have students sit in pairs and hand them several flashcards. Have them
come up with a story, but first model a story as a class on the board. Start with: Mother and Father are in the kitchen.
And I bundled up all the House Unit Resource for Kindergarten and Elementary English Language Learners. Check it here:
