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English Activities for Kids — Fun, Free and Printable

Teach kids all that they need to know about the English language with JumpStart’s fun English activities! From alphabet letters and spellings to synonyms and parts of speech, these activities cover it all. Free, printable and easy to use, our interactive English activities are a great way for parents and teachers to keep kids engaged and teach them valuable lessons.

• Practicing Idioms




• Playing Sight Words with Water




• Tic Tac Toe




• Spellings in the Air





• Spellathon





• Scramble up Some Spellings




• Collection of Spelling Activities





• A Race with Spellings





• Toys and Phonics




• Sticky Families of Words





• Playing Phonics with a Ball





• Phonics with Letter Blocks




• Phonics on Caps





• Natural Phonics





• Letter Cards of Phonics





• Flip Chart with Phonics




• Write a Story




• Learn with Lipograms




• Memorial Day – Word Jumble




• Tree of Books





• How Does it Look?




• Captions and More




• Draw a Paragraph!




• Paint Your Book




• Pass the Apple




• Peekaboo
• Adverb Fun




• Neighborhood Verbs
• Where’s the Synonym?
• So Silly
• Casey’s Clues
• Animal Messages
• Scooter Relay
• CJ’s Puzzles
• Go, Scooter!
• Two In One
• Spare Tire
• Before and After
• Word Play
• Soup-Can Word Makers
• Sunny Surprise
• Looking for Words
• Baby Duck Cards
• Torn-Tissue Alphabet
• Up and Away
• A-B-C Socks
• Sequencing Letters
• Inside a Word
• Shark
• Spelling Spiders
• What’s My Name?
• Spoon Spelldown
• Plurals Puzzle
• Prefix-Suffix Bingo
• Tic-Tac-Spell
• Contraction Concentration
• Word Scavenger Hunt
• Frankie’s Spelling Game

 

Fun, Free and Printable English Activities for Kids

Kids learn best when lessons are a combination of fun and learning. The free English activities available here are fun and exciting to do, teaching kids important rules and concepts in the process. We have activities for kids across various grades.

Most of these activities can be used in the classroom, adding value to teachers’ English lesson plans. Parents also can use many of these activities at home, encouraging kids to spend their free time productively. From spelling to grammar to phonetic, JumpStart’s English activities are the most convenient way of teaching the language to kids!

English Activities – A Valuable Resource

When kids learn English, it is important to ensure that they get enough time to practice each topic. Fun activities make it easier for teachers to get the little ones to practice more and enjoy the learning process as well. Since most of these activities require only simple materials and are printable, they prove to be a valuable resource for teachers and parents alike.

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If you have access to a printer, please find below a home learning pack that you can download and print at home, as well as work booklet and fun activities for your children to independently work through, at their own pace to allow opportunities for a screen break:

Week Beginning 13th July 2020

• KS1 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 13th July 2020)

• KS1 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 13th July 2020)

• A Letter to My Future Self

• Choose Objects to put in a Time Capsule — Activity Sheet

• Time Capsule Activity Booklet

• Ultimate Times Table — Daily Practice 1 Booklet

• Year 2 — Summer Maths Activities

• Year 2 — Summer Maths Activities — Answers

Week Beginning 6th July 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 6th July 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 6th July 2020)

• Cinderella Comprehension

• Design your own Cartoon Chararcter

• Disney Wordsearch

• Maths — Place Value

• Mindfulness Colouring — Disney

• Walt Disney Activity Sheets

Week Beginning 29th June 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 29th June 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 29th June 2020)

Week Beginning 22nd June 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 22nd June 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 22nd June 2020)

• Magic London Bus Poem

• Magic Potion Price List

• Magic Tricks for Kids

• English — Workbook (week commencing 22nd June 2020)

• Maths — Measurement Workbook (week commencing 22nd June 2020)

• Science — Uses of Everyday Materials (Learning from Home Activity Booklet)

Week Beginning 15th June 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 15th June 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 15th June 2020)

• Topic — My Scuba Diving Diary

• Topic — Seahorses

• Topic — Seashell Seach

• Topic — Why Is It Important to Keep Our Oceans Clean

• Maths — Year 2 Shape Booklet

• English — Common Exception Words — Year 2 Activity Book

• English — 60 Second Reading Guidance

Week Beginning 8th June 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 8th June 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 8th June 2020)

• Maths — Year 2 Fractions — Activity Booklet

• Maths — Year 2 Fractions — Answers

• Maths — Number Place and Value — Workbook

• Maths — Number Place and Value — Answers

• Science — Plants Activity Booklet

Week Beginning 1st June 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 1st June 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 1st June 2020)

Week Beginning 18th May 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 18th May 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Guidance and Answers (week commencing 18th May 2020)

Week Beginning 11th May 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 11th May 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Parent Guidance and Answers (week commencing 11th May 2020)

Week Beginning 4th May 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 4th May 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Parent Guidance and Answers (week commencing 4th May 2020)

• English — Reading Comprehension Booklet 1

• English — Reading Comprehension Booklet 2

• Maths — Multiplication and Division Booklet

• Science — Home Activities

Week Beginning 27th April 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 27th April 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack Guidance and Answers (week commencing 27th April 2020)

• ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ — Talk for Writing Home-School Booklet (supporting GOSH)

Week Beginning 20th April 2020

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack (week commencing 20th April 2020)

• Year 2 — Home Learning Pack — Parent Guidance and Answers (week commencing 20th April 2020)

• Year 2 — Multiplication and Division Workbook

• The Magical Box- Literacy Activities

• The Mystery of the Squashed Fruit

• 10 Ideas for How to be Kind at Home

• My Kind Acts

• Blank Kindness Calendar

• April Happiness Calendar

Week Beginning 30th March 2020

• Year 2 — Addition and Subtraction

• 100 Fun Indoor Activities

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50 classroom activities for 2nd grade

This blog shares ideas for using Wixie to meet standards and learning goals with second graders, whether they are learning at school or at home. Select the image for each idea or use the text link to open a template you can assign as a teacher, or use as a student, immediately.

If your child uses Wixie at school, they can log in at home to create and share their learning through a combination of text, images, and voice narration! Your child’s teacher may even be suggesting activities by assigning templates that will show at the top of your child’s Wixie home page. (If your child doesn’t have Wixie, sign up for a free trial account you can use for 90-days.)

Find more ideas, samples, and lessons for second-grade learners at: https://static.wixie.com/edu/second-grade

1. Brainstorm signs of spring

Regardless of the current weather outside on the vernal equinox, what are the signs of spring in your area? Search «spring» or «cluster» at your Wixie home page, add what you see (or even hear, smell, taste, and feel) this spring to each petal. (template)

2. Create a superhero

Create your own super hero! What powers will they have? How will they help people? Where did they and their powers come from? If you need a bit of direction to get started, search «superhero» in Wixie to find a Superhero ID card. (template)

3. Create an animal alliteration

Create an amazing animal alliteration — a short sentence in the noun–verb–noun format, such as “Birds build bubbles.” Use Wixie’s paint tools to illustrate and record your voice to narrate your sentence. (template)

4. Create a collage

Add images to a blank Wixie page to represent something. For example, you could represent events in story or your day or even things you see during a particular season.

 

First grade combines the tools in FreshPaint and Wixie in order to create a spring “collage”. @visualartsbcps @Edgemere_BCPS @Tech5Learning pic.twitter.com/SjEQGAMDvq

— Greg Flach (@Mountaineer94) April 6, 2018

 

5. Explore antonyms

Explore antonyms with your child. Read Dr. Seuss’s The Foot Book and create a list of antonyms with your child. You can start them off with things like hot/cold, high/low.

Have your child create a page in Wixie that illustrates an antonym pair. Use the microphone tool to record their explanation. 

Step-by-step directions for creating antonyms in Wixie

6. Go on a shape hunt

Read a book like The Shape of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Seuss. Then walk around your home and find shapes, like rectangles and triangle, or even cylinders and spheres. 

Use the Image button and Camera tab to capture the shapes you find and add them to Wixie. Search «3D» for a book template. (template)

Seeing Shapes lesson plan with literature connections, samples, and more

7. Make a wish

Search for «wish» at your Wixie home page and open the My Wish activity. Use the Image button and Camera tab to capture a photo of yourself blowing out a dandelion. Select the circle shape below the tools to change it from a rectangle to an oval. Type your wish in the bubble. (template)

8. Take a 5-senses walk

Go outside and walk around your yard or neighborhood. What do you see, hear, smell, touch, or taste? When you come back inside, search Wixie for «observation» and open the 5 Senses Observation template. Add text or pictures to show what you observed for each sense. (template)

9. Create an animal riddle

Create a riddle to challenge other student’s knowledge about animals. Choose your favorite animal or learn about one you didn’t know about before. (template)

Explore an Animal Riddles lesson plan

10. Real World of Math: Post Office Problems

Students’ use of computation skills coincides with the ability to solve word problems involving money. Search «Post Office Problems» to find a template that asks students to apply computation skills to solve stamp-buying questions. (template)

Former math specialist Scott Loomis has an entire series of Real World of Math templates. Find out more

11. Create a personal timeline

Have students add photos and images to create a timeline that shows important events in their life. Search «timeline» at your Wixie home page for a template. Add text to each bubble and images for an event or two. Use the microphone tool to record a summary. Share with family and friends by copying and pasting the URL. (template)

Extend student thinking by asking them to add another page and draw pictures of where they see themselves in the future.

Explore more timeline ideas

12. Send a virtual high five

Right now most people are going above and beyond to respond to the pandemic. Show your appreciation with a virtual high-five. Has a friend connected on a regular basis, did your grandparents send something nice? (template)

You can also search for «five» at your Wixie home page and add text or voice narration to show you appreciate their being amazing. Use the paint tools and Image options to decorate.

13. Write a letter to or between characters in a story

Taking the perspective of a character in a story can help students understand their motivations and better comprehend their response to events in a story. Assign a stationery template, use the Stationery backgrounds, or have students design their own. (template)

 

Provide a prompt that connects to the story you are reading to direct their thinking and writing.

14. Simple surveys and great graphs

Survey your friends, family members, and neighbors about a favorite book, sport, food, game, or at-home activity. Collect your survey findings using tally marks to practice counting. (template)

Explore a Simple Surveys and Great Graphs lesson plan

15. Adapt a rhyming story to build skills with phonics

It’s #SchoolLibraryMonth. Read a rhyming story like Dr. Seuss’s There’s a Wocket in my Pocket. Have students choose a place in the house and write a rhyming nonsense word for a creature living there. Use Wixie to add a Seuss-like sentence and illustrate your page.  Use Wixie’s import pages feature to combine individual student work into a class book. (template)

Find more creating writing ideas that build phonics skills

16.

