After 40 years of teaching, I have retired from the classroom with many lovely memories, a few embarrassing regrets, and loads of acquired insight into what teaching is really about. In short snippets, I am sharing some of these insights with you in the coming weeks. This is #6. Speak English to young learners - from the very beginning
This day is set aside to honor and celebrate Native Americans, the first Americans to live in North America.
It can be celebrated on different dates. For example, in Wisconsin and South Dakota, it falls on the second Monday in October. However, in Nevada and California, the date is celebrated on the fourth Friday in September.
A theme page about the Native Americans, suitable for intermediate level (A2-B1) students, year 7-9 in Sweden. Related topics: Thanksgiving 3-7, Colonisation of North America 8-9, Indigenous Peoples' Day
Background Some of our students have lost some of their family members. The teacher needs to take this into consideration when tackling this lesson. It is good to know the numbers from 1-40 before studying this lesson.
Background In a multicultural class, it is important to see how we think alike across cultures. Let students use the dictionary / internet to find their favourite things (food, sports, etc) in English.
ESL Vocabulary Games: 10 Classroom Activities To Make Learning English Fun | Games4esl These tried and tested ESL vocabulary Games are guaranteed to make learning English fun. Includes free resources for teaching English as a second language.
ESL Story Dice Online - ESL Kids Games Online Story Dice is a fun and free way to create stories, practice writing or speaking using randomly generated pictures.
Scattagories for Kids! - ESL Kids Games Scattagories for Kids is a fun online interactive game. Students need to guess as many words as they can before the time runs out!
