Infonews n° 220 du 01/09/2004
The Olympic Games
Decorate the room
Ice Breakers
Make them write and talk about themselves
Back to school ideas
A back to school text
Bookquests et listes de discussion
Banqoutils
Free stuff to order or download
Teaching activities
Resource Guide Online
In English
En français
The olympic Games are finished, but you may want to start your school year
on this theme. Here are some sites which can help you:
Athens 2004 : the official site of the Summer Olympic Game
http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/
The Learning Network's Olympics 2004 special feature
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/2004olympics
which includes lesson plans, crosswords, interviews with some of Team USA's
teen athletes, and more.
olympic posters (from Claude Covo-Farchi on eTeachNet)
A .pdf file to download from the site of the museum of olympic games in
Lausanne:
http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_776.pdf
where you can learn everything about poster making, poster reading and
methods of communication, plus the visual history of the Games
Decorate the room
Bulletin board
http://www.kinderart.com/bulletin/backtoschool.shtml
http://www.nea.org/helpfrom/growing/works4me/organize/boards.html#bulletin
Discover lots of ideas of bulletin board and other things presenting the
students of some parts of their work to display on a wall or hang in the
class. This is a way to decorate the classroom and also value the students
skills. You can also invite them to make reminders of some lessons in a
synthetic way, and then display them on the wall so that they can use it
when they need it.
Posters
Lots of posters are available online for free download. You then need
either a special color printer that can print large format, or, easier but
more expensive : save the posters on a disk and bring it to one of those
photocopying shops. They will enlarge them and print them to the size you
request, or on transparencies if you prefer.
Here are some addresses for posters, but there are many more...
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/pubs1.htm#posters (
to stop smoking)
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/FreeStuff.html (
go directly to the end of the page for the posters)
http://www.posters4teachers.com/ (one
poster free, the others around 7
euros, really nice)
http://print-a-poster.p-rposters.com/index.htm (
posters with famous sayings to print)
http://www.pdac.ca/miningmatters/teachers/pdf/news_0409_Its_Our_World.pdf
(what's grass, concrete or agglomerate around us in town)
Ice Breakers
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson019.shtml
http://www.evan-moor.com/pk1.pdf
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/breakice.htm
Make them write and talk about themselves
Back to school printable book (from The Classroom Flyer Edition 08/30/02)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/backtoschool/
Create a memory book at the beginning of school, where students get a
chance to share information about themselves and their families. Eight
pages guide students through their family trees, creating a self-portrait,
writing a page of favorites, and describing where they live. All pages
should be colored and designed further by students as they wish to
individualize their projects.
[ as always, Enchanted Learning offers the best resources for primary
school. you will find eight pages of a personal book, including a self
portrait, a family tree and so on. ideal for our pupils!!!]
Back to school time capsule (from The Classroom Flyer Edition 08/30/02)
http://family.go.com/crafts/season/feature/famf89school/famf89school4.html
Using a simple three ring notebook, students will create a scrapbook to
record their favorites, summer memories, expectations and anticipations for
the coming school year, and more.
[ the pupils have a wider choice of things to present about themselves, and
they can illustrate the pages with photos and collages. the written part
will be limited to the essential, the words or sentences they really need
about themselves....]
Feeling faces and Circle Time
http://www.evan-moor.com/pk1.pdf
For primary school and lower secondary school, here are faces (smileys) to
cut out to express feelings. You can paste them on the walls of the
classroom as reminders, and/or pupils can paste them in their copy book.The
document, designed for American preschoolers, starts with questions
that can be asked during "circle time" : this activity is also used
in
French kindergarten classes as a moment to allow children to express
themselves and improve their oral skills. It can be transferred to upper
classes, as a warming up activity, or the encourage students to talk.
What I find essential in this activity is that the group is in a circle,
and the teacher can even be outside the circle, and let a student lead the
discussion. It has to do with the new position of the teacher, and I think
it is important to set this new atmosphere early in the school year.
Back to school ideas
Back To School Special : How to start the year?
New intentions, new hopes, new objectives, new faces...
On the site of acad mie de Versailles, find lots of useful ideas and tips
to take a good start.
