Alphabet Activities July 30, 2007
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Alphabet Scramble | Dave’s ESL Cafe
Match the Letters | Banaboo
A graph for students to match capital letters with their lowercase counterparts
ABC Tracer Sheets | Boggles World
Alphabet lined sheets for students to practice writing the alphabet.
Spelling Bee July 30, 2007
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Aims: Any / Vocabulary
Materials: lots of letter cards
Say the target word, after which it’s the students’ task to select the letters which spell the word, and then align themselves (holding a card or cards) in correct order. When they think they have the spelling right they call out to the teacher,”We’re ready!”
If the word is misspelled, they have the chance to try again. When they have the spelling right, give them an ordinal number (1st team, 2nd team…), and have them sit or crouch down. As well as being a useful teaching device, this makes it easier to see the other teams, and also to score after the turn is complete.
Scoring:
Ex: simply ask, “Who was the 1st team?” etc., and award points to that group. If there are 6 teams, 6 points are awarded to the 1st team, 5 to the 2nd, 4 to the 3rd, etc.. At the end of your time, tally the points on your scoreboard and reward the winning team.
THOUGHTS: This is probably best for beginning of 1st grade junior high, or elementary school students learning the alphabet.
Alphabet Kids July 25, 2007
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Materials: one large letter per student, or more
Each child gets a letter card. Split the class into 2 groups. The first group to get into the correct order is the winner.
Machigae Alphabet July 25, 2007
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Materials: blackboard
Teach “thank you” and “you’re welcome”. Write the alphabet on the board with lots of mistakes (30-40% backwards, etc.). Also draw a big fun square at the student’s eye-level for them to write their corrections in. Ask “Is this ok?”. The students then have to answer “yes!” or “no!”.
Pick a student to come up to the board and write the letter correctly inside the big box. Then shake hands and say “thank you!” and they can say “you’re welcome!”.
Make sure to only use capital letters or whatever the students are used to seeing. Before you replace the letter, make sure to ask the class “is this ok?” first. Keep in lively!
Karuta July 25, 2007
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Likely the most popular Elementary school game in Japan.
Materials: small cards
students sit in a circle or group, and compete to smack the color card when you call it.
