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Create A Self Grading Multiple Choice Quiz Using Google Docs

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:46:00 +0000

Google Docs is a very powerful tool and can seem a bit overwhelming at first. However, once you begin to fully understand the power of this powerful yet free service you will lean towards using it more and more.
In this activity you will be able to create a self grading, multiple choice quiz using Google Docs.
Go to this link to learn how to do it (the site includes a very clear youtube video to help you step by step)

Teaching ideas - Resources online

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:28:00 +0000

Here I recommend another useful website for teachers. Find hundreds of free teaching ideas, lesson plans, and primary / secondary resources which can be used in the classroom. A fantastic resource for primary teachers.

TEACHING IDEAS WEBSITE

Practicing Homophones

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:27:00 +0000

English Language teachers know that it is quite hard for young learners to understand Homophones. Here we found a very good lesson plan for teachers and activity worksheets on the subject. Enjoy !

Download the pdf file here

The World Cup (South Africa 2010) in the classrooms

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:12:00 +0000

Michelle Worgan gives us a dose of World Cup fever with her winning Lesson Share entry that practises the first conditional.

Age: Teenagers / Adults
Level: High elementary / Pre-intermediate
Time: Approx. 60 minutes
Objective: To present and practise the first conditional using the topic of the World Cup
Key skills: Speaking, writing
Materials: One copy of the 2010 World Cup fixture chart per pair of students; one piece of blank paper per student; a football or picture of a football.

Click here to view the photocopiable material

What goes on inside my head when I'm writing?

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:20:00 +0000

by Kate Ruttle

This is a great article to understand the writing process from a child's point of view. Ms. Kate Ruttle is a primary teacher in the UK and has written this case study article for us fellow teachers.

Read it / Download it here (pdf format)

Recommended sites for Literature teachers

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:51:00 +0000

This is a list of good resources and teacher helpers for English and Literature. Bare in mind that they follow the UK primary framework. Enjoy!

Teachernet

Teachingenglish British Council

Teachit

Teacherxpress

Sparkleblox

Learningpage

Reading A-Z

Schoolsite

Scolastic Teachers

Litteracy matters

Free printables for english teachers

If you happen to know any other good free website with resources for Literature teachers please submit them :)

Free Rubrics templates

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:41:00 +0000

Choose a Topic below to create a new rubric based on a template, edit the assessment criteria and print it! Now you can share your assessment objectives with your students. It's easy to edit or design. You can choose from a trial version or a premium one. A must tool for all teachers!

Recommended sites for Science Teachers

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:08:00 +0000

Are you planning fun experiments for your young learners? Would you like to start working with fun projects in Science but you have little time to devote your planning worksheets? Well, I have been working as a Science teacher for a while now and these are the sites that I find useful everyday. Enjoy!

The Science Explorer

Exploring Nature

Schoolscience

BBC Bitesize Science

Boggle's World

Exploring Science - Longman Assessment

Science and Plants for Schools

MacMillan Science

Science-Teachers

Primary Resources Science

Discovery Education: teaching tools

Science online - games and worksheets

Interactive Science activities

Surfing Scientist

Primary Science

CGP Books - Online resources by age group

Rising Stars Science

Primary Science Activities

Science for the next generation

Science worksheets

If you know any other website that is not listed here and you would like to share it with fellow teachers, please leave a comment here or email me. Thank you :)

Free Clipart for your daily lessons

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:36:00 +0000

I would love to recommend this website. It has been very usefull to me so far. It is a FREE Clipart database created by a professional and published artist for your classrooms, newsletters, webpages, or wherever you can find a non-profit use. The good thing is that they are classified according to educatinal categories so it is very easy for teachers to find what they are looking for. Go and check it out now :)

Free Clipart Online

ESL4free wishes you ...