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/formation/backtoschool/
Kids'domainhttp://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/school/
Teaching hearthttp://www.teachingheart.net/backtoschool2.html (tips,
lessons and games)
abcteachhttp://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/month_to_month/h_august/back_to_school/
(worksheets)
First Schoolhttp://www.first-school.ws/theme/h_back_to_school.htm (worksheets
for Preschool)
About.comhttp://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aabackschool_teacher.htm
(lots of links to various activities, like "brain friendly" or "getting
to
know your classmates" activities, and at the end links to pages of grammar
exercises and activities for all levels.)
other "back to school" pages online:
http://www.proteacher.com/030005.shtml
http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Back_to_School/
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/backtoschool/
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/backtoschool.html
<http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=166>http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=166 (see
the
links at the end)
http://www.kinderkorner.com/back.html
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/back/ (worksheets)
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/back/
http://www.caslt.org/research/backtoschool.htm (links)
http://www.songs4teachers.com/backtoschool.htm (songs
and poems)
http://www.preschooleducation.com/sback.shtml (songs)
http://members.aol.com/KidFun101/BkToSch/HolidayFunPg16BkToSch.html (word
search class voc)
http://www.dltk-kids.com/school/ (kindergarten
and primary)
http://www.billybear4kids.com/graduation/back2school.html (printable)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/BeginSchool.htm (lots
of activities)
http://www.yesiteach.org/back.htm (id)
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/curriculum/backtoschool.html (
advices
and activities)
http://www.themeunits.com/September_bk.html (links)
http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/stm/welcome%20back%20to%20school%20page.htm (links)
http://www.edhelper.com/Back_To_School.htm (see
the story starters)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/august/school_activities.html
(activities and crafts)
http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/parentguides/backtoschool/index.htm
(with learning style questionnaire)
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr264.shtml
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Back_to_School.shtml (from
US government)
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/01school1.html (
various resources for the
whole year)
http://www.2learn.ca/mapset/Enjoy/backtoschool/enjoyschoolfinal.html (with
projects)
http://www.eduhound.com/cat.cfm?subj=Back-to-School (links)
http://www.thelearningleap.com/backtoschool.html (ideas
for the youngest)
A back to school text
back to school in the world
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0904/p13s1-lekt.html
for advanced students : texts in which students from all over the world
describe their back to school spirit. You can assign a different country to
groups of students who will report it to the class, and you can encourage
them to find what is common to several students and also themselves. This
can lead to a "back to school" discussion in class, during which
students
can talk about their fear and expectations for the coming school year.
Bookquests et listes de discussion
eTeachNet is a list where you can meet colleagues from all over France and
exchange with them your findings, your questions or your fears. The list
also offers documents that the members have put together. To register, go to
:
http://eteachnet.org/
You can also find tips to make your own bookquest andsome examples on the
site ofacad miede Paris :http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/bookquest.php
Banqoutils
To find ideas of exercises and activities to help your students evaluate
their level and start " la carte" remediation, make your choice from:
http://www.banqoutils.education.gouv.fr
Free stuff to order or download
Anti-tobacco books, posters and videos
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/pubs1.htm#posters
lots of addresses to visit
http://www.freebies4ya.com/freebies/education.asp
printable worksheets and material (including maps)
http://www.nvnet.org/nvhs/edresource/hubpages/Worksheets.html
free and paying material from the UK Ambassy in Paris
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1062156404586
Teaching activities
Teaching activities from the British council
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/britlit/britlit.shtml
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/TRY/activities.shtml
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/resourcetry/resource_activities.shtml
[ with activities around short stories like 'The Landlady' by Roald Dahl,
or ideas to help the students speak, listen, pronounce or remember the
vocabulary.]
Resource Guide Online
http://www.cal.org/resources/faqs/RGOs/mainstream.html
[ more orientated towards research in ESL culture and linguistics.]
In English
Mary Glasgow Publications
http://www.link2english.com/english_secondary.asp
[see the "Timesaver" activities, with lots of worksheets, pictures
and
activities to make your lessons more lively and interactive.]
En français
Anglais et MultiM dia (livre & c d rom), Olivier Colas Collection Objectif
MultiM dia du C.R.D.P. de l acad mie de Grenoble, 20 ISBN : 286622647X
http://anglais.multimedia.online.fr/
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