Hi everyone.
I was just notified by my school this morning that as of Monday I will have Four after school classes:
One Grade 3/4 split and one Grade 5/6 split.
That's great but I have to find a text book for the two classes. Any suggestions of what kind of book to use and where I can even find them! Oh and they are making me buy the books out of my own money!
Cheers:
Erin
Elementary English Text books
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I would buy one book and photo copy it on the school's copier for the students. Buy cheap binders and use three hole punch paper or get the students to punch the paper to put in their binders.
I like the "Let's Go" Series. It seems practical and there are lots of fun activities. I always bought the picture dictionary and used that first so the students had a basic number of words. The dictionary groups vocabulary according to theme and have good questions to ask at the beginning of each theme. There were flash cards and other teaching materials.
Is there a large book store in your city/town/village? Otherwise, Amazon.
Does your school have a cupboard or storage room with old books? I often found some treasurers in the book cupboard. Schools are often required to change curriculums and readers over the years but hate to throw out class sets of old books. I would get the oldest set available and have the students critique the difference between their classroom set and the old set. It is usually a matter of coloured pictures and more on the page, more up-to-date stories and so on. Or get several books and have them compare what is learned in one and not in the others and so on. It like being a book detective and they often get caught up in it, learning all the time but also learning to be aware of how they learn. It also means you can start at the beginning again and fill in the blanks for things they have missed because it is a new series and they haven't had it before.
I like the "Let's Go" Series. It seems practical and there are lots of fun activities. I always bought the picture dictionary and used that first so the students had a basic number of words. The dictionary groups vocabulary according to theme and have good questions to ask at the beginning of each theme. There were flash cards and other teaching materials.
Is there a large book store in your city/town/village? Otherwise, Amazon.
Does your school have a cupboard or storage room with old books? I often found some treasurers in the book cupboard. Schools are often required to change curriculums and readers over the years but hate to throw out class sets of old books. I would get the oldest set available and have the students critique the difference between their classroom set and the old set. It is usually a matter of coloured pictures and more on the page, more up-to-date stories and so on. Or get several books and have them compare what is learned in one and not in the others and so on. It like being a book detective and they often get caught up in it, learning all the time but also learning to be aware of how they learn. It also means you can start at the beginning again and fill in the blanks for things they have missed because it is a new series and they haven't had it before.