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Post by jed on Oct 14, 2008 15:14:47 GMT 8
I am looking for new ideas for elementary 6th graders (esp but also 5th) I do OK with various find your partner activities (using cards) for the grammar point. But I am looking for new ideas
I have started doing a little bit more writing (very basic) to help prepare them for JHS. Do any of you do that?
If you have anything that works for you I would be interested to share our ideas
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Post by Otaku on Oct 14, 2008 20:41:32 GMT 8
Jed, as for the writing, awhile back I created some alphabet homework sheets for my students. They are really simple but mostly fun. If the students completed them, they could receive points on their point cards.
As for new ideas, I just posted a new JHS activity on the homepage called "Almost Mario Kart". I think the activity is a brilliant idea and could easily be used for ES! And, it could be used over and over...
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Post by Otaku on Oct 14, 2008 20:43:50 GMT 8
Another JHS game that could easily be used for ES is Inaka Basketball.
Another game I can think of right off hand to practice any vocabulary is the Eto Game.
If you wanna know about these games, just go over to the site and search for them using the "Search Box". The search option works EXTREMELY well!
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Post by gumby on Oct 15, 2008 13:15:49 GMT 8
My 5th and 6th graders love strategy games. Battleship, connect four, tic tac toe. These can be easily adapted to use with small flashcards. www.mes-english.com/games.php has great for the get four (connect 4) and The Paper Game. They can be really self conscious so classic TPR works to give them confidence. If it's hard for me to get 2 students to volunteer, I bring in props like balls and then they actually start to volunteer. Another winner is true/false get the pencil game. You put a pencil in between two students. The teacher says a series of true/false statements. If it is true student race to get the pencil.
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Post by jed on Oct 16, 2008 8:06:21 GMT 8
Thanks for those ideas, much appreciated
Gumby; re your idea for connect 4 game etc, so do you mean that split them up in pairs? as I have large numbers in my classes.
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Post by gumby on Oct 16, 2008 14:59:59 GMT 8
Jed, Connect Four is similar to Mark's Get Four except I use flashcards. Each pair gets one set of cards, pictures, alphabet etc and they arrange them in a grid (4x4, 5x5 etc) They janken to see who goes first. The first person picks a card and says it, he turns it over vertically. Then his partner chooses another card. She turns it over horizontally. After all the cards have been chosen or time runs out, the students count how may Four in a Row they have to determine the winner.
If this is too many cards to prepare you can use Mark's worksheet in the link in my previous post. I find this is easier to control than having them all roam around the room and they really enjoy the game.
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Post by jed on Oct 17, 2008 10:50:05 GMT 8
each pair? hhhmmm?
IMO, yes, thats too much stuff, .... as I say I have over 25 students in each class. OK, I will look at Marks stuff again Thanks
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