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.
Are you learning Urdu? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Urdu? 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 Urdu. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Urdu. 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.
Urdu 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 Urdu!: 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 Urdu pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Urdu. The students could write about a topic in Urdu before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different animals and beach locations being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about beaches.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different beach scenes.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different types of food being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about different types of food.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into the different types of food. The students can then order them from the least to most healthy.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different views being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about holiday locations and views.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of holiday views.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different robots being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about robots.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of robots. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Are you studying about night and day? This set of creative writing worksheets helps your students to explore an image using all their senses. They look at each picture and write down what they see, hear, smell, taste and touch. They then use these notes to write richer, better structured essays. This is a great way of preparing for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the images.
You could print off and laminate the images to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts.
The students could also take five of the laminated images and create them into a story .
The images could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Are your students studying about World Peace or the community? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun!
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 the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Peace.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Are your students studying about transport or car free day? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun!
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 the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about World Car Free Day.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of transport.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
It’s jam-packed from cover to cover with a great selection of photocopiable worksheets taken from the popular website. We wanted to provide teachers with a really useful book of no-nonsense grammar worksheets that they can dip into and use in class with students at Entry Level
(ESOL Core Curriculum Entry Levels 1 & 2). It is also ideal for students to work with at home since the answers are all printed at the back.
The book is divided into four parts and is graded in difficulty, so that it begins with some basic stuff and builds up to more challenging grammar activities. It features a selection of Essential English worksheets which provide practice for crucial basic areas of knowledge for learners at Entry Level, like using numbers, writing the alphabet, spelling days and months correctly, and so on.
, BGB 2 is packed with 101 printable worksheets for teaching and improving grammar skills in English. The topics are wide and varied, starting with Essential English worksheets that cover the basics, like the alphabet, days, months, and telling the time; then tenses (a lot about tenses!), then irregular verbs, question forms, word order in sentences, parts of English, uncountable nouns, and so on! If you have used the first BGB, you will know what to expect from this one. Around 25% of the worksheets in this book are closely modelled on activities in BGB 1, for example Full Stops 1 & 2 (pp.68-69).
The material starts off at beginner level, with the alphabet worksheets, then gets progressively more difficult, while staying in Elementary (A1 / A2) level. Only towards the end do things get “tougher”, with articles, conditionals, and phrasal verbs making their inevitable appearance! Don’t worry – all the answers and notes for use are included at the back of this book.
English teachers can use big grammar book 2 in class, although it may be better to use the worksheets for homework and let students focus on speaking and listening and group work – producing language – in class. It is ideal for private study – i.e. homework or self-study – and also for use in online lessons. Teachers can adapt the worksheets in this book, and I would positively encourage them to treat many of the pages as templates for producing their own activities. For example, the sentence building worksheets (from p.60) would be ideal for adaptation, among many others.
I hope you enjoy learning English with big grammar book 2!
Remember, a good understanding of English grammar will open doors of opportunity.
Calling all Active English Learners . . . !
Welcome to the English big activity book . The aim this time is to engage learners from about Level 1 (Intermediate) upwards in active English lessons. This extensive new collection provides a varied and interesting set of resources for practising a range of English language skills, from grammar to reading, and vocabulary building to developing research skills.
It’s divided into subject areas and there is a comprehensive answer section, which also gives notes for how to use the material. We have included two special sections towards the back of the book. The first is a collection of classroom games that have been tried and tested and really work. Some may be familiar while others are totally original. In publishing descriptions of these games and activities we are not in any way laying claim to having invented them. Our only aim is to disseminate ideas that work well at a range of levels and always seem to get a great response from learners.
The second special section is for reference and lists rhyming words, using the vowels and diphthongs from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). These pages provide support for learners as they come to identify spelling patterns and match together words with the sounds of English. However you use the book, we hope that you’ll enjoy learning English and come to a deeper understanding and appreciation of this fabulous language – which can be so entirely frustrating at times and so difficult to learn!
Hope you really enjoy this book.
It’s packed from cover to cover with worksheets that will really inspire learners, covering a huge variety of language areas. It’s aimed at learners who are studying at about Level 1 and can be used with all types of English classes, as well as for home study, since the answers to all of the activities, plus notes for using the worksheets, are included at the back of the book.
it’s divided into sections according to type of language skills being practised, namely grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, speaking & listening, and research skills. There are some activities that continue on from worksheets in the last book, for example more worksheets on abstract nouns and common idioms, more material on adjectives and synonyms, and more advanced spelling challenges, as well as two brand new reading comprehension tests.
