We would like to present a new game for our 6th grade students: Snakes and Ladders – Superlatives Edition. With this fun activity, children can practise superlative adjectives in English while they roll the dice, move around the board and answer questions. It is a playful way to improve grammar, speaking and participation in class.... Seguir lendo →
Mission: Find the Red Ball!
Today our classroom turned into a mystery zone. To finish our unit, we transformed the classroom into an Action Zone to practice everything we learned about furniture, animals, and those tricky prepositions (in, on, under). Our goal was simple but challenging: use our Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing skills to solve the mystery of the... Seguir lendo →
Learning vocabulary through play
In our English class, we have been learning vocabulary through fun and active games. Before playing, we practised the words orally, and the students made their own flashcards. This made the activity even more meaningful and motivating for them. 1.Jump and say! One of the games was a jumping challenge. The vocabulary cards were placed... Seguir lendo →
Learning Vocabulary with Flip Books in Primary
In our English lessons, we try to learn new words in a fun, active and meaningful way. One of the resources we use in class is the vocabulary flip book. Flip books are small and simple, but they are very useful. Pupils can write words, add pictures and organise vocabulary in an easy way. They... Seguir lendo →
Ready, Set… Exit Ticket
Today, we want to share one of the most successful routines in our English classes: Exit Tickets. An Exit Ticket is a quick activity (2 to 3 minutes) we do at the end of the lesson. It includes a simple question or challenge to see what the students learned today. Un Exit Ticket é unha... Seguir lendo →
Learning English Through Play: Bingo & Build the Sentence
This week in our English classroom, we continued working with our story Where’s My Red Ball? through two interactive activities that helped us practise listening, speaking and early writing skills in a fun and meaningful way. The first activity was a Bingo game. But not a traditional vocabulary bingo! Instead of calling out single words,... Seguir lendo →
BINGO TIME with Spot!
We’re playing a new game inspired by our story Where’s My Red Ball? Through this fun bingo activity, children practise:✨ Prepositions (in, on, under…)✨ Furniture vocabulary✨ Comprehension of full sentences Learning English through play makes it easier, more meaningful and more fun! Download the material here: Bingo cards Seguimos traballando a historia Where’s My Red... Seguir lendo →
Handa’s Surprise in our classroom!
This month we are starting to work with the story Handa’s Surprise, originally written and illustrated by Eileen Browne. We are using a classroom adaptation of the original story. We have kept the heart of the story, but we have made some small changes in the vocabulary and parts of the text so it is... Seguir lendo →
Our Fun Learning Stations Day with “The Mitten”
In our last session of the unit “The Mitten”, we had a very special and fun day. The goal of the session was to review and practice everything we learned during the unit using learning stations. Learning stations are different activity areas around the classroom. Children move from one station to another and complete different... Seguir lendo →
Our Weekend Diaries: Mission 2 Complete!
In Mission 2, inspired by Harry Potter, we had an important challenge. We had to find a powerful artefact hidden in Hogwarts. To get it, we needed a magical key. And to earn the key, we had to write about our weekend routines. First, in Level 1: Plan your work, we organised what we do... Seguir lendo →
Working on The Mitten in Our Preschool English Class
Last month, we worked on the story The Mitten in our Preschool English classroom. The children loved the animals and the idea of a tiny mitten getting bigger and bigger! Some of our activities were inspired by ideas from MY ESL WORLD 123, and others were our own creations. We adapted several materials to fit... Seguir lendo →
Where’s My Red Ball?
Interactive Flip Book – 1st Grade Primary (EFL) In our English classroom, we learn through stories, movement and play. That is how Where’s My Red Ball? was created. Where’s My Red Ball? is an engaging and simple story inspired by the classic Where’s Spot?, specially adapted for 1st Grade Primary students. This time, Spot is... Seguir lendo →
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