Test Your Listening Skills!
The 80 Question Oral Quiz
This is a dictation quiz where you read the numbers, letters and words below, and students write what they hear. It can be adapted by allowing students to dictate to each other:
Test Your Writing Skills
What’s Your Favourite? 2
A) Write your favourite things below:
Example questions...
1. My favourite colour is: _____________________________
2. My favourite food is: _____________________________
3. My favourite TV programme is: _____________________________
I am now using the public domain SWRL's Beginning Reading Program (BRP) and my children really love it. I thought I would develop a lot more teaching resources for this fabulous product.
I have a set of small and a set of large flashcards. One is for the students and one is for whole class learning.
I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.
Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills
Finish the Sentences 2
Read the following sentences out loud. Students have to write an appropriate ending to each sentence. A correct answer is a sentence that makes sense, both in meaning and grammar (note: this could also be a straight writing exercise):
Example questions...
1. Please sit _______________________________________________.
2. How old are _______________________________________________?
3. It will soon be lunch _______________________________________________.
Test Your Writing Skills
What’s Your Least Favourite. . . ?
A) Write your least favourite things below:
Example questions...
1. My least favourite colour is: ________________________
2. My least favourite food is: ________________________
3. My least favourite TV programme is: ________________________
Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills
What’s Your Favourite...?
Practise asking these questions with your friends. Write down their answers.
Ask why they have chosen each answer as their favourite:
Example questions...
What’s your favourite colour?
What’s your favourite food?
What’s your favourite fruit?
Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills
Role Playing – Shopping
1. Buying a CD
Scene: a music shop. Bob works in the shop. Sue is a customer.
Sue: Hi. I’m looking for Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits.
Bob: It’ll be in the Rock Music section. Let’s go and have a look.....
Read the rest here...
*** Contains a PowerPoint presentation of the book, which contains a wide range of different teaching activities ****
Book 15: Sam Is Mad comes complete with a reading certificate so every child feels they are becoming successful reader at each part of the course. The books also contain a set of guided reading questions.
I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.
Book 15: Sam Is Mad
New Words
mad - Decodable
that - Special Word
Plot Summary
Mit the Chimp makes a paper-bag lion mask and puts
it over his head. He pretends to be Sam the Lion and
teases the other animals. Sis, Nan and a new character,
Baby Bear, see through Mit’s disguise and are angry at
his tricks. Sam is the angriest when he discovers Mits’
impersonation of him. Finally, Mit drops the mask and
tells the animals that Sam is the real lion.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at
least five times in the book in which it first appears and
five more times in the next ten books.
**** Complete with a PowerPoint presentation of the book which contains a wide range of different teaching activities *****
Book 16: Sid
New Words
at - Decodable
Sid - Decodable
Plot Summary
Mat meets Sid the Horse and teases Sid by pulling his
tail. Sid gets mad and kicks Mat. Mat decides he wants
to ride Sid but Sid bucks him off. Finally, Mat lures Sid
with a big apple. As Sid is moving along with Mat on
his back, he suddenly stumbles into a pool of water.
Sid gets the apple and Mat gets wet.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at
least five times in the book in which it first appears and
five more times in the next ten books.
I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.
Qatar History and Citizenship is a compulsory subject for any primary school teacher in Qatar.
When I taught this subject in Qatar, I was surprised to discover how thin the student text book was, how little resources were available for students on the Internet and that there was no teacher guide to help teachers effectively teach this subject.
Each of these Yearly teaching packs contain lesson plans and additional worksheets to support 39 weekly lessons. These lessons cover all a student needs to know about the subject, and the lessons are designed to motivate and excite a student's interest in the history around them.
These worksheets could be printed out and used as workbooks in the classroom, sent home as additional homework or shared via an interactive whiteboard.
*** Please note that these resources are designed to be used with the official text book, not as a replacement. ***
The KS1 Guided Reading Thinking Hats worksheets provide students a chance to explore different approaches to thinking and reading a book. When students use Thinking Hats with their guided reading book, they can view the same book from 6 different angles.
The worksheets are non-book specific and can be used with a wide range of different books from any levelled or unlevelled reading scheme.
These worksheets are particularly useful when a student has finished a book before they move onto a new book. It is a great way of checking their understanding and making sure they have got as much as they can from every book they read.
I have been teaching as a primary school teacher for over 14 years. These worksheets can be used both in the classrooms and as homework sheets.
The students will enjoy the wide range of activities on offer and be motivated to read more books and share their ideas with others.
This comprehensive pack of worksheets is not linked to any particular book or reading scheme and can be used time and again with different books.
These worksheets can be used as a class, independently or in small groups. The worksheets are well laid out and colourful. They could also be used as homework sheets. I use them to assess how much a student understood a particular book before letting them to change their book.
These worksheets were designed by a highly experienced, motivated primary school teacher to make reading fun and provide an interesting focus to the reader. There are masks to make for plays, mind maps to extend a students thinking, and lots of chances for students to really shine.
As this pack has worksheets from Year 1 to Year 6, there is something for every reader. There are worksheets for fiction and non-fiction books. There are worksheets looking at stories and others focusing on poetry.
Are you looking for pictures of different animals that people keep as pets? Here is pack of 30 different photos. Some animals are better than others as pets. The students could discuss the advantages and disadvantages of keeping each of these pets.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different pets being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about pets.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different sorts of pets. The students can then discuss if each animal would make a suitable pet for them.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing or for researching into the lives of different animals.
Are you teaching your students about things we find around the house? Are you looking for some colourful flashcards? I have collected 30 photos of every day items for you to share with you class.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about furniture.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different sorts of furniture and household items. The students can then discuss the materials used to make the different types of furniture and different objects.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing.
Are your students about to study seating or chairs. Are they needing to design their own seating. This set of 30 photos of seating and chairs would make a great set of resources to promote discussion and spark their own design ideas.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about chairs and seating.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different sorts of chairs and seating. The students can then discuss the types of chairs they like.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing.
Are your students studying Ancient China? Are you looking for resources about Ancient China? I have collected together 30 photos and drawings about life in Ancient China. These are a great way of starting a discussion on Ancient China. The images are a great starting point on this era and will prompt them to ask more questions and think more deeply about this subject.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Ancient China.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Chinese objects and artifacts. The students can then discuss how they think each one was used.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Are you introducing your students to the toys of the past? I have collected together 30 images of toys which were popular around 200 years ago. The students can see which ones we still play with today, and how toys have changed over time.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about toys from the past.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different sorts of toys. The students can then discuss how they decided on each you would be used.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing.
Are you teaching your students about Sikhism and the history of Sikhism? Are you looking for some visual resources to support your teaching? I have collected together 30 high quality images and photos relating to the topic of Sikhism. The pictures would help to make an interesting display or a good starting lesson about this topic.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Sikhism.
The students could also take the laminated photos and images and sort them into different aspects of Sikhism.
The students can then discuss why they think each one is important to Sikh history.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.