Games can be a nice way to reinforce student learning in a low stakes way. These games are also practicing specific language skills like counting, sentence structure, fluency, and phonics. These facets of English learning are integral for elementary school students. These games offer a structured but fun way to…
How’s the Weather? Pokémon Cards by Ashley Park and Chelsea Duff (South Korea ETAs) Weather isn’t always the most interesting topic to teach to young children; there’s often a lot of rote memorization of vocabulary words involved. That’s why former South Korea ETAs Ashley Park and Chelsea Duff worked…
Happy Holidays, everyone! As we enter the final days of 2017, many of our students may be losing focus with the excitement of winter vacation approaching. (Yay, no school! No English class!) When they return to class in a couple of weeks or months, one of the best ways to…
Music Review by Shamara Battle (South Korea ETA) It’s time for another lesson from South Korea! If your students are anything like here in Korea, they probably have certain music that they go crazy for. So, this week we’re bringing you a simple, but fun, lesson where your students can…
10 (of Many) Homophones Your Students Should Know by Sojourner White (Spain ETA) Could you bare it if I were to right a sentence wear all the words sound, but don’t look, correct? English is a tricky language for non-native speakers so help out your students with a brief overview about…
Travel to Tanzania Snapchat by Grace Lee (South Korea ETA) Our last lesson post for the year (farewell, 2016) is to help you get a jump on planning for after winter break. If you’re planning to travel during the break, share your experience with your students when you return! If…
Travel Around the World by Grace Lee (South Korea ETA) Winter Break is fast approaching, and for many that also means winter camp planning. So, while you’re making up those plans and materials for camp, this week we want to share a world travel idea from a past elementary ETA to help you…
Hanukkah by Elizabeth Glickman (South Korea ETA) As promised, we’re kicking off the month of December with a holiday lesson. This week we’re featuring a lesson about Hanukkah to help teach students about other holidays, besides Christmas, that are celebrated in the United States during the month of…
My Super Team by Amanda Barrows (South Korea ETA)- Modified from a Waygook post This week’s super lesson is from a second year elementary ETA in South Korea, who has also spent some time teaching English in France. My Super Team teaches vocabulary and grammar for talking about superhero powers, and…
The Presidential Election by Rebecca Brower (South Korea ETA) Welcome to the post-Halloween time of the year, the time when many have already started their countdown to Christmas! It will be a few weeks yet before we start featuring holiday themed lessons, so for now here’s one to help…