School Subjects and the nouns

Link to all the resource:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Subjects-for-ESL-4548123

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More flashcards are here to relate the school subjects from last blog post to the nouns.Place the subject flashcard on the board and then have the students find the noun flashcards related to that subject. This is the MATH example as in a mind map.There are also classroom objects flashcards that go with the subjects.

Here is the History subject presentation.

Here is the P.E. subject presentation.

Here is the Religion subject presentation.

Here is the Physics subject presentation.

Here is the Music subject presentation.

Here is the Chemistry subject presentation.

Here is the Geograhy subject presentation.

Here is the Biology subject presentation.

Here is the Art subject presentation.

Place a school subject flashcard on the board and start adding all the nouns that relate to that specific subject. Do the same with all the subjects.

Play Guess the subject. Place several noun flashcards on the board. Have the students guess to which subject the flashcards correspond.

Play Bingo with all the flashcards. Place them on the board. Have the students select only six of them and write them down on their notebook. Start calling the words and remove them and place them on the wall or door to show students which one you have called so they can cross the word out. The winner is the first to cross out all the words.

I made small cards Subject/Noun to match.

Link to the blog post fo the school subjects included in this resource: 

 https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-subjects-for-elementary-esl.html

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School Subjects for Elementary ESL

Here’s the link to the resource for Teaching English in the Primary School:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Subjects-People-and-Places-for-ESL-4548123

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School subject flashcards.

Start by introducing the School Subjects.Students should be able to name all the vocabulary learned in the unit.

I made a larger set using pictures for older kids.

Do your favorite school subject brainstorm words on the board as an example. Tell your students that your favorite subject is ART. Than start writing words that relate to that subject. Have students help you, add some drawings as well.

I also made a worksheet for students to do their art work.

Review the days of the week. Hand in the card in random to seven students that will come to the front. They have to arrange themselves in order.
Ask questions. Teacher: What day is it ?
                           Student: It’s Monday!
                           Teacher: Tuesday, come to the front. Show your card.
Teacher: Ursula, What is your favorite day of the week ?
Ursula: It’s Wednesday. (the students with the card shows it to the class).

Then have the students place the cards on the board in order as a heading. Hold each subject flashcard and ask questions.

Teacher: When do you have Geography?

Students: We have Geography on Thursday. (place the flashcards under Thursday) Continue with all the flashcards.

Teacher: When is the Math class?

Students: It’s on Monday.

Have students create their own timetable on their notebooks. They show and tell to the class.

 Students: The Spanish class is on Tuesday.

Have students express their likes and dislikes for the school subjects. Place all the subjects on the board and as they express their preference write their name.

Students: I like Geography. I don’t like Math.

Contrast easy and difficult.

Teacher: Do you like Science? Raise your hand if the answer is yes !

Students: YES!

Teacher: Science is easy for you.

Teacher: Do you like Science? Raise your hand if the answer is NO !

Students: NO!

Teacher: Science is difficult for you.

Game:  What is the subject ?

Write the list of the subjects that you are working on a piece of paper. Place the subjects can in a can. I suggest that you make puppets which are easier to pull out. Tell the students that they are going to pick a card or puppet from the can. Have the students line up as they hear the subject word.

Teacher: Biology! Math!

Check that they are lined up correctly as you collect all the subject cards or puppets.

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Telling the time for ESL Learners

Here is the link to all the telling the time resources:    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Telling-the-time-for-ESL-4532035

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Start by reviewing the numbers 1 to 60 perhaps. Check my blog post with many ideas for a nice practice.  https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/01/numbers-1-to-100-for-esl-learners-part-2.html

As for my experience I teach both the analog and the digital clock. I made both in flashcards. Leave a comment as in which one you teach the most. 

Make sure that students understand the hands of the clock.

Start with o’clock. Place a random flashcard on the board.

                       Teacher: It’s one o’clock.

                       Students:  It’s one o’clock.

Have the students try with the other flashcards.

Then, place the flashcards in random places around the classroom.  Say a time and have a student go find it.

Teacher: (Patricia). It’s twelve o’clock.

Make a reference to the digital clocks.

Have the students match the digital clocks to the analog clocks.

