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February Reading Writing, and Math Activities for Intermediate Grades

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:37:00 GMT

February is full of events to incorporate into the classroom (Super Bowl, Valentines Day, Groundhog Day, Winter Olympics, and more. This 79 page activity packet is sure to be of use to busy teachers!

Included activities are:
-Social Studies: Super Bowl geography (3 pages)

-Math: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Fraction, Decimal, and Probability Olympics (48 pages)

-A creative reading contest for the month with awards and tracking materials (4 pages)

-Groundhog Day lesson (3 pages)

-Super Bowl: BINGO, game board (5 pages)

-Valentines Day: BINGO, game board, station ideas (11 pages)

These activities will be fun for the kids and easy for you to use in the classroom!

#ELTBITES Challenge: We like to move it, move it

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:50:00 GMT

Once in a while I read something and I find myself thinking, "Now, why didn't I think of that?". Well, Richard Gresswell had such an idea. He started a blog, called it ELTBITES, and challenged us: "Describe an activity that requires no more than the teacher, students, and possibly making use of the board, pens, and paper. Describe the activity aims and procedure concisely in no more than 200

Stand By Me, Japan

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:53:00 GMT

This is a good an excuse as any to listen to a good song, and, at the same time, be reminded of the suffering the great nation had to endure earlier this year. Why not use this video as a springboard for a class discussion on natural disasters, for example? You might like to read this post on activities using songs.

Truth or Lie: Activity for any classroom

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:23:00 GMT

I recently responded to a blog challenge by a video recording of myself - you can see it by clicking here. Most EFL teachers are probably aware of the activity where students are asked to say some things about themselves, and the others are to guess if they're true or false. I suggested taking this a step further and have the students bring video recordings of themselves saying those things. But

Blog Challenge: Compare & Contrast

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:23:00 GMT

This challenge has been suggested by Anne & Brad. Although there are many personal photos in my collection that I can choose, I decided on these two, which weren't taken by me. And that's all I'm going to say about them! What can you say? Add your comments below.

Sheltering Change, more ideas for your lessons

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:05:00 GMT

I've always loved this song (written by Jagger/Richards, and released on the Stones' Let It Bleed album towards the end of 1969), and, as you probably already know, I'm very fond of Playing for Change, too. They are good enough reasons for me to link it here in this blog.But how can we use it in our lessons, you might ask. Well, think about it and tell me!I can think of numerous ideas - I'll just

Wagging the question, tagging the dog

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:00:00 GMT

You can tag the dog, but can you wag the question? Watch these two hilarious videos, and my question may become a little clearer. Reading Idioms Part 12 may also help.UK version:US version:The main issue, as you've probably noticed, is that of question tags (in both versions). In the US version, one of the girls constantly mixes up idioms - this is difficult to understand if you don't know the

Every Picture Tells A Story: Let The Students Speak!

Anonymous — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:47:00 GMT

Some of you may already know that we have a Twitter "group" which goes by the hashtag #eltpics, and each week we have a 'theme', this week's being Every Picture Tells a Story. These pictures here form part of my contribution to this theme. If you would like to share your photos, read through Sandy's post on how to join us. In recent weeks, I've suggested ways of using images to get students to

Cokey Monkey: Lesson Plan for Speaking Lesson on the 3000th ELTPics Image

Anonymous — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:28:00 GMT

Image by Kylie Barker This is my response to Sandy Millin's challenge for the 3000th ELTPics Image: What would you do with this picture in your classroom? Those of you who had been following the last few posts would have seen my digital mind maps done with the help of Bubbl.us. Unfortunately, the free version only allows a miserable three saved copies, so I had to look for alternatives. Coupled

Photos + Mind Map = Ideas on a Silver Platter

Anonymous — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:21:00 GMT

A few weeks ago, I suggested some ideas for a lesson based on a close-up image - if you've missed it, I suggest you read that first. Click here to read it.I snapped this shot today, and I thought I'd share some more ideas with you all. Between this and the previous article, I think you'll get an idea how you can start your students speaking on any picture. Ask them to share a picture from their