Make a map of your neighborhood

Use the «By My House» template in Wixie, to have students create a map of important places in their neighborhood. (template)

Ask parents to help them review the cardinal directions from their home as well as what places they know in those directions. Have students use the paint tools and add images to create a map that shows these important places in their community.

17. Decorate an Easter Egg

Wixie includes a folder of activities for April in the Curriculum > Month-by-Month folder. Open the Paint an Easter Egg activity and have your child decorate using Wixie’s paint tools. (template)

Print the file, cut out the eggs, and use as Easter decorations. You can even write notes on the back and hide around your home for an egg hunt or give to a friend as an Easter greeting card.

18. Capture reading fluency

Capture student fluency using the recording tool and Wixie templates with prose and poetry passages for grades K-3. (template)

Log in and search «fluency» or browse Curriuclum>Language Arts>Reading>Fluency for a few examples, then customize or create your own to meet your needs.

19. What would you do with $100?

In second grade, students abilities in reading, writing, and math are blossoming. Embrace their growing ability to think independently by asking them what they would do with 100 dollars. (template)

 

Use this project to build literacy and math by asking students to tell you what they would spend their money to buy, why they would do this (reason) as well as subtract the value of this object from 100 to show the change they would get back from paying with a $100 bill.

20. Review and rate a book

Have learners write a review of a recent book they have read. Share with friends and other students to give them ideas for new titles they can read to help keep them from getting bored at home in quarantine! (template)

Explore more book review ideas, including a book review cube, on Creative Educator.

21. Interview a family or friend about life in quarantine

Life has changed in the past month for people across the world. Encourage students to connect with families or friends they haven’t been able to see recently by asking them to conduct an interview.  Students can connect with them on the phone or even FaceTime and interview them about their experience with life at home during quarantine. Create a Wixie document to record your questions and their answers with text and voice recording. (template)

22. Create an Arcimboldo-inspired self-portrait

Giuseppe Arcimboldo is an Italian Renaissance painter known for his portraits of people that use objects like fruit and books. Challenge students to create Arcimboldo-style self-portraits by combining clip art images in Wixie. Browse the Curriculum library and Art to find a template to support student work. (template)

 

Explore an Arcimboldo-style Self Portrait lesson plan

23. Explore character traits and support with evidence

Have students use Wixie to recall, retell, and share text, images, and voice narration about a character’s physical traits, feelings, and actions. Search «trait» or «cluster» for a template. Students can also connect evidence from the text to each trait. (template)

Explore more ideas for using cluster diagrams to organize student thinking

24. Solve a tangram puzzle

A tangram is a Chinese puzzle made from a square cut into seven different shapes, called tans. You use these shapes to make the square, as well as a range of other shapes. Tangram puzzles help students practice visual-spatial awareness and geometric relationships like symmetry, transformations, and composite shapes. (template)

At your Wixie home, search «tangram» to find a range of challenges! 

For a creative writing approach, use the Tangram Story file to build your own unique shape and finish the story of the happy square: «There was once a happy square who dreamed of being different, something exciting. But what could that be?»

25. Build vocabulary with word games

Wixie includes a folder of Word Play templates you can use to challenge students to expand vocabulary and see words. For example, how many three-letter words can you find in the word celebrate? How many four-letter words? (template)

Many of the Month-by-Month folders also include thematic words for this type of word play, like this one for Earth Day.

 

26. Create a backyard or neighborhood field guide

Ask students to go outside or look out a window and observe a plant or animal that interests them. Use Wixie to draw what they see and record observations using text and voice. Use this information to identify the species. (Go Botany and Cornell have sites that can help). (template)

Once students know the species, have them use Wixie to create a field guide for that species or even several species that live nearby.

27. Draw your own tree for Arbor Day

Gustav Klimt’s «Tree of Life» is one of his most recognizable paintings. Search «Klimt» in Wixie and use the Eraser tool to create your own Klimt-style tree using a scratch art-style template. (template)

Scratch art drawing in Wixie is done with the Eraser tool, not the paint brush! 

28.

Write your own version of A. A. Milne’s «When I was One» poem

Read «The End» a poem by A. A. Milne, who you know from Winnie the Pooh.

When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three
I was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am Six,
I’m as clever as clever,
So I think I’ll be six now for ever and ever.

Open Wixie and type «Milne» in the search field. (template)

Open the «When I was (age)» template, finish each line, and use Wixie’s tools to illustrate. 

If you have students of different ages, adjust the template to add or remove a line and assign different templates to different students.

29. Craft a concrete, or shape, poem

Concrete poems are poems where the words are arranged in a shape that reflects the topic of the poem. Write your poem in small phrases or stanzas and use the rotate handle above a text box in Wixie to adjust the direction.

30. Create a coat of arms for a book character

A coat of arms is a symbolic representation of a family’s identity and values. Create a coat of arms for a book character for a creative way to showcase your comprehension of their traits. Search «coat of arms» in Wixie to open a template that makes it easy to color, add images, and write a motto. (template)

Explore a Character Coat of Arms lesson plan

31. The pros and cons of quarantine

Life is definitely different under quarantine. Is quarantine good, or bad, or both? Think about your experience and use a «Pros and Cons» organizer in Wixie to list them. Search «quarantine» at your Wixie home page or open a general Pros and Cons organizer by browsing Templates>Graphic Organizers. (template)

32. Write a fractured nursery rhyme

Wixie has an entire folder of templates you can use to write a fractured version of your favorite nursery rhyme.   Search «fracture» or browse Curriculum>Writing>Poetry>Fracture Nursery Rhymes. Have fun! (choice board)

33. Create a thank you card for your teacher

Tomorrow is Teacher Appreciation Day! Open the Templates at your Wixie home page and open the Stationery folder to find a thank you note starter you can use to type a letter to your teacher. Better yet, start a blank Wixie page and use the paint tools to create an original drawing. You can also use the image button and camera option to capture your picture!

Use the microphone tool to record your voice and let your teacher know how much you appreciate (and miss!) them, your teacher would love to hear from you. (template)

34. Make a pictograph

Pictographs are fun ways to show off data. Ask students to share the number of each pets they have at their home. Collect their answers and share the data with students. Search «pictograph» in Wixie to find a template that makes it easy to drag images to show the data with pictures. (template)

36. Write about your favorite relative

Practice opinion writing through a favorite relative project. Give structure to your emerging writers by asking them to state their opinion, share 2-3 reasons why, and finish with a concluding statement. Share students’ work with their favorite relative. (O-R-E-O Opinion template)

Explore a Favorite Relative lesson plan

37. Design an Animal Diary

Have students use personification to write a diary for an animal that teaches others about its unique physical characteristics, behaviors, and adaptations. (template)

Explore an Animal Diary lesson plan

38. Write a Mother’s Day Rebus

Read or watch I Love You, A Rebus Poem by Jean Marzollo. Challenge students to come up with reverse rhymes for their I Love You message. Great idea for mom! 

39. Create an ABC’s of… Book

After researching and learning about a topic such as geography, matter, ancient civilizations, or even the unique history and geography of your state, have students use Wixie to create an alphabet book to share knowledge they have learned, organizing their writing using the ABC’s. (template)

Have them each complete a book, or assign each student a single page and combine into a class book using Wixie’s Import Pages feature.

40. Persuade for a pet

Humane Societies and Pet Rescues are reporting record numbers of adoptions during quarantine. Encourage your students to write a letter or create a presentation in Wixie to persuade their family to get a new pet, supporting their opinion with reasons and examples. You can also search for «cluster» and «OREO» for graphic organizers to support research and thinking. (O-R-E-O and Letter templates)

   

Explore a Persuade for a Pet lesson plan

40. Write your own word problems

Visualizing word problems in Wixie by using the paint tools to draw models or by adding images from the media library can help students better identify key pieces of a problem and the relations between them.

Get step-by-step directions and more ideas for getting started with word problems in Wixie.

Explore a Multiplication Word Problems lesson plan

41. Send a chalk art message

To get a bit of a break from quarantine more and more people are walking the neighborhoods and many kids are creating chalk art messages to make them smile or give hope!

Search Wixie for «chalk» to find a template you can use to create a digital chalk art message. Export the image or copy the URL and send to a grandparent or share with an elderly neighbor who can’t get outside. (template)

42. Inform others about an endangered plant or animal

Use Wixie to create raise awareness or inform others about an endangered species. Search «trading card» at your Wixie home page for an easy template to help you to organize your writing to inform others about animals or plants in peril. (template)

 

43. Create a digital word wall

Students can use the «word wall» template in Wixie to create their own word wall. Assign to each learner so they can add words they do not know from books they are reading or hearing. Have students look up the meaning in a dictionary or ask a parent or teacher to help them define and add a picture and even voice recording. (template)

44. Create a class memory book

Use Wixie to create a memory book filled with each student’s favorite event from the school year. Have students use Wixie’s image, text, and recording tools to create their page, combine them together into one file in your teacher account, and publish online, as PDF, or print. (template)

Explore step-by-step directions for this idea.

45. Partition shapes

In second grade, students learn to partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares. Search «partition» in Wixie for a range of practice and play activities that help students grow to learn that equal shares doesn’t have to mean the same shape. (template)

 

46. Design a Habitat Snow Globe

Most students have or have seen a snow globe at home or at a tourist attraction. Ask students design a snow globe to showcase the animals and plants in a particular habitat. Search «snow globe» at the Wixie home page for a template. There is also a snow globe glass image in Wixie’s sticker’s library they can add to their file to add a glassy effect. (template)

Explore a Habitat Snow Globe lesson plan

47. Carve your own rock art

Petroglyphs are objects carved into rock by prehistoric people. Search «petroglyph» at your Wixie home page. Assign to students and they can use the Eraser tool to «carve» their own petroglyph image. Use the microphone tool to tell the story of the rock art. (template)

48. Publish a brochure for your neighborhood

What makes where you live special? Our families choose places to live based on economics, weather, family, geography, and culture. Have your students talk to their parents about why they chose to live where they do. Walk the neighborhood, take pictures, and use Wixie to create a brochure to let others know about the unique neighborhood you call home. Start from a blank page or search «brochure» at your Wixie home page to start from a template. (template)

49. Tell a data story

Read or watch Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins. This story describes a family with five creatures comparing features between them in many different ways. Have each student collect five creatures data for their home. Search «creatures» in Wixie to find a template students can use to collect data for five creatures in their home. (template)

Have students use this data to write their own five creatures story!

