I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
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American English 1
Despite most of them having English as their first language, British and American people sometimes use different words to talk about the same things.
Match the British English word on the left with the American English equivalent on the right.
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Advanced Homophones 1
Example questions...
Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings.
Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words:
1. heard ___________________________
2. knit ___________________________
3. carrot ___________________________
4. air ___________________________
Comes with an answer sheet.
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Homophones 5
Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings.
Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words:
1. leak ___________________________
2. dear ___________________________
3. cheque ___________________________
4. bore ___________________________
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Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions 2
Fill in the gaps to spell fifteen different emotions:
Examples
1. _ o _ e _ _
2. _ i _ e a _ a _ e
3. e _ e _ _ e _ i _
4. _ u _ _
Complete with an answer sheet
Are you learning Irish Gaelic? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Irish Gaelic? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in Irish Gaelic. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Irish Gaelic. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day's vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone!
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Irish Gaelic Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a hand-out.
Let's Talk in Irish Gaelic!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in Irish Gaelic pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Irish Gaelic. The students could write about a topic in Irish Gaelic before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
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.
Welcome to the Let’s Write in Irish Gaelic!pack.
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Irish Gaelic. The students could write about a topic in Irish Gaelic before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the 'Let’s Talk in Italian!' pack.
This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
There are lots of different ways you could use this pack. You could laminate them into two cards and get each student to talk about what they had seen in their picture.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the Italian Bingo pack.
This is a simple starter game for students.
There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Talk about the picture and then ask your students to select and write down 5 items from the
picture. Then look at the picture and pick out all the key vocabulary you want them to talk about.
The first student to have all their items read out is the winner.
With 57 different settings and 114 different game cards, there are plenty chances for great
vocabulary.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
I based this teaching pack on ESL teaching resources I had created. I wanted something I could use to discuss different places and locations with my students. The worksheets are in English and then the students translate them into Mandarin. Each of the 57 pages is full of items Mandarin students need to learn the names of. The students finish each lesson playing a word game of Bingo to show they have understood the words used in each session.
Mandarin Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Let's Talk in Mandarin!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in Mandarin pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Mandarin. The students could write about a topic in Mandarin before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
Are you learning Persian? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Persian? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in Persian. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Persian. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day's vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone!
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Persian Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on
the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Let's Talk in Persian!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in Persian pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Persian. The students could write about a topic in Persian before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
Welcome to the Let’s Talk in Mandarin! pack.
This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
What works very well is for the two pictures to be directly projected on a wall. The teacher talks about the top picture, such as 'In my picture, I can see two seagulls flying.'... then the students model their responses, using the sentence structure provided by the teacher.
There are lots of different ways you could use this pack. You could laminate them into two cards and get each student to talk about what they had seen in their picture.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
I developed these teaching resources from my ESL teaching pack. The worksheets are in English and need to be verbally translated into Polish. The packs contain 57 different settings for the students to talk about in Polish and extend their Polish vocabulary. There is also a fun worksheet where the students remember as many words as they can in Polish about a specific topic and play a game of Polish word bingo with their teacher.
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Polish Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on
the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Let's Talk in Polish!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in Polish pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Polish. The students could write about a topic in Polish before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
This Space bundle is out of this world! It is uses a huge number of different resources. It has images from NASA, English story writing prompts and the keywords students need to know about this topic. Try it today!
Lots of different aspects of water are covered in this bundle. There are enough pictures to create and interesting water cycle display. There is also a complete unit on the weather.
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Homophones 4
Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings.
Examples
Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words:
1. wore ___________________________
2. plum ___________________________
3. so ___________________________
4. two ___________________________
Complete with answers.
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Just Vowels - Oscar-winning Film Directors 1
Fill in the gaps to spell the names of ten Oscar-winning film directors:
Examples
1. _ o _ _ o _ a _ _
2. _ _ e _ e _ _ _ i e _ _ e _ _
3. _ e _ _ i _ _ o _
4. _ a _ e _ _ a _ e _ o _
Complete with answer sheet
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Just Vowels - Oscar-winning Film Directors 2
Fill in the gaps to spell the names of ten Oscar-winning film directors:
Examples
1. _ o _ e _ _ _ e _ _ o _ _
2. _ o o _ _ A _ _ e _
3. _ _ a _ _ i _ _ o _ _ _ o _ _ o _ a
4. _ o _ e _ _ _ i _ _
Complete with an answer sheet
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The Girl Who Got Bigger and Bigger, by Matt Purland
Reading Comprehension 1
Read the story and answer the questions below:
example
The Girl Who Got Bigger and Bigger, by Matt Purland
There was once a girl who wanted to be grown up like her parents, so she made a special drink that would make her grow, and she did grow. She grew until she was as big as her parents, but she didn’t stop there. She kept on growing until her foot was the size of her house....
Example Questions:
1. How did the girl grow bigger?
2. How did her parents react to her growing bigger?
Answers are included
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The London Underground – Alphabetical Order
Write these 30 London Underground (Tube) stations in alphabetical order:
South Wimbledon
Ealing Broadway
All Saints
Vauxhall
South Woodford.....
Comes complete with an answer sheet
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Elementary Homophones 3
Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings.
Put together the words that sound the same:
road their waste sale write tide sew
saw wear vain some tail tea too weak
Examples
1. to ___________________________
2. tale ___________________________
3. rode ___________________________
4. sail ___________________________
Contains a worksheet