This beginner lesson will help kids speak about the different kinds of weather and the different articles of clothing. I’ve been reading a little bit about curriculum design, common core, and WIDA…it’s fascinating, and sheds a lot of light on the why and how of what I’ve been teaching all this time. Like, oh that’s what I was doing…! Anyway, a lot of courseware will include clothing and weather topics because it’s kind of a beginner’s social studies. They learn…
This is a beginner lesson for children. It’s meant to introduce common vocabulary and basic sightwords, and give them the opportunity to play aloud and speak sentences about things they know how to say.
This is an A2 level lesson for children. I incorporated a storybook, which I did not write. Credit for the storybook goes to Brian Biggs. You can learn more about him here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35888322-tinyville-town .
What do you do on your birthday? What present would you like? What present would mom like? What present would teacher like? What do we all eat on our birthday? This beginner lesson is all about birthday presents.
I all my lessons were tried and tested over the last two years while teaching intermediate level learners in university. Now I open my business up and who’s my first customer coming in my door? I now have a 6 year old beginner student. Uh…! I tried adapting my lessons for beginner students, but really I needed a different approach. Less focus on speaking and listening skills…and more fun. More art, stories, songs. So this lesson is the beginning of…
This beginner lesson is a little different. I experimented with the format of the lesson to incorporate more art and creative play for one of my students who likes to draw. The student doesn’t need to do the drawings on the computer. They can draw on paper, take pictures, and send them to you. Try to get them to expand on the drawing with details. Why is the chicken angry? Because he doesn’t like English class? Oh, ok. Draw the…
What did you do this morning? What do you do on your birthday? What can you do on Mother’s day? What do you do New Years? What will you do after class? This is a beginner lesson, a guided conversation about special days.
Do you have a phone watch? What color is it? My phone watch can tell the time. My phone watch can call my mom. My phone watch can take pictures. Where did you get your phone watch? This beginner lesson helps the student with producing details about each of the things that their phone watch can do. Additionally, I am trying some fun new things in this lesson: slides with images to talk about, and caption.
What did you do this morning? What do you like to eat? What do you like to do with your friends? What do you like to watch on TV? What will you do this evening? This is an beginner level lesson, for students who are still learning to use simple sentences. And here’s version #2, which is for larger groups, and lower intermediate level.