Explore other books that make for great literature adaptations. 

50. Create Silhouette Art

A silhouette is a sharp outline or shadow of an object. While students can always draw silhouette outlines, they can also create them using stickers from the Image library.

Start a new blank page. Use the Image button to find and add a sticker to the page. Simple stickers are best. This may also be a great time to talk about horizon line. 

 

Have students select each sticker, go to the Edit menu and choose Glue to Paint layer. Use the paint bucket to fill each sticker with black. Clean up spaces with the paint brush and add ground if necessary. Finally, select the Arrow tool and use the Background Picture button to find a colorful background!

Explore a Spooky Silhouettes lesson plan

 

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  Expanded Form Dominoes (3-Digit Numbers)
  

  Use this set of dominoes when learning how to match 3-digit numbers written in standard form and expanded form.

  1 page Grades:
  1 — 2

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  Expanded Form Dominoes (4-Digit Numbers)
  

  Use this set of dominoes when learning how to match 4-digit numbers written in standard form and expanded form.

  8 pages Grades:
  2 — 3

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  Dress for the Weather Match-Up Activity
  

  Identify proper clothing choices for different weather conditions with a clothing and climate matching activity.

  1 page Grades:
  PK — 2

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  All About Bats Mini Book
  

  Go batty for informational text with a printable emerging reader mini book for first and second-grade readers.

  1 page Grades:
  1 — 2

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  Word Chain Worksheet — Final -st Blends
  

  Create word chains by manipulating the individual phonemes in words with this differentiated word-building worksheet.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

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  Word Chain Worksheet — Beginning L Blends
  

  Manipulate the individual phonemes in words to create new ones with this differentiated word-building worksheet.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

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  How Would You Feel? Scenario Cards
  

  Develop your students’ emotional vocabulary with this set of real-life scenarios.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

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  Characteristics of Emotions — Poster Set
  

  Learn the facial expressions and body cues that accompany the most common emotional states with this poster set.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

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  How Would I Feel? Sorting Activity
  

  Develop emotional vocabulary using these real-life scenario cards.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

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  Fall Vocabulary Cards and Writing Center
  

  “Fall” into reading and writing stations with a Fall word display and fall writing prompts for first grade.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

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  Types of Syllables Anchor Charts
  

  Remind your students about the most common syllable types with this set of classroom display posters.

  6 pages Grades:
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  Expanded Form Dominoes (5-Digit Numbers)
  

  Use this set of dominoes when learning how to match 5-digit numbers written in standard form and expanded form.

  1 page Grades:
  2 — 4

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  Bar Graphs – Instructional Slide Deck
  

  Learn about the features and how to create a bar graph with this 25-page instructional slide deck.

  1 page Grades:
  2 — 3

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  The Changing Seasons Comprehension Worksheets
  

  Read and write about the changing seasons with a comprehension passage and worksheet.

  2 pages Grades:
  1 — 3

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  Write a Spooky Story — Scaffolded Writing Project
  

  Inspire your struggling writers to write spooky stories that contain all of the story elements with a set of scaffolded writing activities and final draft paper.

  1 page Grades:
  1 — 2

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  Fall Bingo
  

  Celebrate and review the symbols of fall with a fun Bingo game.

  24 pages Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Halloween Worksheet — Bat Facts and Opinions
  

  Practice identify facts and opinions with a Halloween worksheet activity about bats.

  1 page Grades:
  1 — 3

• teaching resource

  Drug-Free Me Flipbook and Craft
  

  Display your students’ pledges to be drug-free with a Red Ribbon Week flip book and craft activity.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  On the Farm — Vocabulary and Writing Prompts
  

  Inspire young farmers to read and write about the farm with farm-themed writing prompts and word wall cards.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Printable Fall Books — Preschool
  

  Read and write about autumn with our printable colors of fall mini book.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Mapping Our Classroom — Mapmaking Project
  

  Develop primary grade map skills with a classroom mapping project.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Veterans Day Headband
  

  Get crafty and treat veterans like royalty with a printable Veterans Day crown template.

  2 pages Grades:
  PK — 2

• teaching resource

  Red Ribbon Week Writing Center
  

  Read and write during Red Ribbon Week with writing prompts and word wall cards.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Happy Fall, Y’all Bulletin Board Display
  

  Celebrate the coming of Autumn with a fall bulletin board display and an art activity.

  9 pages Grades:
  PK — 7

• teaching resource

  All About Insects — Vocabulary and Writing Activity
  

  Inspire young entomologists to read and write about insects with bug-themed writing prompts and word wall cards.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Counting Clip Cards — On the Farm
  

  Practice counting objects with a set of 18 farm-themed counting clip cards.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Addition and Subtraction Within 20 – Worksheet
  

  Use this worksheet with your students when exploring addition and subtraction within 20.

  2 pages Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Red Ribbon Week and Halloween Door Decorating Kit
  

  Decorate for Halloween and Red Ribbon Week at the same time with our Halloween door decorations!

  8 pages Grades:
  PK — 7

• teaching resource

  Counting, Blending, and Segmenting Syllables Interactive Activity
  

  Practice blending, segmenting, and counting syllables in words with a Google Interactive activity.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Counting Clip Cards — Dinosaurs
  

  Practice counting objects with a set of 18 dinosaur-themed counting clip cards.

  1 page Grades:
  K — 2

• teaching resource

  Landform Diorama Project
  

  Create and display a diorama of a landform with our landform project planning and creation templates.

  1 page Grades:
  1 — 4

• teaching resource

  Adverbs Google Interactive
  

  Provide your students with engaging, interactive activities to help them improve their usage and identification of adverbs.

  1 page Grades:
  2 — 4

Lessons for Year 2 | Billingborough Primary School

Here you will find Home School resources especially for Year 2, age 6-7 years.

 

Well done and thank you to everyone for all your hard work both in school and at home.  Details of summer learning has been emailed to all families.  Please remember to read regularly and enjoy listening to your grown ups and family read stories to you.  Phonics packs have been emailed to all families which include Monster Phonics flashcards as well as ideas for games and activities too.  Remember to practise counting forwards and backwards, learning number bonds and multiplication tables too.  

We wish you all a fantastic summer holiday and we look forward to welcoming you back to school in September. 
Stay and safe and keep smiling.

Welcome to a new term. 

Whether you are in school or continuing with your learning at home, everyone will share the same exciting learning opportunities. 

Below you will find this week’s work. 

Below is the Y2 Maths Learning Plan

with the resources and links you will need for the

week beginning Monday 20th July.

• Y2 Maths Learning Plan Monday 20th July — Tuesday 21st July

• Skip counting worksheet

• Multiplication woksheets

Below are the Year 2 English learning plans and resources for the week beginning 20th July.  

• Year 2 English Learning plan wc 20th July.pdf

• Sun safety reading activity 2.pdf

• Sammy seagull’summer safety-story.ppt

• Sammy Seagull activity pack.pdf

Below are some resources and phonics activities for the week beginning Monday 20th July.

 

• Phonopoly Game Board

• Game Board

• Score Sheet

• Certificate

• Challenge and Chance Cards

• Phase 6 outdoor phonics challenge cards

• Phase 6 phonics mosaic activity sheets

• Phase 6 phonics mosaic emoji activity sheets

Below is the Year 2 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan 

with the resources and links you will need.

• Yr 2 Humanities Learning Plan Monday 20th July — Tuesday 21st July

• Design your own beach hat

• Design your own flip flops

• Design your own sunglasses

Below is the Y2 Maths Learning Plan

with the resources and links you will need for the

week beginning Monday 13th July.

• Y2 Maths Learning Plan Monday 13th — Friday 17th July

• Monday 13th July Create Your Own Puzzle

• Monday 13th July Mend the Quilt

• Tuesday 14th July Pirate direction

• Wednesday 15th July Pirate coordinates

• Wednesday 15th July Treasure map coordinates

• Thursday 16th July Coordinates blank worksheet

• Thursday 16th July Summer pictures coordinates

• Lesson Presentation Mend the Quilt. pptx

• Position and direction warm up powerpoint

• Island coordinates

Below are the Year 2 English learning plans and resources for the week beginning 13th July. 

• Y2 English Learning Plan Monday 13th — Friday 17th July

• Sports day sensory poem activity sheet

• Transition day year 2 to year 3 booklet

• How to look after a dog differentiated reading comprehension activity

• Dictations

• LSWCC

Below is the Y2 Phonics Learning Plan with the resources and links you will need for the week beginning Monday 13th July.

 

• Y2 Phonics Learning Plan Monday 13th — Friday 17th July

• PowerPoint w-ar.

• w-ar (or) worksheets

• w-ar Flashcards

• w-ar (or) Nonsense Flashcards

Below is the Year 2 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan 

with the resources and links you will need.

• Y2 Humanities Learning Plan — Science, art and geography (Monday 13th — Friday 17th July)

• Lesson Plan Thomas Edison

• Lesson Presentation Thomas Edison

• Electricity Hunt Activity Sheet

• PSHE and Citizenship — Think Positive — Happy Minds Lesson Plan

• Happiness powerpoint

• PSHE and Citizenship — Think Positive — Happiness Is Poem Activity

• Inventors comprehension

Picture News  Check out this week’s Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.

The question is..Are holidays important?  

Below is the Y2 Maths Learning Plan

with the resources and links you will need for the

week beginning Monday 6th July.

• Y2 Maths Learning Plan Monday 6th — Friday 10th July

• Monday 6th July

• Monday 6th July answers

• Tuesday 7th July

• Tuesday 7th July answers

• Wednesday 8th July

• Wednesday 8th July answers

• Thursday 9th July

• Thursday 9th July answers

Below are the Year 2 English learning plans and resources for the week beginning 6th July.  

• Y2 English Learning Plan Monday 6th — Friday 10th July

• Adverbial Sort

• Diary Adult Guidance Giant’s Story

• Diary Checklist

• Diary Lesson Plan Writing a Diary Entry

• Diary Writing Frame

• Spot the Adverbial

• Summer solstice differentiated reading comprehension

• When Did It Happen

• Where Did It Happen

• Year 2 Week 5 Dictations

• Year 2 Week 5 LSWCC

• Diary Lesson Presentation Writing a Diary Entry

• Fronted adverbials powerpoint

Below is the Y2 Phonics Learning Plan with the resources and links you will need for the week beginning Monday 6th July.

