Shape Vocabulary in English: One Lesson, Two Subjects
Circle, square and triangle belong to English and to maths at the same time. How to teach shapes through a hunt around the classroom and a cut and paste art project that pays off in both subjects.
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I Can Sentences: The Most Fun Grammar Lesson in Grades 1 to 3
Teach can before any other helping verb, because it lets children talk about what they're proud of. Here are the classroom games that make it stick and the Can you...? question and answer pattern to build on.
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Is, Am, Are: Teaching the Verb To Be Without Turning It Into a Parrot Drill
The verb to be is the first gate every English sentence has to pass through. How to teach it with a subject pairing rule, a simple rhythm chant, and the mistake Thai children make most of all: leaving the word out completely.
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Teaching the Plural s Without Children Sticking It on Every Word
If cat becomes cats, why does box become boxes? A three step order for teaching plurals in Grades 2 and 3, including the words worth teaching now and the ones to save for later.
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The One Rule for A and An That Children Never Outgrow
Is it 'a apple' or 'an apple'? Plenty of adults still get this wrong, because the rule they learned as children was only almost right. The real test is the sound a word starts with, not the letter.
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Teaching This, That, These and Those So Children Point at the Right Thing in One Lesson
The four words that confuse Grades 1 to 3 more than any other point of grammar. How to teach them using near and far in a real classroom, with a pointing game and the worksheets to follow it up.
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Fruit and Vegetable Vocabulary: The One Topic Where Thai Children Start Ahead
Thai children know real fruit that children abroad have only ever seen in a book. How to spend that head start on the fruits and vegetables topic, with a fresh market game to run in class.
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Classroom Objects Vocabulary: The Set Children Use the Minute the Lesson Ends
Pencil, eraser and ruler are words children put to work every single day. How to teach the classroom objects set alongside the May I borrow sentence frame that gets a whole class speaking real English.
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Clothes Vocabulary in English: Teach It with a Paper Fashion Show
Every child gets dressed before school, so clothes vocabulary is already part of their day. Here's the word list for Grades 1 to 3, the He is wearing sentence pattern, and an outfit design activity children ask to carry on at home.
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