My teaching partner and I each had
our classes read paired texts on trees and create their choice of products to demonstrate what they had learned.
Not exact matches
You will find different types of activities to allow a greater differentiation in your
class: - A brainstorming with a shopping list as a starter - A classification of items - A
reading about breakfast with a comprehension grid - A matching up activity with breakfast items - A grammar point about count - non count nouns - A practice about the grammar point - An introduction to quantifier words (box, can, bottle, tube...)- A conversation with gaps and count / non - count / quantifiers nouns - A ranking activity with likes, dislikes and opinions - Vocabulary about other meals (lunch, snack, dinner)- Further vocabulary matching up about fruit and vegetables - A conversation with opinions in
pairs - 2 writing activities about food and favorite dishes.
You can also check the Youtube video I made on the same topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D66r8guvfDc Some ideas how to use it in
class: - Simply
read the story to French beginners - Work out the meaning of the book in
pairs with the pictures as an aid - Show them the first two pages and identify patterns (which tense is it / what are the endings of the imperfect)- Only show the picture and ask the students to write a sentence about it in the imperfect tense following the same pattern (then show them the possible answer)- Ask them to create a similar book in the IT suite or for homework Please do not hesitate to share more ideas in the messages below!
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reading comprehensions to be passed around the
class - best if pupils work in
pairs.
Excellent for the individual,
pairs, teams and whole
class activities; for comparing current knowledge / ideas with reality and for developing important life skills in terms of
reading, writing, speaking, illustration, research, analysis, presentation and confidence.
During the next 40 minutes, the
class will recite a poem about an apple, learn a dozen new words for various moods (glad, joyful, frustrated), sing a short jingle about how we
read text («Top to bottom, left to right...»), and come up with
pairs of rhyming words («sad» and «mad,» «train» and «chain,» «bee» and «pea»).
Top Trumps can be played in
pairs, group or as a
class starter and encourages
Reading, Listening and Talking.
Certain techniques were flagged up «no hands rule; use of mini-white boards, Kagan, learning environments that are supporting; bolstering self - esteem; positivity; curiosity; creativity; identify students to lead plenary at end of lesson at the beginning; Get
class blogging — quadblogging; tallies for whole
class rewards; encouraging independent learning; wait time when questioning; talk about their thinking and reasoning; conversational learning; talk with learning partners before answering any questions;
pair and share; Glazer learning model structure for lesson delivery — a good mix of interaction and independent work; offering choice to pupils; cross
class working; allowing time to play; list / describe / explain / evaluate; new audiences beyond the school; project based learning and philosopy; swapping age - groups; cross-curricular working;
read to them every day; invite varied guests in; learning by discovery using pupils» interests; stand back and watch with purpose.
Or give a one - minute explanation of the directions to the whole
class in place of or prior to students
reading the directions silently or in
pairs.
When they are finished, you might invite volunteers to
read to the whole
class, or have students form
pairs or small groups to
read excerpts to each other first.
Every Friday, at the end of the day, half of the
class switched with half of a fifth - grade
class for 20 minutes of
paired readings.
Overall, the research showed that the use of instructional grouping formats, especially student
pairing, had more positive effects on students»
reading achievement than whole
class instruction.
You might also
pair it with
reading one of the Snowmen at Night books by Caralyn Buehner to your
class to spark your students» imaginations.
They can practice
reading aloud as a
class chorus, in small groups or
pairs, and at home to family members.
Also,
pairing upper grade students with lower grade students, such as having a fourth grade
class buddy up with a first grade
class, provides
reading practice for all students and can be fun and motivating for both groups.
After these paragraphs are completed, create an audio recording of each student
reading his or her composition,
pairing it with a projected image of the Traylor or Hunter print, and share the production with the entire
class.
A
pair of students can
read each poem or page aloud to the
class.