 

• Y2 Phonics Learning Plan Monday 6th July — Friday 10th July

• Powerpoint w-or

• w-or flashcards

• w or (er) Nonsense flashcards

• w-or (er) worksheets

• Grapheme colour coded flashcards

• 100 High Frequency Word flashcards

• 200 High Frequency Word Flashcards

• Common Exception Word Flashcards Colour Coded

• Common Exception Word Flashcards in Plain

Below is the Year 2 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan 

with the resources and links you will need.

• Y2 Humanities Learning Plan Monday 6th — Friday 10th July

• Science — Pollination

• Science — Pollination Activity Sheets

• Science — Flower Part Labels

• Science — Label Parts of a Flower Activity

• Science — Plants Word Search

• Lesson Plan David Attenborough

• Attenborough’s Life Activity Sheet

• Attenborough’s Life Fact Cards

• Wildlife Documentary Activity Sheet

• PSHE and Citizenship — Think Positive — Lesson Plan

• PSHE and Citizenship — Think Positive — What Makes a Good Learner

• PSHE and Citizenship — Think Positive — Inspirational Quotes about Learning

• Art and Nature fact sheet

• Lesson Presentation David Attenborough

• PSHE and Citizenship — Think Positive Lesson Presentation

Picture News  Check out this week’s Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.

The question is…How important are first impressions?

Below is the Year 2 maths learning plan with questions, resources and links for the week beginning 29th June. 

 

• Y2 Maths Learning Plan Monday 29th June — Friday 3rd July

• Monday 29th June

• Monday 29th June answers

• Tuesday 30th June

• Tuesday 30th June answers

• Wednesday 1st July

• Wednesday 1st July answers

• Thursday 2nd July

• Thursday 2nd answers

• 2D shapes

• 3D shapes

• Name the 3D Shape PowerPoint Quiz

Below is the Year 2 English learning plan and resources for the week beginning 29th June.  

On the learning plan, you will find questions and links.

• Y2 English Learning Plan Monday 29th June — Friday 3rd July

• Adverb matching activity sheet

• Identifying Adverbs activity sheet

• Wimbledon differentiated reading comprehension activity

• Year 2 Autumn 1 Week 4 Dictations

• Year 2 Autumn 1 Week 4 LSWCC

• Magic Box Poem by Kit Wright

• Adil Adverbs PowerPoint

• The Magic Box

• Magic box writing frame

• Magic box sentence starters

• The Magic Box

Below is the Y2 Phonics Learning Plan with the 

resources and links you will need for the week beginning Monday 29th June.

• Y2 Phonics Learning Plan Monday 29th June — Friday 3rd July

• Year 2 Grapheme Assess Flashcards

• Year 2 Grapheme Colour Coded Flashcards

• PowerPoint w-a (o)

• w-a (o) activity sheets

• w-a (o) Flashcards

• w-a (o) Nonsense Flashcards

• 200 Word Chart Colour Coded

• 100 High Frequency Word Flashcards

• 200 High Frequency Word Flashcards 1

• Common Exception Word Flashcards Colour Coded 1

• Common Exception Word Flashcards in Plain Text

Swapping Song

Below is the Year 2 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan 

with the resources and links you will need.

• Y2 Humanities Learning Plan — Science, arts and geography Monday 29th June — Friday 3rd July

• Science Exercise Lesson Presentation

• Science Exploring Exercise Questions Activity Sheet

• Science Lesson Plan Exercise

• Science Our bodies during exercise activity

• Science Physical Activity Challenge Cards

• Project Exercise Word Search

• Project Importance of Exercise Activity Sheet

• Project Joe Wicks exercise log

• Project Joe Wicks top tips why we need to exercise powerpoint

Picture News  Check out this week’s Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.

The question is… Why do we have statues?

Below is the Year 2 maths learning plan with questions, resources and links for the week beginning 22nd June. 

 

• Y2 Maths learning Plan 22nd — 26th June

• Monday 22nd June Maths

• Monday 22nd June answers

• Tuesday 23rd June Maths

• Tuesday 23rd June Maths answers

• Wednesday 24th June Maths

• Wednesday 24th June Maths answers

• Thursday 25th June Maths answers

• Thursday 25th June Maths

Year 2 — Week 5 — Lesson 4 — The 5 times table

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Year 2 — Week 6 — Lesson 1 — The 10 times-table

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Below is the Year 2 English learning plan and resources for the week beginning 22nd June. 

On the learning plan, you will find questions and links.

• Y2 English Learning Plan 22nd — 26th June

• Year 2 Autumn 1 Week 3 LSWCC (Monday 22nd June)

• Adjectives powerpoint (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Powerful adjectives powerpoint (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Finding adjectives activity sheet (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Powerful adjectives activity sheets (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Y2 Fairtrade differentiated reading comprehension (Wednesday 24th June)

• Year 2 Autumn 1 Week 3 Dictations (Friday 26th June)

Below is the Y2 Phonics Learning Plan with the 

resources and links you will need for the week beginning Monday 22nd June.

• Y2 Phonics Learning Plan 22nd — 26th June

• ey PowerPoint

• ey Flashcards

• ey Nonsense Flashcards

• ey worksheets

• 100 High Frequency Word Flashcards

• 200 High Frequency Word Flashcards

• Common Exception Word Flashcards Colour Coded

• Common Exception Word Flashcards in Plain

• Grapheme Colour Coded Flashcards

• Graphemes Assess Flashcards

Monkey Boo

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ey on stage

Below is the Year 2 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan 

with the resources and links you will need.

• Year 2 Learning Plan — Science, Arts, Humanities (Monday 22nd — Friday 26th June)

• Project — Healthy Eating Lunch Activity (Monday 22nd June)

• Project — Planning the best picnic ever activity (Monday 22nd June)

• Project — What am I food themed guessing game cards (Monday 22nd June)

• Science — Healthy eating quiz powerpoint (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Science — Food Groups Information PowerPoint (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Science — Healthy eating divided plate sorting Powerpoint (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Science — Finding the Food Group Worksheets (Tuesday 23rd June)

• Art — Hamper template net of a cube (Wednesday 24th June)

• PSHE and Citizenship — Think Positive Lesson 4 — Lesson Plan (Thursday 25th June)

• PSHE and Citizenship — Lesson Presentation (Thursday 25th June)

• PSHE and Citizenship — Emotions and Weather Vocabulary Sheet (Thursday 25th June)

• PSHE and Citizenship — Mindfulness Challenge Cards (Thursday 25th June)

• PSHE and Citizenship — Personal Weather Report Activity Sheet (Thursday 25th June)

Picture News  Check out this week’s Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.

The question is… Should zoos have been allowed to reopen earlier?

 

Below is the Year 2 maths learning plan with questions, resources and links for the week beginning 15th June. 

 

 

• Y2 Maths Learning Plan 15th June — 19th June

• Monday 15th June Maths

• Monday 15th June Maths answers

• Tuesday 16th June Maths

• Tuesday 16th June Maths answers

• Wednesday 17th June Maths

• Wednesday 17th June Maths answers

• Thursday 18th June Maths

• Thursday 18th June Maths answers

Below is the Year 2 English learning plan and resources for the week beginning 15th June.  

On the learning plan, you will find questions and links. 

• Y2 English Learning Plan (Monday 15th — Friday 19th June)

• Year 2 Autumn 1 Week 2 LSWCC (Monday 16th June)

• Verbs PowerPoint (Tuesday 16th June)

• Powerful Verbs PowerPoint (Tuesday 16th June)

• Verbs activity (Tuesday 16th June)

• Verbs activity 1 (Tuesday 16th June)

• Comprehension (Wednesday 17th June)

• Year 2 Autumn 1 Week 2 Dictations (Friday 19th June)

Below is the Y2 Phonics Learning Plan with the 

resources and links you will need.

• Y2 Phonics Learning Plan 15th — 19th June

• Year 2 Grapheme Colour Coded Flashcards

• Year 2 Grapheme Plain Flashcards

• o-u worksheets Days 1 — 4

• Phonics PowerPoint ou

• ou Flashcards

• o-u Nonsense Flashcards

• Common Exception Word (CEW) Flashcards Colour Coded

• Common Exception Word Flashcards (CEW) in Plain

• 100 High Frequency Word )HFW) Flashcards

• 200 High Frequency Word (HFW) Flashcards

Nothing Like My Other Brother

Video for Monday 15th and Friday 19th June

Below is the Year 2 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan 

with the resources and links you will need.

• Year 2 Learning Plan — Science, Arts and Humanities (Monday 15th — Friday 19th June)

• Geography The layers of the ocean information powerpoint

• Geography Creatures in the layers of the ocean

• Geography The Five Oceans of the world

• Geography Under the sea wordsearch

• Science The Water Cycle powerpoint

• Science The Water Cycle activity sheet

• PSHE Storyboard Activity Sheet

• PSHE Positive Thinking Word Mat

• PSHE Thought Superhero Activity Shee

• PSHE powerpoint

There are a selection of activities set on Purple Mash including Art, English, Phonics, Maths and Music.   We look forward to seeing your completed work and giving you some feedback.

Picture News  Check out this week’s Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.

The question is…  How should we learn to manage our money?

The summer term is here!

 

A warm welcome back to all of our swans, whether that be in school or at home. 

Over the last week, and this week, the school has opened up to more pupils in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6. We have also welcomed more children into our ‘Key worker family’ group.

We are now finding our feet, working in new ‘bubbles’ and the teachers have been very busy planning ‘in-school’ and ‘at-home’ lessons so that we can all share the exciting learning opportunities. 

Please bear with us as we move into a new phase of home-and-school learning. 

In the meantime, please continue to use the BBC bitesize online learning and Purple Mash.  

 

We look forward to working all together again soon. 

Picture News  Check out this week’s Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.

The question is…  How important is it to have a routine?

The  week beginning 25th May is half term, so Mrs Ellerby and Mrs McLeary thought you might like to try out some of these activities:

• Build a den, then snuggle up with a reading book inside;

 

• Try baking or cooking something tasty;

 

• Pick a skill to learn or improve at e.g. riding a bike, throwing and catching a ball, sewing etc.

 

• Play a board game or design, make and play your own board game;

 

• Go on a scavenger hunt  — this five senses one is fun.

• five-senses-scavenger-hunt-activity. pdf

Most importantly — have lots of fun!

Resources and Activities for week beginning 14^th May, which stand alone, but also supplement BBC Bitesize, set by Mrs Ellerby and Mrs McLeary.

 

 

 

Reading  Please complete the Martin Luther King reading comprehension attached  to the end of this week’s resources. There are three levels of challenge 1,2 and 3 star, start with 1 and work up (be honest and don’t peep at the answers). This will link to the Bitesize history lesson from Monday ‘Who was Dr Martin Luther King?’ 

