Author Topic: Days of the week (Read 28404 times)

enolan · « **on:** September 08, 2010, 09:02:25 AM »

Hey everyone,

A friend turned me on to this site and I am so grateful! What wonderful resources eveyone is sharing. I am brand new to teaching, esl teaching and Korea - so I am very happy to be a part of such a great community.

I am hoping for a little healp - anyone have good ideas for an Open Class about days of the week? I am looking for one more activity.

Thanks!!

panda · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2010, 04:06:54 PM »

There's a great game called "Say Theirs". Basically...

1.   Put students in groups, bigger the better (4+)
2.   Put a deck of cards in the middle of a group
3.   Each student chooses a word and says their word, a day of the week in your situation
4.   First person flips over their card
5.   Next person does too
6.   Continue until 2 cards match
7.   The two people with matching cards say their opponents word, first person gets to keep the other persons cards
8.   Continue, people add the cards to their stack if they still have one. Winner is the person with the most cards come the end. Include cards in their stack in the count.

Can use a dealer instead of a central stack of cards if you like to make it fairer.

glb0b · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2010, 05:32:10 PM »

How about listening to Friday I'm in love by The Cure.

You could make a worksheet of the lyrics with the days missing and have them fill in the missing days - I had mine write it in Korean as they are quicker at that and then they have to convert from English to Korean in their head.

infogoddess · « **Reply #3 on:** September 09, 2010, 12:17:40 AM »

if they are really young try something based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar - lots of great ideas here
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/HungryCaterpillarPrintables.htm

watch the video here

I've used this with third graders who loved it even though I really thought they were too old

teachertq · « **Reply #4 on:** September 11, 2010, 07:33:06 PM »

Days of the week game

1) Divide students into teams of 2 or 3 depending on your class size
2) Give each team one set of "days of the week cards"
3) Have students order these cards as fast as possible

variation: Remove one card from each team (this card should be the same card...lets say it is Wednesday) Have students place their cards in order quickly in attempts to find the missing card. The first team to shout out the answer will be awarded a point.

Hope this helps a little...

lauralauramac · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2010, 04:47:46 PM »

My students love this video/song by no less than "they might be giants" 3rd grade onwards have no problem singing it.

enolan · « **Reply #6 on:** September 14, 2010, 02:21:32 PM »

Thanks Everyone!

cgreen · « **Reply #7 on:** November 24, 2010, 02:08:16 PM »

Days of the week tornado game! The students have to find the days of the week pairs. If they find a match, the build part of a house. (The house consists of 2 sides, 2 parts for the roof, a window and a door). If they choose a tornado, their house blows down. The game is under slide #6.

Enjoy!

Teacher500 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2011, 01:09:26 PM »

Flashcards to review days of the week.

ndt · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:57:08 PM »

These are some very basic materials i used for days of the week.

bobranger · « **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:35:48 PM »

Adding to the mix:
Days of the week slide
Months of the year slide
Calander lesson (a little more advanced)

rasa · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:40:06 PM »

I teach grades 1-6, and the 1-3rd graders LOVE to sing the days of the week now that we jump up out of our seats every time we say/hear the day it is that day. (not sure if i am explaining this well...it just simply sounds like: sunday, MONDAY, tuesday, wednesday... and they jump up and scream the day). Try it, you will shocked how much fun they have!

joneslb · « **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:57:53 PM »

I taught my kids a days of the week song, to the tune of "Oh my darlin, Clementine." They really like it and I hear them singing it just by themselves. Its actually really cute. You can do it the way the kids in the youtube video do it (extended version), or a shortened version of just:

Sunday Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday Friiiiiiiday Saturday,
There are seven days, there are seven days, there are seven days in a week

dabrot791 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 11, 2011, 03:13:45 PM »

Last year I used the text book but added a total body workout in the form of the shapes of the letters SMTWTFS. Especially good for those early morning classes that otherwise are just too sleepy.

marty · « **Reply #14 on:** May 20, 2011, 08:03:29 PM »

Here is another silly song and video for days of the week. I hope you like it. It was fun to make :)

whaleshark · « **Reply #15 on:** June 23, 2011, 08:21:15 AM »

Here's a simple practice worksheet for writing the days of the week.

It uses the Handfish fonts that can be downloaded on this site. I use them all the time and find them really useful!

Kahye · « **Reply #16 on:** March 12, 2012, 03:40:12 PM »

Days, Months and Dates in English
about how to write some words, ask and answer some 'day questions'.

It's a HWP file.

nicoleyoleravioli · « **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2012, 10:41:32 AM »

For my Kindy's i'm reading this story. Then having them cut and glue the timeline of the story. On Monday: one apple, etc So you would just need to print one word doc and one ppt page for each kiddo. I got the PPT pictures from here : http://www.dltk-teach.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/hungrycaterpillar/csequencing.gif

Quote from: infogoddess on September 09, 2010, 12:17:40 AM

if they are really young try something based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar - lots of great ideas here
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/HungryCaterpillarPrintables.htm

watch the video here

I've used this with third graders who loved it even though I really thought they were too old

nicoleyoleravioli · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2012, 10:43:44 AM »

Pass the ball game with days of the week in Korean for kindergartners/early elem/kids can't read any English/ don't understand the calendar pictures. Thanks to the original poster!

swissmiss · « **Reply #19 on:** July 15, 2012, 12:22:02 PM »

I have been using other peoples materials so I figured it was time to put some of my own into the mix.