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Editable Reading Spinner - Stories with Lessons 2
A great activity after reading or hearing a story. Kids spin the spinner (only need a pencil and a paperclip!) and answer the question. Promotes discussion and a better understanding of the book/reading! See also my other 11 spinners!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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Oral Activities - Topics to Talk about
This is an awesome resource for oral language that I just kept on my desk for reference. Whenever we have our discussion time, we do one of these questions. They will work for any age or level. You could talk with partners, small groups, or whole class. More advanced classes could even write out their answers before or after sharing. You could have...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: others
Downloads: 26
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Reading Spinner - Focus on stories, what is important?
Great activity after hearing a story - focussing on questions about stories. All you need is one copy per group, and a pencil/paper clip is your spinner. Easy, low material activity to promote discussion and better understanding of stories!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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Favourite Things Game
An awesome game that gets kids talking about things they like while they play! Can be adapted to various levels of language ability. All you need is a coin and a couple things to hold your place and you have a great game for kids! When they land on a space with a topic in it, they need to say, "My favourite (topic) is ___" to stay there. As a varia...
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-12
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 2
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nonfiction text features handout/poster and activities
Fully editable poster/handout of the features of nonfiction texts and how they help us understand. Great skill and strategy to help ESL learners understand their textbooks in english and in their native language. Also includes a few activities where students fill in the chart for other readings. I photocopied a page from a book for activity one - d...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 61
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Editable Time and Daily Routines with Elmo Minibook #3 of 3: Own Book
Book 3 of 3 on time to the hour and daily routines with Elmo. Now students make their own books. If you have a small class, I did one for my daughter with photos of her doing the things from her daily routines, she is learning to read the different vocab words for both time and her daily routines.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 80
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Features of Poetry and Worksheets
3-page download. The first is another features poster on poetry. This one isn�t as hard as it first appears, if students follow the two samples and the guide, but when they are done, they sound as if they were hard. Students who have difficulties still ended up with sophisticated-sounding poems using this model. I use poetry as a way to practise pa...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Editable Time and Daily Routines with Elmo Minibook #1 - Readings and fillin clocks
Book 1 of 3 on time to the hour and daily routines with Elmo. 2 versions! One in words (o�clock) and one in numbers (8:00). Reading, fill in the clock to the hour, take it home to practice reading/oral/vocab. My daughter loves this one! Next practise filling in more about what time it is, then finish it up with their own book of their own routines!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 97
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Practice for Real-life Conversations
A list of ideas for students to role-play real-life situations they will likely face. I keep it on my desk as a resource for ideas, and check them off as we do them. Examples include: you want to buy something but you can�t find it... politely disagree with someone�s opinion... serving people and ordering in a restaurant.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 14
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Reading Spinner - what do you do when you�re stuck???
A great activity after reading or hearing a book/story/text. Focus of this spinner is on how to understand harder texts - what tricks can you use? Kids spin the spinner (only need a pencil and a paperclip!) and answer the question. Promotes discussion and a better understanding of the book/reading! Focus of this spinner is on how to understand hard...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6
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