 

 

 

Writing Please complete the Purple Mash 2do ‘Sam and Pat Play Ball’.  This links to the Bitesize lesson on Tuesday about using conjunctions. 

 

 

 

 

 Maths  This week’s Bitesize lessons have been about addition and subtraction. To practise these skills have a go at the worksheet attached to the end of this week’s resources.  

 

 

 

 

Science  The BBC bitesize lesson was all about animal classification. Please complete the animal fact sheet attached below. If you would like you can also have a go at the Purple Mash 2do ‘ Mammals or Reptiles’ game and see if you can put the animals into the right group. 

 

 

 

PE

Have a go at building yourself an obstacle course and time yourself doing it each time. Can you complete it quicker each time?

 

 

 

Check out this week’s Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link. 

The question is…  Who does outer space belong to? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember to visit the class blog on Purple Mash to let us know what you have been doing this week, also to send your pictures to the sharing page e mail them to 

 swans@billingborough. lincs.sch.uk

• Y2 Addition.pdf

• Y2 martin-luther-king-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity-english_ver_1.pdf

• Y2 Science animal facts.pdf

Resources and Activities for week beginning 7^th May, which stand alone, but also supplement BBC Bitesize, set by Mrs Ellerby and Mrs McLeary.

Reading  Please complete the VE day reading comprehension attached to the end of this week’s resources. There are three levels of challenge 1,2 and 3 star start with 1 and work up (be honest and don’t peep at the answers). It is the 75^th anniversary of VE day on 8^th May.

Maths  This week’s Bitesize lessons have been about fact families, number sentences and addition and subtraction.  To practise these skills please log on to White Rose by clicking on the maths badge opposite to find, home learning summer term week 3, and complete the lessons about fact families and addition and subtraction.

 

Science  The BBC bitesize lesson was all about the basic parts of a plant. Use Purple Mash to paint a picture of a flower and label the parts. Instead you might like to have a go at labelling the parts of a flower, or try to match up the words and their meaning on the worksheets attached at the end of this week’s resources.  

History Please complete the factfile for Emmeline Pankhurst after watching the Bitesize history lesson from Monday 4th May.  There is also a timeline for a suffragette for you to order the events.

Art/DT

Can you cut out the Spitfire and fold along the dotted lines to make your own spitfire slider?

Please go to the picture news page. This week our question is…How can one person make a big difference? What is VE day?

Click here to find out

Remember to visit the class blog on Purple Mash to let us know what you have been doing this week, also to send your pictures to the sharing page e mail them to 

 swans@billingborough. lincs.sch.uk

• 75th-anniversary-of-ve-day-reading-comprehension.pdf

• labelling-parts-of-a-plant.pdf

• parts-of-a-plant-activity-sheet.pdf

• Emmeline Pankhurst Fact Files.pdf

• Suffragette Movement Timeline.pdf

• Simple-WW2-Spitfire-Glider-Activity-Paper-Craft.pdf

Resources and activities for week beginning April 27th, which stand alone but also supplement BBC Bitesize, set by Mrs Ellerby and Mrs McLeary.

 

 

 

Reading  Please complete the Neil Armstrong reading comprehension attached  to the the end of this weeks resources. There are three levels of challenge 1,2 and 3 star start with 1 and work up (be honest and don’t peep at the answers ). This will link to the Bitesize history lesson from Monday about Neil Armstrong’s voyage to the Moon!

Maths  This week’s Bitesize lessons have been about money and recognising coins. To make sure you keep on top of other maths skills please log on to White Rose by clicking on their maths badge opposite to find, home learning summer term week 2, and complete the lessons about length and the activity booklet.

Science  The BBC bitesize lesson was all about materials.  Can you decide which materials are hard and which ones are soft?  Click on the sheet below to have a go.  Have a look at some items around your house. Split your page into two and write ‘Hard’ on one side and ‘Soft’ on the other. Which things can you put on each side?  Write the names on the objects and draw a picture to show hard and soft materials.

Geography

Do you know that England is in Europe?  This week BBC Bitesize has been about France, which is also in Europe.   We would like you to design a Tour de France jersey.  Try to include some of the things that you saw in the bitesize clips.  You could also use purple mash to design a jersey using the art tools section. 

Picture News

Please go to the Special Picture News for Captain Tom Moore’s 100th Birthday. 

The question is…  How can one person make a big difference?

 

Click here to find out

Remember to visit the class blog on Purple Mash to let us know what you have been doing this week, also to send your pictures to the sharing page e mail them to 

 [email protected]

• ks1-neil-armstrong reading-comprehension-activity

• Hard-and-Soft-Materials-Activity

• tour-de-france-jersey-designing-activity

Resources and Activities for week beginning April 23rd, which stand alone but also supplement BBC Bitesize, set by Mrs Ellerby and Mrs McLeary

Reading  Please complete the Go Jetters reading comprehension attached  to the the end of this weeks resources. There are three levels of challenge 1,2 and 3 star start with 1 and work up (be honest and don’t peep at the answers ). This will link to the Bitesize geography lesson from Tuesday about the United Kingdom!

 

 

Maths  This week’s Bitesize lessons have been about counting in twos, fives and tens. To make sure you keep on top of other maths skills please log on to White Rose by clicking on their maths badge opposite to find, home learning summer term week 1, and complete the lessons about measuring and activity booklet.

 

 

 

Science  The BBC bitesize lesson was all about light and dark.  On Purple Mash you can create a leaflet about the seasons.  Perhaps you will write about what the garden is like in spring.  What about your garden in winter, how is it different?

  Click on the icon  to go straight to the Purple Mash website.  If you didn’t want to do it on the computer, you could make a poster about the seasons with pen, pencils and paper!  

Geography  What country do we live in?  That’s right, England.   Do you know what our county is called?  We would like you to complete the booklet at the bottom of the page.  If you have not got a printer, can you find out what continent, country, county, town or village you live in?

Please go to the Special Picture News for Captain Tom Moore’s 100th Birthday. 

The question is…  How can one person make a big difference?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to find out

 And don’t forget to have your Picture News debate, this fortnight’s question is Do we think people will travel less in future? There are lots of resources and discussion prompts on the Picture News page, click on the Apple to go straight there.

Remember to visit the class blog on Purple Mash to let us know what you have been doing this week, also to send your pictures to the sharing page e mail them to 

 swans@billingborough. lincs.sch.uk

• Go Jetters reading comprehension

• Where am I?

10 Fun ESL Games and Activities for Teaching Kids English Abroad

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Games and fun activities are a vital part of teaching English as a foreign language. Whether you’re teaching adults or children, games will liven up your lesson and ensure that your students will leave the classroom wanting more.

Games can be used to warm up the class before your lesson begins, during the lesson to give students a break when you’re tackling a tough subject, or at the end of class when you have a few minutes left to kill. There are literally hundreds, probably thousands, of games that you can play with your students. EFL games are used to test vocabulary, practice conversing, learn tenses — the list is endless.

This list of ten classic ESL games every teacher should know will help get you started and feeling prepared. Having these up your sleeve before stepping into the classroom will ensure your lessons run smoothly, and, should things get a little out of control, you’ll be able to pull back the attention of the class in no time.

Want to jump right into the list? Here are the top 10 games we think your students will love:

1. Board Race
2. Call My Bluff / Two Truths and A Lie
3. Simon Says
4. Word Jumble Race
5. Hangman
6. Pictionary
7. The Mime
8. Hot Seat
9. Where Shall I Go?
10. What’s My Problem?

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1. Board Race

There isn’t an EFL teacher I know who doesn’t use this game in the classroom. Board Race is a fun game that is used for revising vocabulary, whether it be words from the lesson you’ve just taught or words from a lesson you taught last week. It can also be used at the start of the class to get students active. It is a great way of testing what your students already know about the subject you’re about to teach.

This is best played with 6 students or more — the more, the better. I’ve used it in classes ranging from 7-25 years of age and it’s worked well in all age groups.

• Why use it? Revising vocabulary; grammar
• Who it’s best for: Appropriate for all levels and ages

Play Video

How to Play:

• Split the class into two teams and give each team a colored marker.
• If you have a very large class, it may be better to split the students into teams of 3 or 4.
• Draw a line down the middle of the board and write a topic at the top.
• The students must then write as many words as you require related to the topic in the form of a relay race.
• Each team wins one point for each correct word. Any words that are unreadable or misspelled are not counted.

2. Call My Bluff / Two Truths and A Lie

Call My Bluff is a fun game which is perfect at the start of term as a ‘getting to know you’ kind of game. It is also a brilliant ice breaker between students if you teach classes who do not know one another — and especially essential if you are teaching a small class size.

The game is excellent for practicing speaking skills, though make sure you save a time for after the game to comment on any mistakes students may have made during the game. (I generally like to reserve this for after the game, so you don’t disrupt their fluency by correcting them as they speak).

With older groups you can have some real fun and you might be surprised what you’ll learn about some of your students when playing this particular EFL game.

• Why use it? Ice-breaker; Speaking skills
• Who it’s best for: Appropriate for all levels and ages but best with older groups

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How to play:

• Write 3 statements about yourself on the board, two of which should be lies and one which should be true.
• Allow your students to ask you questions about each statement and then guess which one is the truth. You might want to practice your poker face before starting this game!
• If they guess correctly then they win.
• Extension: Give students time to write their own two truths and one lie.
• Pair them up and have them play again, this time with their list, with their new partner. If you want to really extend the game and give students even more time to practice their speaking/listening skills, rotate partners every five minutes.
• Bring the whole class back together and have students announce one new thing they learned about another student as a recap.

3. Simon Says

This is an excellent game for young learners. Whether you’re waking them up on a Monday morning or sending them home on a Friday afternoon, this one is bound to get them excited and wanting more. The only danger I have found with this game is that students never want to stop playing it.

• Why use it? Listening comprehension; Vocabulary; Warming up/winding down class
• Who it’s best for: Young learners

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How to Play:

• Stand in front of the class (you are Simon for the duration of this game).
• Do an action and say Simon Says [action]. The students must copy what you do.
• Repeat this process choosing different actions — you can be as silly as you like and the sillier you are the more the children will love you for it.
• Then do an action but this time say only the action and omit ‘Simon Says’. Whoever does the action this time is out and must sit down.
• The winner is the last student standing.
• To make it harder, speed up the actions. Reward children for good behavior by allowing them to play the part of Simon.

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4. Word Jumble Race

This is a great game to encourage team work and bring a sense of competition to the classroom. No matter how old we are, we all love a good competition and this game works wonders with all age groups. It is perfect for practicing tenses, word order, reading & writing skills and grammar.

