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Get Moving with Flashcards! フラッシュカードを使って体を動かそう！
Musical Flashcards Place the same number of flashcards as there are students face down in a circle on the floor. Students stand in a circle around the cards. Chose the “magic” card (e.g., doll). Play a song from the Student Book CD. Stop the music and have each...
Pretend you’re a mail carrier! Postbox games 郵便屋さんのふりをしましょう！郵便ボックスのゲーム
Postbox Lay flashcards face-up on the floor at the front of the room. Introduce the target language as you lay each one. Place a postbox at the opposite end of the room. T: It’s (color). What color is it? S: It’s (color). Divide students into two teams. Call out...
Active Games, Quiet Games アクティブなゲームと静かなゲーム
Jump, Follow & Flip Place all flashcards face down around the edge of the table or in a circle on the floor. Jump round the table and have the students follow. Say, Stop! Flip over the nearest and introduce the target language. T: It’s a (shirt). What is it? S:...
Let’s move and jump! Practice vocabulary while having fun! 動いて跳びましょう！楽しみながらボキャブラリーの練習！
Hold Hands Around the room, place flashcards on the ground face up. The teacher says a word, and the students hold hands and form a circle around that card. フラッシュカードを表向けにして部屋中の床に置きます。先生が単語を言い、生徒は手をつないで カードの周りに円を作ります。 Jump A student chooses a flashcard. Mix it in with...
Traditional Games with a Twist ちょっと違う伝統的な遊び
This week’s activities are based on time-tested playtime games with a little something extra. 今週のアクティビティーは古き良き遊びに少しプラスアルファしています。 Hide and Seek Rock Scissors Paper Students sit down and place their hands over their eyes. T: Close your eyes. While teacher...
Games both hard and easy to engage and challenge students 生徒が楽しめる、チャレンジする難易度の低い遊びと高い遊び
This week’s games range in difficulty. Try to adjust the difficulty for your students to keep them interested! 今週のゲームは難易度の幅が広いです。生徒の興味をひくようにアレンジしてください！ Guessing Game Choose a flashcard and describe it in terms of size, color, numbers, body part, and/or...
Grab those flashcards! Games to reinforce vocabulary. フラッシュカードを掴め！ボキャブラリーを復習するゲーム
Whether using the textbook too or just flashcards, these games will let students run around while focusing on the target vocabulary. Grab Lay the flashcards face up in circle. Review the target language as you lay each one. T: It’s (number). What number...
F is for Flashcards! Two more games using flashcards FはフラッシュカードのF！フラッシュカードを使ったゲーム２つ！
Flick and Tell Chant and place flashcards face up in a horizontal line in front of the students. Introduce the target language as you place each one. T: It’s a (animal). What is it? S: It’s a (animal). Call out the target language. T: It’s a (dog). What is it? S:...
Find the right card! Two games to practice vocabulary with flashcards カードを探し出せ！フラッシュカードでボキャブラリーを復習する２つのゲーム
Find it Teacher holds the flashcards and a student chooses one. S: What is it? T: It’s a (bicycle). What is it? S: It’s a (bicycle). Mix it in with the other cards and lay them all face down. The student flips all the cards one by one, repeating the target language,...
Let’s Run! Racing Games for Reviewing Vocabulary 走ろう！ボキャブラリーの練習で競争！
Many students can pay attention better if they’ve used up some energy running around the class room. And it’s just fun! Use these games to get your kids moving and learning at the same time. 余分なエネルギーを費やしたほうが集中できる生徒は少なくありません。しかも走るのが楽しい！このゲームで動きながら英語を学びましょう。 Dash and...
Two Games with Flashcards: “Circle Repeat” and “Concentration” フラッシュカードを使った２つのゲーム：サークルリピートと神経衰弱
There is a wide variety of activities to learn and practice language using flashcards! フラッシュカードを使って言葉を覚えたり練習したりするアクティビティーがいっぱい！ Circle Repeat This is a simple game used to practice dialogues and vocabulary. Everyone sits in a circle. Hold up one flashcard and...
Action Games: “Chant and Throw” and “Charades”
These two games will get your students moving and having fun while practicing vocabulary! この2つのゲームで体を動かしながらボキャブラリーを覚えましょう！ Chant and Throw This is a fun way to introduce and practice new vocabulary. Hold up a flashcard and introduce the target language. T: It’s a...
Happy Valley Games: Basket Drop
This week’s game is good for introducing or reviewing vocabulary, and controlled practice. In our example, we’re using number vocabulary, but it should work for any unit’s vocabulary. You need two baskets, and the Happy Valley flash cards. ...
Happy Valley Routines: Let’s Sing and Move! ハッピーバレーのルーチン：歌って動きましょう！
This week we introduce some routines to use with the “Let’s Sing and Move” pages in the Happy Valley Student Books and “Goodbye” routines to end class. 今週はハッピーバレースチューデントブックのLet’s Sing and Moveのページで使えるルーチンと授業の終わりのルーチンを紹介します。 Let’s Sing and Move Routines...
Happy Valley Dialogue Routines ハッピーバレーのダイアログルーチン
This week we introduce some routines to use with the Dialogue pages in the Happy Valley Student Books. 今週はハッピーバレースチューデントブックのダイアログと使えるルーチンを紹介します。 Routine 1 Teacher asks students who the characters are. Teacher plays the CD track and points to the character speaking,...
Happy Valley Let’s Chant Routines ハッピーバレーのチャントルーチン
This week we introduce some routines to use with the Let’s Chant pages in the Happy Valley Student Books. 今週はハッピーバレースチューデントブックのチャントと使えるルーチンを紹介します。 Routine 1 Line flashcards on the board or in a flashcard holder. Play the track and point to the...
Happy Valley Storytime Routines ハッピーバレーのストーリータイムルーチン
This week we introduce some routines to use with the Storytime pages in the Happy Valley Student Books. 今週はハッピーバレー スチューデントブックのストーリータイムページで使えるルーチンを紹介します。 Routine 1 Before playing the track, see if students know anything in the picture. Teacher plays track...
Happy Valley Activities Library: Welcome Routines
It’s good to have routines that you follow every class. Today let’s look at some rituals to use at the very beginning of class as students enter the room. You can combine all these routines or just use the ones that fit your class. 1. Review Questions When it’s time...
Eat a yam under a quilt!
教室でのヒント フォニックスブック２の9つ目の動画です。ユニット9のこのチャントは、フォナニマルの歌と、フォニックスブック１に基づいた音と頭文字の区別を練習します。「qu」と「y」の音をチャントで紹介します。まずは、絵の中で何をみつけられるかピクチャートークしてみましょう。次にトラック51を聴いて、歌に登場する物を指さしましょう。そのあとはこの動画を見て、生徒に音と言葉を言うように促します。フラッシュカードを配って、その音や単語が聞こえたら前にもってきて順番に置いてもらいます。ページ35のLet’s...
Can you zigzag wearing a wig? カツラをかぶってジグザグに走れるかな？
Classroom Tip This is the eighth video in the Happy Valley Phonics Book 2 series. This chant from Unit 8 places the sounds j, w and z into a chant for sound and first letter identification practice, building on the Phonanimals Song and Phonics Book 1. First, do...