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A Deep Dive on “Monday” Title: Monday Subject: The days of the week Accompanying stories: The Adventures of life Pt 9: The Days of the Week. The story, based on a true story, but exaggerated for comedic purposes, talks about how even bilingual don’t know the days of the week in English in grade 1Continue reading “A Deep Dive on Monday”

A parent recently asked me about differentiation. This allowed me to update and synthesize my thoughts on differentiation in my ESL program for cycle 1. The parent asked me the question in French, so I added my French explanation as well. La version française est à la fin. I always try to incorporate differentiation inContinue reading “Differentiation”

Title: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Theme: numbers Vocabulary: numbers 1 to 10 This one is pretty straightforward. We count one to ten on our hands. It starts out kind of quiet and ends with more vocals and guitars. We increasingly rock out a bit more, with every refrain. I often practice counting out loud, in plenary. To reachContinue reading “A Deep Dive on 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10”

Title: January Theme: The Months of the Year Vocabulary: January to December This was the first song I ever wrote for my students. You may notice that even English speaking students don’t know the months of the year in cycle 1. Well, this song will change that. Even if they have to sing the songContinue reading “A Deep Dive on January”

The first class of the year is a great time to build links with your students. I like to show them photos of my vacation, my family, my friends (with permission of course), my pets (with permission of course….ok…maybe not for pets). Chances are, they did the same things as you, and are happy toContinue reading “Cl@sster First Class Presentation”

A Deep Dive on “Thank You” Title: Thank You Subject: Being thankful, showing gratitude, appreciating effort Thematic vocabulary: Thank you, Functional verbs related our ESL lessons (singing, dance, playing, watching, laughing, practicing, pause, breath, trying, do) Like all of my songs, the title is purposefully descriptive. This song is a big “Thank You” to myContinue reading “A Deep Dive on “Thank You””

A Deep Dive on “Stop, Go” Title: Stop, Go Subject: stop, go, directions and prepositions. Interactive Game: https://wordwall.net/resource/54492729/stop-go Thematic vocabulary: Stop and Go, directions (up and down) prepositions (around, above, below), speed adjectives (fast, slow) Like all of my songs, the title is purposefully descriptive. The song contains a variety of vocabulary related to stop andContinue reading “A Deep Dive on “Stop, Go””

A Deep Dive on “Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Goodnight” Title: Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Goodnight Subject: Greetings (saying good morning, afternoon, evening, goodnight) Interactive Game: https://view.genial.ly/61d5fb238c5af20d86863b8b/interactive-content-mr-andrew-esl-good-morning-season-1-good-morning-quiz Roblox game link in Youtube video description  Accompanying stories: The Adventures of life Pt 2 and 3 “Calvin’s mixed-up schedule part 1 and 2). Calvin getsContinue reading “A Deep Dive on “Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Goodnight””

Yes, No, Maybe, I Don’t Know – YouTube A Deep Dive on Yes, No, Maybe, I Don’t Know Title: Yes, No, Maybe, I Don’t Know Subject: Answering Yes and No questions, being comfortable telling someone “I don’t know” or “maybe”…those are answers too. Accompanying Story: The Adventures of Life ep.15 “The Birthday Animator”. We askContinue reading “A Deep dive on Yes, No, Maybe, I Don’t Know”

Part of our job as educators is being able to evaluate students, and justify the grades we give. I stress routine and repetition in order for the students to acquire the vocabulary necessary to produce the desired levels of comprehension. But mask work as play, and we can achieve these results, seemlessly. This is anContinue reading “Listen activity book, comprehension evaluation part 3”