• Why use it? Grammar; Word Order; Spelling; Writing Skills
• Who it’s best for: Adaptable to all levels/ages

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How to play:

• Write out a number of sentences, using different colors for each sentence. I suggest having 3-5 sentences for each team.
• Cut up the sentences so you have a handful of words.
• Put each sentence into hats, cups or any objects you can find, keeping each separate.
• Split your class into teams of 2, 3, or 4. You can have as many teams as you want but remember to have enough sentences to go around.
• Teams must now put their sentences in the correct order.
• The winning team is the first team to have all sentences correctly ordered.

5. Hangman

This classic game is a favorite for all students but it can get boring quite quickly. This game is best used for 5 minutes at the start to warm the class up or 5 minutes at the end if you’ve got some time left over. It works no matter how many students are in the class.

• Why use it? Warming up / winding down class
• Who it’s best for: Young learners

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How to play:

• Think of a word and write the number of letters on the board using dashes to show many letters there are.
• Ask students to suggest a letter. If it appears in the word, write it in all of the correct spaces. If the letter does not appear in the word, write it off to the side and begin drawing the image of a hanging man.
• Continue until the students guess the word correctly (they win) or you complete the diagram (you win).

6. Pictionary

This is another game that works well with any age group; children love it because they can get creative in the classroom, teenagers love it because it doesn’t feel like they’re learning, and adults love it because it’s a break from the monotony of learning a new language — even though they’ll be learning as they play.

Pictionary can help students practice their vocabulary and it tests to see if they’re remembering the words you’ve been teaching.

• Why use it? Vocabulary
• Who it’s best for: All ages; best with young learners

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How to play:

• Before the class starts, prepare a bunch of words and put them in a bag.
• Split the class into teams of 2 and draw a line down the middle of the board.
• Give one team member from each team a pen and ask them to choose a word from the bag.
• Tell the students to draw the word as a picture on the board and encourage their team to guess the word.
• The first team to shout the correct answer gets a point.
• The student who has completed drawing should then nominate someone else to draw for their team.
• Repeat this until all the words are gone — make sure you have enough words that each student gets to draw at least once!

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The Mime

Miming is an excellent way for students to practice their tenses and their verbs. It’s also great for teachers with minimal resources or planning time, or teachers who want to break up a longer lesson with something more interactive. It’s adaptable to almost any language point that you might be focusing on.

This game works with any age group, although you will find that adults tire of this far quicker than children. To keep them engaged, relate what they will be miming to your groups’ personal interests as best as possible.

• Why use it? Vocabulary; Speaking
• Who it’s best for: All ages; best with young learners

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How to play:

• Before the class, write out some actions — like washing the dishes — and put them in a bag.
• Split the class into two teams.
• Bring one student from each team to the front of the class and one of them choose an action from the bag.
• Have both students mime the action to their team.
• The first team to shout the correct answer wins a point.
• Repeat this until all students have mimed at least one action.

8. Hot Seat

This is one of my students’ favorite games and is always at the top of the list when I ask them what they want to play. I have never used this while teaching ESL to adults, but I imagine it would work well.

Hot Seat allows students to build their vocabulary and encourages competition in the classroom. They are also able to practice their speaking and listening skills and it can be used for any level of learner.

• Why use it? Vocabulary; Speaking and Listening
• Who it’s best for: All ages and levels

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How to play:

• Split the class into 2 teams, or more if you have a large class.
• Elect one person from each team to sit in the Hot Seat, facing the classroom with the board behind them.
• Write a word on the board. One of the team members of the student in the hot seat must help the student guess the word by describing it. They have a limited amount of time and cannot say, spell or draw the word.
• Continue until each team member has described a word to the student in the Hot Seat.

9. Where Shall I Go?

This game is used to test prepositions of movement and should be played after this subject has been taught in the classroom. This game is so much fun but it can be a little bit dangerous since you’ll be having one student in each pair be blindfolded while the other directs them. So make sure to keep your eyes open!

It is also excellent for the adult EFL classroom, or if you’re teaching teenagers.

• Why use it? Prepositions; Speaking and Listening
• Who it’s best for: All ages and levels

How to play:

• Before the students arrive, turn your classroom into a maze by rearranging it. It’s great if you can do this outside, but otherwise push tables and chairs together and move furniture to make your maze.
• When your students arrive, put them in pairs outside the classroom. Blindfold one student from each pair.
• Allow pairs to enter the classroom one at a time; the blindfolded student should be led through the maze by their partner. The students must use directions such as step over, go under, go up, and go down to lead their partner to the end of the maze.

10. What’s My Problem?

This is a brilliant EFL game to practice giving advice. It should be played after the ‘giving advice’ vocabulary lesson has taken place. It is a great way for students to see what they have remembered and what needs reviewing. This game works well with any age group, just adapt it to fit the age you’re working with.

• Why use it? Speaking and Listening; Giving Advice
• Who it’s best for: All ages and levels

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How to play:

• Write ailments or problems related to your most recent lesson on post-it notes and stick one post-it note on each student’s back.
• The students must mingle and ask for advice from other students to solve their problem.
• Students should be able to guess their problem based on the advice they get from their peers.
• Use more complicated or obscure problems to make the game more interesting for older students. For lower levels and younger students, announce a category or reference a recent lesson, like «Health», to help them along.

These games will keep your students engaged and happy as they learn! Remember, these are just ten on the hundreds of different EFL games that you can plat with your students. As you get more confident in the classroom, you can start putting your own spin on games and eventually make up your own.

Whatever the age of your students, they’re guaranteed to love playing EFL games in the classroom. An EFL classroom should be fun, active and challenging and these games are sure to get you heading in the right direction.

This article was originally published in October 2013; we redesigned and updated this article in May 2018.

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• What is the best way to start learning English for a second grader?
• English vocabulary on the topic «Polite phrases»
• Grammar topics
• Basic phrases and expressions in the 2nd grade
• English vocabulary on the topic «Phrases of apology»
• What form of teaching is better to use
• How to learn English on your own in the 2nd grade ?
• What should a second grader know by the end of the year?
• Conclusion

Hey guys! If you read the previous article about first-graders, then you already know what will be discussed, and if not, then today we will discuss how best to start learning English in the second grade. We will analyze the main words and expressions that are included in the school curriculum, find out which form of education is better to apply and what a second grader should know by the end of the school year.

What is the best way to start learning English for a second grader?

If your child has been learning a language since the first grade, the start of the new school year will be smooth. After all, learning begins with the alphabet and the rules of reading in English.

But if he is just starting to get acquainted with English, then he will have to master the alphabet and basic reading skills in just a month. So, before the start of the school year, you should pay attention to the basics of the English language.

• «have got» structure.
• Possessive pronouns, possessive case.
• Cardinal and ordinal numbers. Count up to 100.
• Rules for the formation of the plural of nouns.
• Prepositions of place.
• Rules for the use of definite and indefinite articles.
• Modal verb «can».
• Present Simple (Present Simple).
• Interrogative words, special questions in present simple tense.
• Demonstrative pronouns «this/these», «that/those».
• Special questions in the present continuous tense.
• Present Continuous.

Basic phrases and expressions in the 2nd grade

Hello! Goodbye!
What’s your name? – My name is…
How are you? – I’m fine, thank you.
How old are you? – I’m seven.
I’m a boy/girl.
This is my friend.

• Colors

It’s yellow / green / blue / red / orange / pink / black / brown / gray / white / purple.
My favorite color is (blue).
What color is it?

• Family

This is my family. This is my mum / mother / dad / father / brother / sister / grandmother / grandfather.
I have got a (mother).

• School

I have got a book / pen / pencil / rubber / ruler / bag / pencil case.
This is my (pen).
My (pen) is (blue).

• My home

This is my home.
This is my room / house.
M y (room) is big / small.
M y (chair) is (brown).
What’s this? – It’s a house / chair / table / radio / bed / kitchen / bedroom / living-room / bathroom / window / door / floor.
I have got a bed / table / chair / TV / shelf.
Where is (the chair)? — It’s on / in / under / next to (the table).

• Toys

What have you got? — I’ve got a ball / doll / plane / car. I haven’t got drums / a guitar / soldier / ballerina.
He / She’s got a train / boat / teddy bear. He hasn’t got a bike / kite / puppet.
This is my (car). It is (red) and (small).
Where is the (ball)? — It’s under / on / in the (table).

• Skills

I can run / jump / play / climb / swim / eat / drink / dance / sing.
I can’t fly.
Can you jump? – Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.

• Body parts

I have got eyes / ears / a nose / a mouth / legs / hands / dark hair / blond hair.
I have got (brown) eyes and (long) (dark) hair. My nose is small.

• Animals

I have got a cat / dog / parrot / rabbit / mouse / hamster / tortoise.
This is a monkey / elephant / crocodile / bird / duck / chimps / frog / horse.
My favorite animal is (a cat).
This is my (cat).
It is (big) and (black).
It has got (a nose).
It can (run).

• Food

What’s your favorite food? – My favorite food is pizza / cake / biscuits / fish / chips.
I like apples / bananas / bread / juice / milk / eggs / cheese / chocolate / tea.
I don’t like ice-cream / chicken / hot dogs.

• Weather and seasons

What’s the weather like? – It is sunny / cloudy / rainy / snowy / windy / hot / cold.
I like summer / autumn / winter / spring.

• Clothing

I’m wearing a hat / jacket / coat / T-shirt / skirt.
He/she is wearing jeans / socks / boots / shorts / shoes.

English vocabulary on the topic «Phrases of apology»

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Which form of learning is best used

6 individual lessons with a tutor, and group lessons with other children. It all depends on the temperament of the child and his individual characteristics.

Classes at the school, as you know, do not provide for an individual approach to each student and his pace of learning, so if the child’s academic performance leaves much to be desired, or you are not sure about the school program, then we recommend course English for children via Skype . Throughout the course, your child will be able to learn many new words, learn grammatical constructions and finally learn to speak.

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How to study English in the 2nd grade on your own?

• Try to surround your child with English at home. If your toddler loves to read books, read books in English together every evening. Make it a family tradition.
• Colorful comics is also a great way to learn a language. For very young comics about famous characters, for those who are older, original comics based on English grammar are invented.
• Listen to favorite songs in English in the car on the way to school, it will be even better if you and your child sing along with the performer.
• Have a tea party in English . Place dolls and teddy bears at the table, explain to the child what five-o-clock is, tell the queen about the traditions of England. Offer to chat in English like true royalty.
• When you go to the store, ask your child to name in English everything you put in the basket.
• On New Year’s Eve suggest for reliability to write a letter not only to Santa Claus, but also to his American relative, Santa — Klaus . In English, of course.

