Talk a Lot is a great new way to learn spoken English, and quite a departure from the standard ELT course book. Instead of spending hours reading and writing, students have the opportunity to engage in challenging and fun speaking and listening activities with their friends. The ten lesson topics studied in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 are: Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Time. •Complete 12-week spoken English course •All materials, instructions and answers are included •Brand new and unique learning method •Learn and recall questions, answers and negatives using 8 common verb forms •Learn 400+ essential vocabulary words •100% photocopiable On this course students learn how to think in English as well as Talk a Lot! The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple: •Every student talking in English •Every student listening to and understanding English •Every student thinking in English, and •Every student taking part in class Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher. The main benefits of Talk a Lot are: •Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way •Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons •Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive, negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional •Students learn 400+ essential vocabulary words by heart •Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly With best wishes for a successful course,

Are your students looking at holidays, tourism or travel? These fun ESL teaching worksheets will make a lot of difference to their motivation. These worksheets could be completed as a homework task or in the classroom. I have also included a blank copy of the templates. This lets the students create their own quizzes and share them with the rest of the class. Vocabulary 2. 40 Discussion Words 3. Collocations 4. English Spelling Statements 5. English Idioms Grammar 6. Tense Conversion 7. 5 Forms of the Verb 8. Sentence Blocks 9. Word Stress Pronunciation 10. English Word Stress Statements 11. Sentence Stress 12. Clear Alphabet Translation 13. Connected Speech 14. Discussion Questions Speaking & Listening 15. Situations 16. Describe the Pictures 17. Research Activities 18. Fun Fact Quiz 19. Answers

KS2 Life Cycles Science Vocabulary and Spelling pack. Each keyword below is linked into the presentation to a photo or an image. In addition, the end of the presentation contains a link to even more resources you can use in the classroom. 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 Life Cycles Science Vocabulary Pack: reproduce reproduction stamen stigma sepal petal ovary pollen style germinate germination fertilise fertilisation pollinate pollination disperse dispersal life cycle babyhood childhood adolescence adulthood 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.

Set of PowerPoints, Word Mats and a set of 31 Teaching activities to try in the classroom. I have created an entire series of Science Vocabulary packs to help teachers get more out of their science lessons and make them a lot more fun! Words Covered: materials natural man-made manufactured object change bake bend twist stretch squash heat cool freeze melt 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.

These five full PowerPoint lessons focus on addition, subtraction, and mental calculation methods. The lessons start with a mental warm up lesson. This is followed by a fun interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons finish with interesting, differentiated learning challenges for the the students. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 3 Title Addition and Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  add  know what near doubles are  use doubles to solve near double problems. Lesson 2: Week 3 Title Understanding Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  subtract  take a one-digit number away from a multiple of 10  remember our number bonds. Lesson 3: Week 3 Title Understanding
Subtraction,
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Strategies Learning Objective:  add and subtract  add a one-digit number to a teens number. Lesson 4: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  more ways to add and subtract  to subtract a one-digit number from a number 20 to 28, crossing the 20 boundary. Lesson 5: Week 3 Title Understanding Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  subtract  subtract a teens number from a two-digit number  find unknowns.

I was trying to develop some ideas about how to present "Talk Iike a Pirate Day" to my lower ESL classes - those learning English or needing more support. I came across a video using the alphabet to teach about pirates using simple English and my Talk Like A Pirate resource, Pirate Alphabet, was developed. I hope you like it. The big idea is to print out the pages, and make them into fun flash cards. I have included a presentation explaining the 31 different ways you can use these flashcards in the classroom to help your children expand their vocabulary and improve their memory skills. In addition, I have added some creative writing prompts for a fun set of English lessons. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different objects being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the images to make an interesting, eye-catching Pirate Alphabet display. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different pirate related objects. The students can then discuss if they can think of other pirate related objects starting with this lesson. The images could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

The comes with 2 powerpoint files and list of words in a text file. In addition, there is a link to more online resources relating to this topic. In addition, I added more documents, a 31 teaching activity guide and a word mat. The words covered are: Forces & movement force movement direction distance further furthest fast faster fastest slow slower slowest higher highest speed up slow down change direction change shape twist squeeze stretch pull push twist 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.

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.

