Fluency and fun: Hidden words
Here’s a quick speaking activity for Primary EAL. A good one for Friday afternoon fun. Check out this ‘Hidden Words‘ post on Bored Panda. Is […]
Promoting Vocabulary in your Classroom
Introduction Vocabulary is so important. Using it effectively allows everyone to describe better what they are thinking and makes explanations more concise. Within the area […]
Twinkl in Action: Facts as a foundation
Year 9 Geography. The assessment task involves looking at the impact of tourism in Kenya. Some of my EAL learners are quite new to English, […]
Teach Talk: Let’s Not Confuse with the Words We Use
It might seem like a no-brainer, but creating inclusive courses requires putting in the time to examine the way we write and speak. After all, […]
Bad teaching
A ramble from last year. Just came across it again. Ha! When I re-read it I thought, ‘actually Pete, it was pretty bad teaching! What […]
Semantic Maps Made Easy
What teacher isn’t looking for an amazing way to engage students in learning? Whether it’s a different evidence-based strategy or technology, you want to maximize […]
Tech or Treat: Spook-tacular Halloween Resources for the Classroom IV
Back by popular demand—some really spook-tacular digital resources that are sure to creep out your students—in a good way, of course! Yep—it’s the updated version […]
Varjak Paw Kahoot! (EAL)
Here are a couple of game-based resources you could use for EAL learners reading Varjak Paw. Our Year 4 students have really enjoyed the book […]
Lost in Meaning? Let Me Show You how to Find Meaning through Vocabulary
Unsplash Plenty of times when learning a new language, I felt lost, going backwards instead of making linguistic progress. (because the cliche is that one […]
Worlds of Words
Unsplash How to encourage learner autonomy when it comes to learning vocabulary? How to inspire curiosity to learn more about certain words in English? For […]
Hirameki with young learners (via Emily Bryson)
A very quick post to say thanks to Emily Bryson! She recently shared this interesting post on using the Japanese art of Hirameki as way […]
Wordwall with young learners
I wrote an overview of Wordwall last year. Here’s a more practical example of how I actually use Wordwall, rather than just as a load […]