Continue with more time telling flashcards.

I made a bigger analog clock to place on the board and write the vocabulary next to each number or the digital numbers. Students will create their own clock and words with a smaller worksheet.

Write different times on the board and have the students come to the front and put the corresponding flashcard.

Hand in the worksheet for multiple listening practice. Insert the worksheet into a clear plastic sheet for next use.

Or cut them and place contact paper on each one to write the time.

               And another worksheet for writing practice.

Listening is another skill that show be reinforced for teaching the time.

On the art side of the lesson plan include creating a clock. It will be fun to do an analog clock. Have them decorate their clock as they wish using glitter, sequins and any other decoration. Students can glue the printable onto construction paper, cardboard or fun foam. After cutting the clock hands, they can attach them using a butterfly clip.

Have the students play in pairs using the clock they made.

Student A: It’s a quarter to three.

Student B: (demonstrates using his clock)

           Or do a label the clock. Either digital or analog.

A game. Hand in a small clock and a slip of paper to each student. Have them write the time on the slip of paper. Get all the slips of paper and small cards.  Divide the class into two groups, one with the clock cards and another with the slips of paper. At your signal, students stand up and walk around finding the correct pair.

Dictation using the flashcards. Grab all the flashcards that you want to review and without showing them, dictate to the students the time. They write them down on the down on their notebooks. Then place them on the board and have the students correct their work.

        Match the digital clock and the analog clock cards.

              A worksheet that is game board. Play with dice.

After all this, model a small role play and then have students practice in pairs.

Teacher: Excuse me, What time is it ?

Student A using his clock: It’s three o’clock.

Teacher: Thank you.

Student A: You’re welcome.

Take extra time for teaching: Morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, midnight. Use the flashcards and the digital cutout clocks. You might want to point out Good morning! And I defined some hours. Usually morning starts at sunrise and night starts at sunset but it varies depending on the country.

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TESOL 19 Convention - the next day

Another day at the Convention. I am so happy to be there, I have enjoyed every single moment. I encourage you all to attend next year. It will be in Denver, USA.

The book exhibit is one of the places that is always full of people. I bought a book at the TESOL bookstore. They have books online at www.tesol.org/bookstore

One of the session that I attended today was presented by Teachers from Alianza Cultural Uruguay. They took the 6 principles from TESOL and used it in their English as a Foreign Language Context for Training and Hiring Teachers in Uruguay. Training from them is available on line (silvia.laborde@alianza.edu.uy). I suggest you contact them if you are interested.Great approach and interesting idea. Teachers can adapt  the 6 principles to their own teaching setting. The 6 principles book can be bought at the TESOL online bookstore from the link above.

The other session was about Translanguaging in Early Childhoos and Elementary.  Here is the concept.

This new pedagody is a new fresh look at students in the USA classrooms.

I will blog more about this in the future. I was really surprised to know about it.
The convention continues tomorrow!

TESOL Convention 19

Yesterday the Tesol 19 Convention started! I am at the beautiful Downtown Atlanta.

 The opening note was in charge of David Harrison. It was wonderful. He has written a book: The last Speaker.

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As for today I attended several meetings.The first one was the role that as ESL or EFL teachers have but we were not trained for and still manage to do. We serve as Teacher Leader in our school, we serve as Instructional Coach sometimes by providing professional support to our peers. We also serve as an administrator in our schools. Holistic changes have to be made. There are courses in the U.S.A to train on how to fill in all these roles.

I also went to the Poster session. Several were interesting for Preschool and Elementary EFL Teachers. I took a picture of them.
One was teaching using art.

Another one was presented by a Bolivian teacher.

Holidays as a Teaching Tool presented by a Mexican Teacher.

A very important one that we as teachers have be aware of that there are students suffering from anxiety and we do not even know.

The convention is focused on the 6 principles for teaching. Interesting enough to visit the website for more detailed information.https://www.tesol.org/the-6-principles/about

The last one was about adpating materials for the classroom. Many teachers use materials mainly textbooks that are imposed by the administration in their schools and maybe they are not the best for the specific students sitting in your classroom, so what should you do.Well, adapt! 

Tomorrow is another day full of sessions!