What should a second grader know by the end of the year?

By the end of the second year, the child should have mastered the following skills:

• Write letters , know their order in the alphabet.
• Write words from the topics covered.
• Make up your own simple sentences according to the model or complete the sentences with the necessary words.
• Read short texts consisting of simple sentences after listening to them in the recording.
• Understand the main content of simple stories based on familiar words based on pictures.
• Participate in simple dialogues , be able to say hello and goodbye, answer questions about yourself, and keep up a simple conversation on everyday topics: «Family», «School», «Working Day», «My Home».

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Conclusion

Together with your child, find a suitable format for learning English, practice the language as often as possible and do not forget about homework!

We hope our list of grammar and vocabulary topics will help your child learn and you will know what to look for.

Good luck with your English and your kids!

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There are different formats for distance learning of English:

• tasks for self-study without feedback from teachers;
• watching recorded videos and doing homework;
• full-fledged online lessons with a teacher via video link — just like at school.

In the first case, children can complete an unlimited number of tasks at any time. These are online simulators where you need to choose the correct answer — suitable for preparing for the school English program.

In the second case, the child simply watches the video. You can click on «Stop», rewind / fast forward, and review each lesson as many times as you like. Homework is most often checked by a special program — not by a teacher. Such lessons are suitable for general development.

And the third option — the lesson starts according to the schedule, on the screen the teacher tells a new topic in real time. He answers the questions of the second grader, and also gives detailed comments on mistakes in homework. Individual extra lessons with a teacher are great if you need to improve your grades at school or you want your child to know English as a native language.

Which format to choose is up to you. It all depends on the goals of online learning and the characteristics of the development of the child.

How much do online courses cost?

The cost of English classes varies. And payment methods too. For example, you can pay for a subscription or buy a subscription to several classes. You can pay for each English lesson or buy the entire online course for grade 2. Some schools have installment plans — if you wish, you will pay tuition monthly.

Would it be interesting for a second-grader to study English remotely?

Classes are designed in such a way that the second grader does not lose interest in them. Each student will have a personal account in which you can track your own rating. For a large number of correctly completed tasks, the child receives awards, and after the course he will be given a diploma.

Experienced educators and child psychologists work on the curriculum and they know how to attract attention. Each homework is not just a boring test from the school curriculum for grade 2, it is exciting quests, puzzles, crosswords, online games and much more.

Can parents participate in the educational process?

Parents will have access to their personal account — there you can see the number of lessons learned, missed classes and the rating of the second grader in the group. We recommend that you take the first lessons with your child, so it will be easier for him to adapt to the distance learning format.

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Teaching English for Grade 2 online at Lingualeo

Now English has already become compulsory for many from the very beginning of school. Indeed, many believe that at a younger age, unlike an adult, it is much easier to perceive a new language and learn it. We have already written about how to teach English to the smallest ones here. And today we will talk about school English for second graders.

Alphabet and reading rules

Usually second grade English lessons start with the alphabet and basic reading rules. The British Council website can help. There are many different games here, including memorizing the letters of the alphabet, as well as songs and poems (and all this is voiced by native speakers!)

In addition to the alphabet, English tasks for the second grade usually include practicing sounds and transcription. The latter is a rather difficult thing to perceive, so it can be difficult for a child to match combinations of sounds with letters. In fact, second-graders must learn another alphabet — transcription, they must learn to read it as in another foreign language. This is where an interactive application from Cambridge aimed at teaching English transcription, English Sounds: Pronunciation & Phonetics, can come to the rescue. The free version has several games with which the child will learn to match the transcription and the word, learn how to write various sounds, in particular diphthongs.

There is also a large table with all the sounds of the English language and examples of their use. Such a table can be a great example of an English memo for grade 2! Moreover, it even has the function of recording your own voice. That is, you can first listen to an example of a word or sound, then write down your pronunciation, and then compare it again with the example, thus controlling yourself and correcting mistakes.

We can’t help but mention our English phonetics course. It is specially designed for beginners. With it, you can successfully learn the alphabet, learn how to pronounce sounds correctly, read and understand spoken language, remember the first words. The program is also voiced by British linguists.

Vocabulary and Grammar

In addition to the alphabet and basic reading, children in second grade learn basic English words on a variety of simple topics: school, animals, food, etc. The basis of a child’s vocabulary can be formed not only at school lessons, but also at home, for example, by watching educational cartoons.

There are a lot of similar cartoons. If something is not clear, you can always turn on subtitles. There are already time-tested, as well as new items:

• Big Muzzy is an animated English course from the BBC. The story follows a big, furry alien, Muzzy, who arrives on a flying saucer to the land of Gondoland, and the royal family he meets there. This is a cartoon with an interesting plot, which, along with the story, teaches various grammar rules and gives a lot of new vocabulary (numbers, time of day, fruits and vegetables, greetings and goodbyes, question words, etc.). By the way, the cartoon also has versions for teaching other languages ​​(German, Spanish, French, Italian).
• GoGo loves English is a story about the dragon Gogo, who came to Earth from a fairy-tale land and learns the language together with his new English friends Tony and Jenny. This cartoon is built in much the same way. In it, the child is taught simple phrases and words in the dialogues of heroes and songs.
• Peppa Pig — Peppa Pig is very simple in his English and suitable for the very beginners. Each episode tells short stories from the life of a family of pigs and their friends. There is no direct teaching material here, but this cartoon is good for practicing listening comprehension of English. All characters speak slowly and pronounce words much more clearly than in other cartoons.
• Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom is a British animated series from the creators of Peppa Pig. He tells about the adventures of a little fairy and an elf in a magical kingdom and about their families. Like Peppa, this cartoon is good with a clear pronunciation and well-chosen lexical material.

Vocabulary can also be effectively taught using flashcards. We at Lingualeo, as part of the Jungle Book, also made small dictionary collections on cards that can be printed out for children. They contain the names of berries and fruits, animals and clothes, body parts and other words needed to build an initial vocabulary. They will help the child to replenish their English vocabulary for the 2nd grade.

Reading

Most often in the primary grades, the English language curriculum focuses on dialogues and speaking, and reading fades into the background. Of course, it can be difficult for a second-grader to read large texts in English, even if they are adapted. But you can find something shorter, such as poetry or stories.

The Reader application is often included in a set of teaching aids for a particular level of education. This is a separate book with tasks, which contains texts that can be understood with the vocabulary that the child has already mastered by this point. If the teacher does not use Reader in class, we recommend purchasing or downloading it separately. Reading will consolidate the rules that the child has already learned and help develop the skills that are necessary for further language learning (translating words and new vocabulary, analyzing what has been read, the ability to retell what was read, etc. ), and English exercises for grade 2 will be another way knowledge checks.

In addition to Reader, there are also various short story services. For example, the BBC and the British Council. If the texts there seem rather complicated to the children, you can refer to the materials of other sites:

storynory.com

There are many different texts collected here (mostly fairy tales), many of which can be listened to in audio recording (excellent audio lesson in English for grade 2 !). You can’t download or print them, so you have to read from the screen. There are no additional tasks, as in Reader, either, but you can try to come up with them yourself. For example, ask questions to the child after reading and check the new words written out in the dictionary.

Free Online Stories for Kids | Short Stories for Kids in English

Classic fairy tale stories about Snow White, Pinocchio, Mulan and other characters known from Disney cartoons are loaded on this portal. The texts are also partially accompanied by audio recordings. If suddenly it is not clear how this or that word is pronounced, you can always turn on the recording with a professionally delivered native voice. There is also a division of stories by size: five minutes and ten minutes. This can be convenient when the child is not yet ready for long activities.

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This service also has many five-minute bedtime stories. Each fairy tale is accompanied by a large number of beautiful pictures, which will definitely appeal to young readers. The tales are divided by themes, age and length. In addition to short fairy tales, there are longer texts (about a page long), books divided into chapters, phonetic books (for practicing certain sounds), rhymed stories, poems, and stories written by the children themselves!

If you don’t have time for long texts and practice, then try our course «English for the little ones». It will help to start from the very basics, work out knowledge of the alphabet, pronunciation of letters, and also teach the child to talk in English about his family and how he feels. Try it and make sure that learning English online is really interesting and fun!

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	Program	Vocabulary	Grammar	As a result, students will learn
The first section «Introduction»	We will learn how to politely greet and say goodbye, talk about ourselves and others	Greeting, farewell, numerals, country of residence, seasons	Verb to be (am, is, are)	The child will learn to greet and say goodbye to classmates and the teacher, learn how to describe himself and others. Learn common phrases used in greeting
The second section «Toys»	Let’s talk about favorite toys and pets	Toys, pets, colors, size, shape, verbs of motion	Plural, verbs have, like, present simple (i, you, we, they)	The child will be able to write a short story about his favorite toy and pet. Describe color and size
The third section «Family»	Let’s talk about our family and close relatives, favorite pastime and describe our house and room	Family members, appearance, leisure, home	Possessive case with nouns, there is/there are and like(s) doing	The child learns the names of family members and close relatives in English. Can tell their names and ages. Expand vocabulary on the topic «My home»
The fourth section «Food»	We will talk about our favorite and least favorite products, learn how to communicate politely in the store	Fruits, vegetables, drinks, birthday	There is/there are, indefinite pronouns some, any, many	The child will learn to name their favorite dishes and foods. Learn how to communicate in the store
Fifth section «Appearance»	We will describe the person in detail, talk about the weather and suitable clothes	Appearance, character, weather, clothes	The verb have, present simple, imperative and present continuous	The child will be able to describe his appearance and the appearance of classmates, talk about clothes
The sixth section «School»	We will describe the school, talk about our school subjects and pastime after school	School, school supplies, school subjects, leisure	Present simple, prepositions of place and use of the adverb of frequency usually.	The child will learn the names of school supplies, be able to describe the class, talk about the subjects studied, their schedule, hobbies and extracurricular activities
The seventh section «Animals»	Let’s talk about animals, their habitat and find out what sounds they make	Domestic and wild animals, habitat, animal sounds	The verb can, the personal pronoun it, and the demonstrative pronouns this/that	The child will learn new vocabulary on the topic «Animals», learn about their habits and habitats — in nature, in a zoo, in a circus, on a farm

Technological map of the English lesson (Grade 2)

Purpose: to teach children to speak and use the names of animals and the structure «I can . ..» in English.

Tasks: Educational: introduce new lexical units on the topic «Animals», introduce the use of the structure «I can …».