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:16:00 +0000

Free Christmas worksheets

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:23:00 +0000

Here we recommend a short list of Christmas activities for young learners. All websites are free of charge:

bogglesworldesl

Short Christmas stories for children

Mystery stories on Christmas

A Christmas worksheet (pdf)

Christmas flascards (pdf)

Free lesson plans and worksheets

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:05:00 +0000

School Specialty Intervention is part of School Specialty Inc., an education company devoted to providing a broad range of innovative programs and services designed to help educators engage, instruct, and inspire students of all abilities. EPS is proud to work with experts in the fields of reading, comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, critical thinking, and learning differences. Their published books are based on one common ground: to educate all english students, no matter their abilities or disabilities. Here we recommend their FREE TEACHING RESOURCES.

Great lesson plans, educational articles, and a wealth of other information available for teachers.

Dual-language program at primary schools: good or bad idea ?

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:57:00 +0000

The 193 students in the dual-language program at the school in Silver Spring, the only program of its kind in Montgomery County, move between two rooms. In one, English is spoken; in the other, Spanish. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Pledge of Allegiance and announcements are in Spanish; on the other days, in English. This is the story of a school that serves as a bilingual program for English-speaking students whose parents want them to learn Spanish and for Spanish speakers who must learn English. Find out if they have a successful or an irrelevant programme in the following article from the Washington Post:

Finding fluency in language lessons

Safety at home - Activity booklets for young learners

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:13:00 +0000

Safety tips are always important when our young students are growing up and maybe they begin to stay home alone for hours. Why not introducing fun activies in English to help them understand all those safety measures when there is a fire, a water leak or a blackout? Here are some recommendations:

1) Sesame Street - Join Grover and Elmo to learn how families get ready for emergencies (pdf information booklet with drawings).
2) Safety begins at home - Fun activity book for the classroom.
3) Fire and Safety - Activity Book with fun exercises to raise awareness on how to behave during a fire.
4) Safe Kids Week - Tips by Johnson & Johnson on how to prevent kid injuries when we are on holidays.

Role-playing cards: Living in a Community

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:20:00 +0000

The aim of this UNICEF booklet is to broaden the scope of discussion about rights into the
citizenship domain. This Unit helps young people (aged 16 or more) to consider their own and others’ behaviour and their relationship with their communities. The activies discussed include vocabulary cards on nationalities and role-playing cards to broaden tolerance and social values on kids. The booklet also contains lesson plans for teachers.

Download the UNICEF booklet here.

More Science flashcards

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:58:00 +0000

The second handing of Science vocabulary flashcards (pdf format) is here.
This material is ideal for round-up science courses (Grades 5 and 6).

The Science behind everyday food

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Have you ever planned a mixed lesson between English vocabulary and Science? Here we show you how.

In this set of flashcards, your students may learn food vocabulary with pictures of products that we consume everyday. Moreover, the clever scientific explanation of the contents of each product are also included. Check the pdf file by clicking here.

Teaching English with minimal resources

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Every junior teacher who is facing her/his first teaching year is always hunting for tips and ideas for teaching English with minimal or no resources.
What happens when we have no coursebooks? Broken photocopier? Your favourite onestopenglish writers have come to the rescue with a section which is jam-packed with tips and ideas for teaching English with minimal or no resources. You and your students will love their ideas! Click on the author's name to read their suggestions.

IGCSE Review Contents: S-cool Revision

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:37:00 +0000

Today I want to recommend a great website dedicated to providing high quality GCSE and A-level revision material totally FREE. Within the site you will find all sorts of subjects from GCSE Biology to A-level Psychology as well as hints and tips for your students that may help them pass their exams. Check it out:

S-cool Revision

Basic English Grammar for English Language Learners 1 and 2

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:33:00 +0000

Basic English Grammar For English Language Learners

Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.

This two-book series was written specifically for English language learners and covers all the basic grammar topics for beginners. Contains clear and concise explanations of the rules and illustrates them with numerous examples. The “Did You Know?” and “Grammar Help” notes add further to the understanding of basic grammar.

