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azarashi sushi · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 562 Location: Shinjuku

Hi !

Does anyone have any good ideas for teaching days of the week? I need this to teach a fifth and sixth grade class. It's basically just a one off lesson (ie there will be no follow-up or review) and they've had very little English exposure before. They do know some activities (like swimming, playing baseball etc) and I hoped to incorporate this to reinforce it.

I'm just having a bit of a block at the moment... Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

A.S

Bat Girl · Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 19

I teach days of the week by singing the song, "Monday's child is....!" Warm up I ask them what day is it today? what day was yesterday, and what day is tomorrow!

I also say a poem using all the days of the week. Activities!

I had out flash cards and have the kids playing with them. It is a fun game!

henro · Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 9 Location: Kito, Japan

It depends a bit on what else they know. You say they know words for activities. If they know, or at least if you teach them something like "Taro plays baseball on Thursday" as a pattern, you could make a chart on the board with days of the week horizontally and activities vertically. Then put in names more or less at randon in the boxes provided (Taro, Hanako, KONISHIKI, etc.) and have the students ask and answer, What does Taro do on Wednesday? Taro sings karaoke on Wednesday. A mix of common things and crazy things usually works well for 5th and 6th graders.

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Try genkienglish.com Check out the "Days of the Week" kanji-making game. It works a treat! I use it often -- esp. with gr. 1-6 elementary. Arrange to use the gym if you can -- classrooms are too small for that game.