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This is a song to teach the months of the year in English. I wrote it about 6 years ago. Sometimes I hear stories about students who are now in grade 6 or older, who say they know the months of the year because they still sing this remember this song Cette chanson parle desContinue reading “January”

Here is the word document to go with my song “Find the Song you Wanna Sing” (Don’t Wanna Waste the Day part 2). This song is about conquering boredom. Writing songs is a great way to use your imagination and creativity. If you write a song, you can imagine anything you want. You can goContinue reading “Find the song you wanna sing (Don’t Wanna Waste the Day Part 2) Worksheet Word Document”

Here is the word document to go with my song “Don’t Wanna Waste the Day” There are three pages in the Word document. One is a lyric sheet. One is a lyric worksheet with images for the vocabulary. In class, we come up with “actions/dance moves” to show comprehension of key vocabulary (example, for “don’t,Continue reading “Don’t Wanna Waste the Day (worksheet Word document)”

Here is the word document to go with my song “Deep in the Forest”. There are three pages in the Word document. One is a lyric sheet. One is a lyric worksheet with images for the vocabulary. In class, we come up with “actions/dance moves” to show comprehension of key vocabulary (example, for “forest”, weContinue reading “Deep in the Forest (word document worksheet)”

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClhGqGY6mJm-SewPsDvSJog/playlists?view_as=subscriber I have made Youtube Playlists help the students practice at home. There is one for grade 1 and one for grade 2. They will be updated periodically with all the songs we are currently doing in class. I will add and drop songs as they are moved out of our rotation. J’ai crée deuxContinue reading “Youtube Playlists”

Here is the word document to go with my song “See the World”. There are three pages in the Word document. One is a lyric sheet. One is a lyric worksheet with images for the vocabulary. In class, we come up with “actions/dance moves” to show comprehension of key vocabulary (example, for “world”, we wouldContinue reading “See The World (word document)”

Je veux vous parler un peu de ma philosophie ESL/ALS. J’apporte un élément musical à mon enseignement et le fait que la musique soit intégrée au cycle 1 (1e et 2e années) me donne la chance de démontrer comment apprendre l’anglais peut être amusant, et pas  si difficile que ça. Je n’ai pas besoin deContinue reading “Mr Andrew ESL/ALS: Ma philosophie d’enseignment”

Cl@sster template This is a template for a cl@sster activity I often do with this students. With younger grades, I tell stories, about my weekend, funny stories about my kids, etc, using an image with this template. It lets us practice the date, and the images bring my stories to life. I also used thisContinue reading “Cl@sster template, used in “Lalalala” Youtube video”

Here is the Word document for my song “I Really Want a Dog”. You can download it and/or print it. The video can be found on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bqpqAOFXKs&feature=youtu.be There are three pages in the Word document. One is a lyric sheet. One is a lyric worksheet with images for the vocabulary. In class, we come upContinue reading “I Really Want a Dog (word document).”

I want to tell you a bit about my ESL philosophy. Feel free to read this post, or just search for material or themes in the search bar above. I bring a musical element to my teaching, and the fact that music is integrated into Cycle 1 (grade 1-2), has really brought out the bestContinue reading “Mr Andrew Esl”