Developing: develop speech abilities, psychological functions associated with speech activity (memory, attention, thinking, the ability to think logically, analyze).

Educational: cultivate respect for each other, develop the ability to listen to a friend, cultivate a culture of language communication.

Personally oriented: create conditions for increasing interest in the material being studied, create conditions for developing communication skills and joint activities.

Basic concepts: Lexical units and phrases on the topic «Animals» (frog, bird, horse, chimp, fish, I can).

Accumulate baggage of new lexical material and gain experience in its application.

Personal: form the initial experience of participation in learning activities to master the English language and realize its significance.

Communicative: to form the ability to listen and engage in dialogue to maintain a conversation.

Cognitive: be able to consciously build a speech statement according to the model, formulate answers to the teacher’s questions.

Regulatory: to accept and maintain the goals and objectives of educational activities, to find means of its implementation.

Technologies: Health savings, gaming, communication-oriented learning, ICT.

Types of work: phonetic and speech warm-up, frontal questioning, listening to the dialogue, a game to consolidate the LE, work with a textbook, work in a printed notebook, role-playing game, work on cards.

Resources: — set to communicate in English.

Greetings to students:

“Good morning, dear boys and girls!

I’m glad to see you too!

We have guests in our lesson. Let’s say «Good morning, dear guests!»

Sit down, please.

I’m your English teacher today. My name’s …

Let’s start our lesson!

The goal of is to engage in foreign language communication by responding to the teacher’s remark according to the communicative task. Reply to cues:

Good morning! good morning!

Good morning to you!

Good morning! good morning!

We are glad to see you.”

Welcome guests “Good morning, dear guests!”

Communicative: listen, respond and respond to the cue adequately to the speech situation.

Regulatory: use speech to regulate your actions.

Phonetic charger. Speech workout.

The purpose of is to develop pronunciation skills, adjust students’ articulation to English speech.

Look at the board. You see a sentence. Listen to me and repeat after me.

( slide 1)

A fat cat sat on a mat.

What about this sentence? (What is this sentence about?)

What is a cat?0004

Repeat after the teacher.

This offer is about a cat. (This sentence about a cat.)

A cat is an animal.

Regulatory: carry out self-control of correct pronunciation.

Personal: to form ethical feelings — goodwill and emotional and moral responsiveness.

Cognitive: Extract the necessary information from the listened

Goal setting stage

Knowledge updating

Goal — to set a cognitive task.

Look at the board.

(slides 2-4) Now you will see the rhymes. We will read them. I will read the words in Russian, and you in English.

Well done! Well done!

What other animals do you know in English?

What one word can describe the heroes of these poems? (slide 5)

Have you guys guessed the topic of our lesson? What is the topic of our lesson?

Yes, you are right. Animals.

The topic of our lesson is Animals. My animals. My animals ( slide 6)

Guys, what task should we set ourselves today at the lesson?

We will also learn to speak English, which our animals can do.

Goal — formulate the task of the lesson

Read the words

Name the animals.

Animals!

The topic of our lesson is animals.

Learn new words on the topic Animals (Animals)

Cognitive: Take part in the conversation, formulate and set cognitive tasks .

Regulatory: Be able to plan your activities in accordance with the target setting.

Personal: Motivation for learning activities (social, educational and cognitive)

Communicative: Interact with the teacher during a frontal conversation.

Introduction of new words

Look at the screen.

A frog ( slide 7)

A bird ( slide 8)

A horse ( Slide 9)

A Fish ( Slide 10)

A Chimp ( Slide 11 )

The children are listened to the teachers and repeat the words.

Each of our animals can do something. To say «CAN or CAN» we will use the English word CAN ( slide 12)

Let’s see what we can do. What can do our animals? (What can our animals do?)

Repeat aloud with visual support.

Cognitive: Update new LEs based on the learning situation and personal experience.

Regulatory: Accept and maintain the learning goal and objectives.

Communicative: Listen to the teacher and each other to reproduce and perceive the necessary information and maintain an educational and business conversation.

Personal: to form skills of cooperation in different situations of joint activity;

Dynamic pause

The purpose of is to change learning activities in the lesson.

It’s time to have a rest.

Look at the bear, listen to him and repeat after him

The goal of is to take a dynamic break and repeat verbs of motion.

Cognitive : Repetition of previously studied verbs of motion

Communicative: Listen to the teacher’s speech and reproduce actions, verbs of motion.

Regulatory: Perform learning activities in a materialized form.

Development of writing skills

The goal of is to develop the skills of writing English words.

Open your dictionaries. Write down the new words.

I post pictures, new words with transcription and translation.

The purpose of is to acquire writing skills in using new LUs

Students write new words in a dictionary.

Cognitive: use sign-symbolic means, including models as a model for writing0004

Consolidation of new LU

Work with the textbook

Purpose of — to consolidate the skill of using new LU.

Open your books on page 62, Ex.1

Look at the pictures, read the words and translate.

The next exercise.

Let’s imagine ourselves in the place of our animals and say that we can do everything just like them.

Look at the board. ( slide 18)

The purpose of is to consolidate the speech skills of using new LUs

Students read words and translate them using a picture.

Communicative: Use visual aids to complete the task.

Cognitive: Repetition of new LEs.

Consolidation of the studied material.

Purpose – to continue work on securing new LUs.

Open your workbooks on page 34, Ex.2. Read and draw lines.

Help each other

Check your work.

Who decides.

Students do the exercise in their notebooks.

Children check the work.

Cognitive : Consciously and voluntarily use new LEs when completing a task.

Communicative : Be active in interaction to solve cognitive problems.

Regulatory : Perform learning activities.

Personal: develop cooperation skills.

Dynamic pause

Purpose — change of learning activities in the lesson.

It’s time to have a rest. (physical minute with Spotlight 2)

Look at the boy, listen to him and repeat after him (We look at the boy, listen to him and repeat after him)

The purpose of is to take a dynamic break and repeat verbs of movement.

Cognitive : Repetition of previously studied verbs of motion

Communicative: Listen to the teacher’s speech and reproduce actions, verbs of motion.

Regulatory: Perform learning activities in a materialized form.

Reflection

The purpose of is to summarize the studied material of the lesson, to establish the correspondence of the result obtained with the goal.

What was the topic of the lesson?

Tell me — what did you’ve learned on the lesson?

Look at the blackboard. It’s lake. (It’s a lake) let’s liven it up a little.

Fish in the lake

Birds in the sky

Frogs near the lake

Evaluate your work in class.

A Fish – excellent.

A Bird – good.

A Frog – not bad.

Marks for the lesson. (I give grades)

Purpose — to carry out ascertaining and predictive control on the result and method of action.

Answer the teacher’s questions. They draw conclusions.

Now I know:

I can say…

I can write…

I can read…

Children go to the board in columns and create a composition.

Cognitive: Evaluate the process and result of activity.

Communicative: Formulate your own opinion and position.

Regulatory: Identify and formulate something, exercise step-by-step control over the result.

Personal : Form adequate

motivation for learning activities, understand the importance of knowledge for a person.

The final stage of the lesson

Homework

Explain what they have to do during the homework process.

“Open your diary, please. Your homework is ex.3, p.35, in your workbooks, to learn the new words, books. (I explain the task).

Also, please draw your favorite animal at home and make a simple description of it.

Thanks for your work.

“The lesson is over. Goodbye!”

The goal of is to comprehend and write down homework.

Write down homework, ask questions if they don’t understand something.

Say goodbye in English.

Cognitive: Analyze information.

Communication: Ask questions, ask for help, formulate your difficulties.

Regulatory : Use speech to regulate your actions.

90,000 Summary of the lesson in English «Spotlight» 2 class

UMK «Spotlight»

Grade: 2 «D»

9000 903 9000 9000 9166.

• Expansion of vocabulary.

• Development of listening skills.

• Creation of prerequisites for the use of acquired knowledge in a new communicative situation.

• Contribute to the formation of socio-cultural competence.

Tutorials:

• Multimedia presentation (slides 1-23).

• Teacher-created e-book in Word format with embedded audio and video clips.

(The lesson is held in a computer class using a projector and a computer, interactive whiteboard)

Lesson progress

(ABC-song sounds, students sing the song while standing)

I. Organizational moment 1 + 9003 1 + 9003 Good morning….

• Repeat after me I’m well, I’m OK, I’m fine, Fine, thanks/ (Cards are shown)

• Answer my question. How are you today? (Children answer in a chain)

• Well done!

II. Voice charger

• Look at the blackboard. Repeat after me. (teacher reads the dialogue).

• Make up your own dialogue using the example.

• Amir, come here. (teach teacher-student dialogue)

• You are welcome.

• Are you ready?

• Very good!

III. The message of the topic and the purpose of the lesson

— Today Lari and Lulu invite you to visit them — to show their house. You already know that this family has a mother, father and two children — an ordinary English family. But you also know that once Nanny Shaine appeared in this family, and also a monkey named Chuckles lives in this family. So, today we:

• Let’s get acquainted with the new letter Mm

• learn English words on the topic «House»

• repeat the words on the topic “Family”, “Colors”

• play with the monkey

• sing songs

• Learn new pronoun words.

IV . Phonetic exercise (the teacher shows the letter Mm)

Mummy Mommy, Mommy, answer me soon

Why is May called in English May

Mom answers — May be means maybe.

It is necessary to make friends with the English alphabet of the son.

Where at the beginning of words, for example, the letter mm needs

In English melon — Melon , well, and Moon — Moon

Merry — joyful, cheerful, Magazine

That day Andryusha learned a lot of words.

Milk and bread

For little Fred

Tea and jam

For brother Sam (Nastya, read this poem)

V. Activation of English letters.

• Now, let’s play the game “Find the pair” Small letters should find the pair.

• Name these letters. Right you are. Very good!

VI. Activation of vocabulary on the topic “My home”

We came to our friends’ house. The nanny meets us and says:

-Hello! Glad to see you!

How do we answer

— Hello! Glad to see you too.

We greeted the nanny, but other family members remained.

Gym

• Tsss… Who is knocking at the door?

• Oh, We forgot about Chukles!

• Come here, Chuckles. We are glad to see you. Do you like to do ex-s? Do with us.

VII. Development of speaking skills

• Nanny Shine will show us the house.

• Look at the blackboard. The first room is…

• Open your books at page 42 ex.2. Read and choose.

• ……… Come here and do this ex on the blackboard.

• Well done!

• Check the right answers!

VIII. Introduction to pronouns HE/SHE.

He-he She-she He’s/She’s – he/she is in – at

A notebook is opened, the first task on the smart board.