http://teacherlingo.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=elementary,listening+skills,activities,past+simple&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'elementary', 'listening skills', 'activities', and 'past simple'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/11/24/stand-by-me-japan.aspxThu, 24 Nov 2011 10:53:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:539503AnonymousThis 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.http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/04/13/a-day-in-the-life-one-song-countless-activities-simple-past-cloze-phrasal-verbs-vocabulary-etc.aspxWed, 13 Apr 2011 21:43:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:468143AnonymousIn We Are The Champions, I wrote about several ideas you could do with songs in the classroom, so if you'd missed it, you ought to take a look now. Warm-up Play the video, freeze it when Paul McCartney can be seen. Ask if anyone knows him, what they know: the group he belonged to, the instrument he plays, the period the song was written, etc. Gap-fill Play the video once, asking them to listen