New Symbaloo Mixes for Kids Over 40 books from the Starfall website. Easy for kids to access and use. (click here) Also, all the letter songs from Have Fun Teaching (click here) She's learning Japanese, oh, yes, I think so! Yoku dekimashita, Mary Beth! It's most likely that only a handful of people, including Mary Beth, would have understood that first sentence, which means 'Well done, Mary Beth' in Japanese. Or so the online translater assures me. Your Top 10 Language Exchange Websites to Speak English Fluently Language exchange websites (we also call them conversation exchange, chat exchange or speaking exchange websites) are a fantastic idea for language learners. You can study a foreign language completely for free AND make friends with native English speakers at the same time! However, once you get started it’s almost impossible to stop. It can get quite addictive, especially if you make many new friends who want to talk to you every day! Many of you have asked me whether I know of any good language exchange communities, where you can practice conversing in English with native speakers. The majority of those who asked me, come from countries in Asia and Europe.
Printable Graph Paper & Writing Paper & Templates Horror, suspense and mystery has produced some of the greatest literature and film of all time, and what better time of year to capitalize on this genre of writing than Halloween. This Halloween writing pack will provide plenty of incentives and visuals to help your students produce their scariest work yet. These themed writing packs look great and will inspire kids to write and step up their presentation skills as opposed to simply writing on standard paper. Download the Halloween themed writing Pack Here. The Pack looks great, and has 8 different themed pages that include.
senior cycle Welcome to Transition Year @ skoool.ie! As you embark on this interesting, challenging and diverse year, skoool.ie has compiled some information and resources we hope you will find useful as you strive to meet your personal transition year goals. We will be updating this section often, so remember to bookmark it and return to it regularly throughout the coming year. Check out the Transition Year Dairies from students Laura and Niamh. Transition Year Goals How I learned a language in 22 hours "What do you know about where I come from?" That was one of the first questions I ever asked Bosco Mongousso, an Mbendjele pygmy who lives in the sparsely populated Ndoki forest at the far northern tip of the Republic of Congo. We were sitting on logs around a fire one evening four years ago, eating a dinner of smoked river fish and koko, a vitamin-rich wild green harvested from the forest. I'd come to this hard-to-reach corner of the Congo basin – a spot at least 50km from the nearest village – to report a story for National Geographic magazine about a population of chimpanzees who display the most sophisticated tool-use ever observed among non-humans. Mongousso, who makes his living, for the most part, by hunting wildlife and gathering forest produce such as nuts, fruits, mushrooms and leaves, had teeth that had been chiselled to sharp points as a child.
Cool Tools for Vocabulary As someone who creates and shares presentations frequently, I'm excited to add SlideRocket to my tech toolkit of cloud-based presentation tools. It's slick, collaborative and available for free with a Gmail or Google Apps for Educators account. A refreshing change from Google Presentation, SlideRocket is feature-rich and fast.
6 Creative Ways to Teach Students Academic Vocabulary When it comes to teaching academic vocabulary, you can have students endlessly copy new words into their notebooks or use new words in a sentence over and over. Or you can get a little more creative. Here are some of our favorite ways to shake up word instruction: