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Level 1 activities here are printable and ready to go

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Level 1 activities here are printable and ready to go

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TeachingEnglish has lots of different lesson plans for teachers who are teaching English around the world to children aged 5-12. To help you find suitable lesson plans, we have three levels on our site. These lesson plans for level 1 are most suitable for children who can understand and use some words and short phrases, and can follow simple stories, songs and texts.

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My Family - 1 lesson here, can be made 2

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My Family - 1 lesson here, can be made 2

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In 1993 UNESCO declared May 15th as being International Day of Families. "Although families all over the world have transformed greatly over the past decades in terms of their structure and as a result of global trends and demographic changes, the United Nations still recognizes the family as the basic unit of society." In 2018, The UN's theme for this special day is 'Families and Inclusive Societies'. The aim is to examine the role of families in advancing the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 16; promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies." http://www.un.org/en/events/familyday/

Most primary course books include a unit on families, but they are usually very traditional, with mum, dad, a brother and a sister. This lesson provides teachers and primary children with an opportunity to see different kinds of families that might better reflect their own experiences. In this lesson primary children do a series of simple and supported vocabulary and reading activities which lead to them writing about their own families. At the end of the lesson they draw pictures of their families and they make a classroom display of their texts and pictures.

Aims:

To revise family vocabulary and I've got/I haven't got

To show examples of different kinds of families where children might see their own experiences represented

To develop reading and writing skills

To have an opportunity to be creative in a supported way

To contribute to a class display

Age group:
Primary (all ages)
Level:
A1/A2 but can be adapted for all primary pupils

Time:

40-50 minutes

Materials:

The lesson plan and student worksheets can be downloaded below. You will also need paper and colour pencils or crayons.

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In 1993 UNESCO declared May 15th as being International Day of Families. "Although families all over the world have transformed greatly over the past decades in terms of their structure and as a result of global trends and demographic changes, the United Nations still recognizes the family as the basic unit of society."

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There are other tests from Penguin Readers or Macmillan, but do consider knowing where your kids are at as their levels will be all over the place!

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Generally: Have notebooks and start with a bellringer that is copied into the notebook (tongue twister, joke, a sentence, etc...).

Lesson 1: Story in the circle, reread aloud in small groups, have some quiet work and then play a game to end.

Lesson 2: Work with the materials from the British Council, and at the same time, have some open stations (e.g. with Epic) and "I'm done, now what" ideas ready. Alternatively, have a picture of the week from the news with some captions or a NewsELA text printed out.

Lesson 3: Work with the materials from the British Council, but end each lesson with song work, e.g. modern, clean songs are good for third grade and ISL Collective has tons of song materials.

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Free Cambridge English Pre A1 Starters (YLE Starters) exam preparation including sample papers, word lists, activities, and tips for your child's test

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Each activity will help children practise at least one of the skills we test in our Cambridge English: Young Learners tests - reading and writing, listening or speaking. They also include words taken from the word lists used to create these exams.

The activities are divided into levels taken from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). As children move through the levels in this section, the activities will start to get more difficult.

If you're not sure what level your child is at, it may be a good idea to start with the pre-A1 level activities. If these are too easy they can move up through the levels to A1 level activities and/or A2 level activities.

These activities are designed to be used on a desktop or tablet.

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english language activities for young children

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preparation for children’s english language tests

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Start exploring our free learning activities for children. These activities help children practise their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

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Check out the section on "starting out" and games

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