These books will give English language learners a clear understanding of core grammar skills and help lay a strong foundation for good English. Each book includes 150-pages plus of grammar examples and instruction. They cover:

All the basic rules of English grammar
Clear and concise explanations with numerous examples
Lots of language notes throughout
Exercises at the end of each grammar topic for testing and review

Download the free pdf version: Book 1 and Book 2

Wrtiting Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:15:00 +0000

Writing Fun by Jenny Eather

This website has a cool presentation on how to help kids write using text organizers. Nice ideas on writing letters, envelopes, e-mails and more!

Primary Grammar Box

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:12:00 +0000

Download this great collection of photocopiable resources packed with more than 50 games and activities to make learning grammar fun for children. The book includes puzzles, games, crosswords and other task-based activities.

Download the Primary Grammar Box now (free .rar file)

Crime Investigations

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:14:00 +0000

Have fun with experiments while your students learn English through Science skills.

Here we present the teacher's booklet (primary level: Grades 3 to 5) of a workshop conducted by the University of North Texas. It contains some ideas to perform experiments that are easy to carry out in class since they require materials that we all have at home.

Download the pdf booklet here.

Teach English, Teach about the Environment

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:20:00 +0000

We have just received this mailing with very useful material for those teachers who work with Science courses.

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed the Teach English, Teach about the Environment curriculum to help you teach English to adult students while introducing basic concepts about the environment and individual environmental responsibility. These concepts can help the newly-arrived be part of cleaner and healthier communities by understanding and practicing the "3Rs" of solid waste management – reduce, reuse, recycle. "Background Information – The 3Rs of Solid Waste Management" on page 40 should be read before using this curriculum.
The curriculum uses a hands-on, multi-sensory, multi-media approach to show how personal behavior can improve the overall environmental well-being of the family, home, and community. Lesson plans are provided for the beginner, intermediate and advanced student. Each lesson plan has a language as well as an environmental objective. It also provides background on the environmental objective, a list of materials needed, a glossary of terms used in that lesson and a worksheet. Lessons should be introduced when the adult learner is already familiar with the grammatical construction emphasized in the materials. Flash cards and picture files are also included.
We hope that you find Teach English, Teach about the Environment a useful and interesting resource for your students. "

Click here to download Teach English, Teach about the Environment for free (pdf)

Teaching Creative Writing to Children

noreply@blogger.com (Melu) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:45:00 +0000

By Zacharias Allred

Teaching creative writing to children is fun and rewarding. Kids naturally love to here stories read to them. As parents many times our children fall to sleep while being read to. Teachers can build a stimulating creative writing program in the classroom by giving the children a desire to write. Here are 5 steps to start a creative writing program.
1. Small beginnings. Start out by finding common topics to the children in the room. Parents, grandparents and pets are usually good examples. Have the students write 5 sentences about the topic. These can fictional and in story form.
2. Dictation. You can get a tape recorder and one by one let the students dictate a story to you. You might find it easier to do without a tape recorder if you can write or type fast enough. On another day you or the child can read the story out loud to the class. This helps the students start to make a connection with hearing stories and making them up.
3. Word processor. Kids take to computers very quickly and most of your students are probably already familiar with them. If possible have them start typing their stories on a computer as soon as possible. Using a word processor is much easier than writing by hand and so the writing will be easier. At first do not be too concerned with grammar, punctuation and spelling. After awhile you can gradually start showing the students how to make capital letters and use some of the grammar and spelling tools offered in most word processors.
4. Idea box. Bring a small box to class and tell the students that this box is only for ideas for stories. Let them know that others in the class will also have access to their story ideas so they may also want their own "idea boxes."
5. Characters. Help the children come up with interesting characters in their writing. Show them stories from authors who are strong on character development. Make the main character likable. An author I like is Louis L'Amour. All of his main characters have high moral values and make honest choices. Of course they get the girl and are expert at everything they do.
Teaching creative writing to children can seem overwhelming at first but when taken in small steps it is not as challenging. Start with basic stories and then work the kids through ideas then into character development. There are other more advanced steps like plot development, editing and publishing but this will get these suggestions will help them get started.

Source: schoolwritingjournal mailing list