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I kept the sheets on my desk and just cut out coins at odd moments. When I laminated them I was very careful to cut them all out the same size, with huge borders around the dimes and very little around the quarters, so that there was no chance of feeling the size of the "coin" when pulling one from ...

I think that all the suggestions are great. I have one comment about the L sound and R sound from my own experience. .... I realize that to pronounce the L sound, I need to put my tongue behind the teeth or between the teeth in the extreme case. To pronounce the R sound, I need to curve my tongue b...

Change places with a student and have him to the attendance. You should establish a routine for it that brings in just a tad of conversation. I've found this routine good: T: Chon Ho? CH: Here. T: How are you today? CH: I'm happy. (Sad, etc) T: Why are you happy? CH: Because today my mommy give me c...

Pick something to use as a reward for good behavior. Use some sort of token that can be saved up and traded for a prize, or stickers, or drawing a smiley face on their paper, or cheap candy, whatever. Then as soon as you catch a kid doing something good, praise him specifically for the good thing, "...

Check this board for ideas for games and other fun things. Start with the Hokey Pokey when the kids get restless. In particular they like putting their bottom in and shaking it all about! Even kids who are total beginners like the Hokey Pokey and can follow along though they don't understand what yo...

1. Picture Cards. I just cut out interesting pictures (I like half-page or larger), paste them on plain white paper, and laminate them. These are great for a variety of games and activities. 2. Scavenger Hunt. Send the kids looking through the magazines for things on their list. Depending on whether...

How can we motivate level 5 students to write narratives of their own? We mean, short stories... I've found "Forced writing" to be helpful. Set an amount of time, and the kids MUST WRITE for that entire time. Start them at 5 minutes. 15 minutes is a realistic max for sustained writing without stopp...

Sometimes the brightest, fastest kids monopolize the games, getting all the points and therefore always winning. But I came up with a way to level the playing field. I scanned the coins of my home country (USA) front and back, and printed them out, about 50 pennies, 25 nickels, ten dimes and two qua...

The pictures can generate some interesting conversations. Once a student had a question about a picture of Tom Hanks in "Castaway": STUDENT: Teacher, he all alone on island, many years, no people, yes? ME: Yes. STUDENT: Where he get hair permed? I got to explain to the class that a lot of white peop...

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Since I teach in Korea, the kids often have trouble learning to distinguish between the /r/ and /l/ sounds. My r/l card set started out as just a motivational prod: two pictures, one of rice, one of lice. If a student told me he had "lice" for lunch, I'd get out the picture of the lice and ask, "Are...

I simply cut out a bunch of pictures from magazines, pasted them to plain white backing, and laminated them. They're just any pictures that look interesting. (National Geographic has great pictures for this use!) I can use them for all manner of activities. More advanced kids can make up stories (ve...

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