KS2 Light & shadows Science Vocabulary and Spelling List. The keywords which are listed below also appear in the spelling list and presentation. The presentation lists images to the keywords. At the end of the presentation there is a link to even more teaching resources about this topic. I have also included a useful 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide to help you get the most out of using this purchase and also to help to make your lessons more dynamic and fun! Words appearing in the KS2 Light & shadows Science Vocabulary Pack light dark shadow transparent opaque direction light travels translucent shortest longest highest object material light source Sun night day 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 learning Hindi? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Hindi? 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 Hindi. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Hindi. 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. Hindi 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 Hindi!: 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 Hindi pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Hindi. The students could write about a topic in Hindi 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 dinosaurs being shown in each of the images. I have added 30 photos of dinosaurs and a really great presentation about the 31 different ways you could use these teaching resources within your classroom. The Dinosaur visual prompts are also an excellent way of prompting creative writing. 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.

Thinking Hats can be found in schools, businesses and a wide range of industries. I have created a set of resources for Key Stage 2 resources to use with almost any reading book. The worksheets are not linked to any book or any particular reading scheme and can be used more than once. These worksheets allow students to examine the same book from 6 different angles and so get a lot more from their reading experiences. These worksheets also provide a real reason to read their books carefully. I have used Thinking Hats a lot in the classroom and have found them to really motivate students to read more. These worksheets can also be used as a useful homework worksheet resource.

This week provides full power point presentations helping students to understand place value and ordering. The lessons contain a 10 minute mental warm up, and then a whole class teaching session. The lessons finish with helpful suggestions about main lesson lesson activities students could try. Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numerals  compare and order numbers  give a number which lies between two numbers  order numbers and position on a hundred square. Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  what each digit in a two-digit number represents  to order numbers  to use numbers greater than 100. Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value, Ordering and Estimating Learning Objective:  how to recognise numbers  where numbers are on a number line  to understand the words used with estimation  how to round more accurately. Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value, Ordering and Addition Learning Objective:  to recognise tens and ones  how to combine a tens number and a one-digit number to make a two-digit number  how to write a number sentence  to combine a hundreds, tens and one-digit number. Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value and Addition Learning Objective:  recognise the relationship between digits in a two-digit number  combine numbers to make a two-digit number.

Here are 5 PowerPoint lessons, complete with a mental warm up, about doubling, halving, multiplying and dividing. The main part of the lesson provides a whole class, interactive learning session. The lessons finish with a differentiated teaching challenges for the students. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 10 Title Making Multiplication Number Sentences Learning Objective:  how to multiply  how to use words to describe multiplication  about multiplication and repeated addition  to use the ‘x’ and ‘=’ signs in a number sentence. Lesson 2: Week 10 Title Division Learning Objective:  understand the difference between equal and unequal sharing  understand that equal sharing can leave a remainder. Lesson 3: Week 10 Title Doubles Learning Objective:  double numbers up to 15 quickly  use a range of strategies for doubling numbers greater than 15  understand the relationship between doubling and the 2 times-table. Lesson 4: Week 10 Title Halving Amounts Learning Objective:  understand doubling and halving are inverse operations  begin to halve multiples of 10 up to 100  recognise patterns in halving multiples of 10. Lesson 5: Week 10 Title Doubling Numbers Learning Objective:  recite our 5 times-table  begin to double any multiples of 5  develop strategies for doubling multiples of 5.

Five complete PowerPoint lessons about place values and ordering numbers. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by a highly interactive, whole class learning session. The final part of the lesson is for the students to complete the fun differentiated challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers in figures and words. Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  what a digit is  what each digit in a number means  to represent numbers as tens and ones. Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers to 100 and over  know what each digit in a number means. Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100. Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100.

Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Money and ‘Real Life’ problems. The students start the lesson with a fun interactive mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive, whole class, teaching session. The lessons end with differentiated learning activities. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  recognise all coins and understand how much they are worth  total coins  use decimal notation for money  solve problems correctly  explain how a problem was solved. Lesson 2: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  recognise coins and be able to total  make decisions and check results.   Lesson 3: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  choose the appropriate number operation  check results. Lesson 4: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  recognise and know the value of all coins  choose and total coins  make decisions and check results. Lesson 5: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  choose the correct number operation  recognise all coins.