https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plvY0quSyJg If there is a great book for young kids, this is it. Fun, colorful and with a great video to go along with it, this book as been a favorite of mine for a while. Come to mention it, pretty much all of the Barefoot Books are great, and they all include fun videos to go along with them. Info I chose to do this book with … [Read more...] about Walking Through the Jungle
This is the way we go to school
This book fits perfectly with the grade 6 unit on transportation. It gives a much bigger view of the different ways kids get to school. The choice of this book was by absolute chance. There was a full set of 30 of these books, so I decided to give it my best shot and see how it went. Notes The vocabulary covered in this book is way beyond what is covered in the general … [Read more...] about This is the way we go to school
Promoting English in Tainan
In our continuing cooperation with the Office of English as the Second Official Language in Tainan we were invited to check out some of the work that the Economic Development Bureau has been doing. There were five stores in particular that had done a lot of effort to include English in their store marketing. So on 12/9 we headed off to Tainan City proper to see what had … [Read more...] about Promoting English in Tainan
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
How do we give first graders the most bang for their buck from their classes? Although they don't have the maturity to dive into conversational English, they are very much taken by their interests. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed appeals to the most basic interests of young kids. They love animals. Animals are easy to teach as they have actions and sounds … [Read more...] about Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Snapdragons
Snapdragons are a fairly easy activity for any class. They can be adapted to many different lessons and sentence patterns. I did this with grade 6 and it took a whole lesson. I showed them once, then they got to it. They needed a bit of prompting along the way. Dialog: (S1 = snapdragon holder; S2 = friend) S1: … [Read more...] about Snapdragons