We’ve included lots of exclusive material that has been written especially for this book and hasn’t been available anywhere else before, including worksheets on ‘its or it’s’, adverbs, syllables, understanding maps, and Calculator Code Words. We hope that there’s loads of stuff here for learners of English to get their teeth into – wherever you may be studying!
including . . .
‘-able’ or ‘-ible’ amazing inventions auxiliary verbs calculator code words common grammar mistakes describing people
ethical issues information exchange ‘its’ or ‘it’s’
missing syllables
order of adjectives
prefixes and suffixes
prepositions of time
present perfect tense
question tags
reading comprehension tests
silent letters
sound-alike words
tips for better English
. . . and much, much more!
Lesson 1: Week 5
Title Mass
Learning Objective:
solve measurement problems
use words about mass and ways of measuring weight
measure using non-standard units
compare weights
estimate and measure.
Mental Warm Up:
Imagine a spider is on number 4 of a hundred square. Which number is below it?
Main Lesson Idea:
Today we are going to be finding out about mass which is how heavy things are.
Educational Challenges
Make a poster of classroom objects that are heavier or lighter than a kilogram.
I love to get the students really talking about an issue. I saw another teacher do it and thought that this looks really effective.
My Walk to School Week teaching resources are designed to get the students to think about why we should walk to school, what are the alternatives and the benefits and the costs of walking to school using different modes of transport. They are also designed to get students really talking, listening and expressing their own ideas.
My teaching resources could be printed out and made into an eye catching, thought provoking display or used as a whole class discussion stimulus.
I am now making a new series of resources like this, so that teachers and students can get a lot more out of every lesson.
I have used a wide range of inspirations to create a fun conversation starting lesson about Christian Aid week. This lesson looks at different issues which may be covered in Christian Aid week such as what is war, what is peace, what is a home and how we can help our fellow man, woman and child.
I have started using conversation starters in my own lessons with great effect and I think you will also enjoy using them in your own lessons.
As stated in the presentation, while these resources will help you present your Christian Aid week lessons in class, I have no connection with Christian Aid.
Plants & animals in the local environment Science vocabulary unit actually has 4 presentations, rather than the usual 2 as I so enjoyed making them. The set does come complete with a easy to use spelling list. This pack also comes with a link at the end which show you were to find even more useful online resources on this topic.
I have also included a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher guide, word mats and vocabulary flashcards to get more out of each lesson.
Words use din this topic.
Plants & animals in the local environment
reproduce
produce young
produce new plants
animals
plants
shoot
within
under
next to
fruit
earth
soil
seeds
Additional documents are included with the permission of Sheffield Advisory and Inspection Service. These are available for free elsewhere online as word lists etc. However, not in the range of formats offered here.
KS1 Sound & hearing Science Vocabulary and Spelling Pack contains pictures for all the words listed below and an easy to use Spelling list. In addition the presentation contain a link to addition online teaching resources such as word maps and vocabulary lists in a different format.
I have expanded the pack and made it much more useful. It comes complete with a set of 31 teaching activities to try in the classroom.
Sound & hearing
sound
sounds
high
low
loud
quiet
shake
rattle
blow
pluck
tap
scrape
ring
silence
direction
louder
loudest
quieter
quietest
noise
soft
further away
nearer
hear
ear
faint
fainter
volume
Additional documents are included with the permission of Sheffield Advisory and Inspection Service. These are available for free elsewhere online as word lists etc. However, not in the range of formats offered here.
KS2 Reversible & Irreversible Changes Science Vocabulary and Spelling pack. This pack contains photos and images linked to each of the keywords listed below. In addition, at the end of the presentation is a link to more useful teaching resources.
I have included picture and word flash cards and a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide to help you get more out of each lesson. The guide provides easy to set up, well paced activities which both you and your students will enjoy.
Words used in the KS2 Reversible & Irreversible Changes Science Vocabulary pack:
reversible
irreversible
change
melting
freezing
evaporating
condensing
dissolving
filtering
separating
burning
insoluble
solid
liquid
gas
Additional documents are included with the permission of Sheffield Advisory and Inspection Service. These are available for free elsewhere online as word lists etc. However, not in the range of formats offered here.
Are you teaching about different toys. Here are some nice presentations which let you compare different toys from now and in the past. It also has great English story writing prompt to help your students get more out of this topic.
Test Your Research Skills
A First Class Quiz
Examples of some of the research questions
1. What is the name of the company that delivers mail in the UK?
a) UK Postal Service b) Royal Mail c) BT
2. When was it founded?
a) 1635 b) 1861 c) 1949
3. Who was the King or Queen of England at that time?
a) King Charles 1 b) King Henry VIII c) Queen Victoria