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A science activity to practice cycles. There is no need to specify instructions because the paper itself shows students what they have to do. It is a nice activity for kids who like pictures and c ...
Here's another reference poster from our new 'Grammar' series - this time it's about the Present Perfect tense. It'll definitely come in handy when you need to practice or review this tense with y ...
Getting to know each other - 'Would you like to move in with me?
Time: 20 min
Preparation: Revise how to form questions with the students before you start the activity. Let students imagine they ...
Post this set of 6 high-quality posters in your classroom to keep your kids motivated all year long! The text and borders are colorful (but will print out fine in gray-scale) the backgrounds are ...
This worksheet consists of four sentences in which students have to choose the correct possessive pronoun between two, given a picture that they can colour afterwards. It's a simple activity to pr ...
What will you be doing tomorrow at 9am? You might as well be teaching a lesson on the Future Progressive! Here's the 6th poster from our 'Grammar' series. It'll come in handy when you need to prac ...
My paper is not a worksheet, it is class rules for all levels to implement classroom management at the beginning of the class session. It is used to set up discipline in class for all students at ...
Here's the 5th poster in our new 'Grammar' series. It'll come in handy when you need to practice or review the Past Progressive. Click the image to view the full resolution poster for printing. If ...
A short ppt presentation about two modal verbs that can help you in the explanation of them in grammar and show some examples, it doesn't have any exercise, it's only a task to explain these mod ...
Here's the 4th poster in our new 'Grammar' series. You'll love these simple, yet very effective classroom activities to teach or review the Present Progressive! Click the image to view the full re ...
Teacher, can I go to the bathroom? Just to remind the kids (or adults) about how they are supposed to ask to go to the bathroom. It's a good way of make English more usual in the daily activities. ...
Quick and easy board game ("Get-to-Know-You" activity) for the first week of class. Students roll a die twice to find their question to talk about for one or two minutes. (Questions such as: "Ta ...
Here's the third poster in our new 'Grammar' series. Give these simple, yet so effective classroom activities a try, they will help you when the time comes to present or review the Simple Future! ...
It is a list of 30 useful sentenses that students can use in class to communicate with their teacher. I usually make them write each a small poster with one sentence and them hang them on the wall ...
These posters are to help students understand what they need to prepare for every activity. Each poster clearly demonstrates what is expected of students. For example, one says to "look" and there ...
A rewards chart for kids. Students should write their own name on a sticky label and attach it to the chart. Stickers should then be added as a reward for good work/behaviour. Basically a rewards ...
Low level kindergarten, follow the instructions for drawing number of shapes and coloring This is a very basic level. It's meant for a lower level beginner class with students known for low atten ...
Here's a lovely set of back to school bookmarks to motivate your students on the first day of the school year! Print, cut, laminate and give them to your students. I'm sure they will love them.
This is a set of 33 high-quality flashcards which can also be used as classroom posters for teaching or revising jobs and occupations related vocabulary. They are excellent for vocabulary building ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising some of the most common verbs used in the classroom: listen, ask, experiment, study, write, learn, etc. Recommended for elementary students who are a ...
This is a rephrasing activity for intermediate students for revising the structure Would rather and prefer. There a simple activity in which students are asked to rewrite the sentences beginning ...
Here's the second poster in the new 'Grammar' series, this time about teaching the Simple Past. Even though some of you may be familiar with a few of these nice and short activities, we're sure so ...
Here's the first poster in the new 'Grammar' series, we hope it will come in handy. You may already be familiar with some of these simple, yet effective activities to present of review the Simple ...
It is a power point presentation for beginners about the alphabet, in which you will find the picture and the name of the animal and at the end a song of the alphabet . You can use it to introduc ...
Five important classroom rules presented in a high-quality poster to pin up the classroom walls. Surely that it will catch your students´ attention. The file is available in both colour and ...
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