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Students are given envelops with strips of paper. There are 2 or 3 proverbs on the strips which are cut into individual words or groups of words. Students should put the words in order to have the ...
The "What's in my bag today?" warmer is started with the teacher's question asking pupils to guess what it could be inside. Pupils are formulating their questions: yes/no or special ones - it's u ...
When I enter a class, the first thing I always do is writing what we are going to do during the session on the whiteboard. Then, I start asking typical questions such as "how are you?", "what's y ...
Ask students to write down 3 words secretely (any words, or the words from the last lesson). Then they have to tell the story with the use of these words, so that others would not guess which word ...
I've made this worksheet for introducing some new words (outdoor and indoor activities) to my beginner Ss and practice Present Simple using like/dislike while interviewing each other. They ask que ...
I like to use this one when I practise the Present Perfect tense with my students. It's the same as the game most of you used to play in childhood. First pre-teach the question "Have you ever...? ...
It can work as an icebreaker, it's called "number 7". Students stand forming a circle, they have to say a number 1, 2 ,3 , 4, 5, 6 ... (clap) - tell them that they must clap not saying numbers ...
This is a simple 1-page coloring page designed to help your preschoolers have fun while learning something important: nutrition and the importance of eating right. There is a pyramid for them to c ...
Read We Are Family while studying families. A study of ancestors, countries around the world, or different cultures could be incorporated into this lesson. Students will learn about setting, main ...
A seasonal project for the holiday of Halloween where students create a spider's web and put their spiders onto it. Full teacher's notes for this great Halloween activity are kindly provided by Te ...
Offer these bookmarks to your students for coloring as a reward for exceptional work or for good behavior.
This worksheet is kindly provided by Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
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Select five or six 'Be careful ...' warning sentences, e.g. 'If you eat that, it'll poison you'. Ask students to decide where the main stresses are in each sentence. Then offer a strong model of i ...
Write 'warnings, threats, promises' on the board. Check that students know what each heading means. Say some IF sentences aloud with appropriate (slightly exaggerated) intonation. Learners must de ...
Say that you have a million pounds to give someone (You can show them a few 'pretend' banknotes) and you will give it to the person who persuades you the best. Teach them the sentence structure: ' ...
Ask the class to work in groups. Each group thinks of a famous story they all know - e.g. a fairy story such as Red Riding Hood or a film such as Star Wars. Ask each group to think through the sto ...
8 more cool Hoops and Yoyo posters for your teachers' room (see previous posters in the 'Similar Worksheets' section on the right). These posters were kindly provided by Hallmark and are also avai ...
Give one student a warning about some small, insignificant action, e.g. 'If you drop your pen it'll break'. Invite learners to continue by taking the second half of your warning and creating a new ...
These 18 Christmas coloring pages can be used to make your Christmas lesson fun and creative - just hand these to your young learners and have them name the colors they are using.
These coloring ...
Nice little project for the Thanksgiving English lesson.
1. Cover the tube with brown paper.
2. Color the turkey patterns.
3. Cut out the patterns and glue them on the tube.
This sesonal ...
This compact 1-page worksheet provides a great way for teachers to diversify the way they give praise - it contains a 101 different ways to acknowledge when your students have been good!
This wor ...
This worksheet is the second in the series (please see the 'Similar Worksheets' section for the first one) and it contains 4 simple jokes that you can ask your learners to color - they all have so ...
This worksheet contains 5 simple jokes (you can be sure that most of them will be understood by your students - though we cannot guarantte they will be laughed at, as sense of humor is so differen ...
Any of these 14 nice Easter coloring pages and activities will keep your young learners busy during that special Easter lesson you've been working so hard on, while having them learn a few things ...
This is a collection of 7 New Year coloring pages that will help make your New Year lesson filled with magic of the season and the holiday spirit!
These New Year coloring pages were kindly provid ...
Ask the student to write you a letter or an email. Provide him/her with a subject for the letter or email. For example, ask him/her to tell you about their family, job, children or an event that h ...
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