Matrim, your first lesson for Middle, grade 3 looks great. This is my first time teaching classes of this size and age level. This definitely helps me feel at ease. Once I finish my future lesson plans I will definitely post them here.

Hey there,

Just beginning to plan my lesson for this one. I have to make it last two weeks so I'm filling it out with some information about schools around the world. If anyone is doing the same I've just come across a great site http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/1809 which has 'day in the life' info for students from loads of different countries. Will post completed lessons when finished!

...Dynamic Korea...

I arrived at school today at 8:30 am only to find out that second period, I was to start teaching a high-level grade 3 English class and use the text book. I just want to throw out a giant THANK you!!! to the posts here. I couldn't check the docx documents because I'm only using office 2003 at school :S but the ppt of Excuses was perfect. My 'high-level' kids aren't really all that high level, so I had to change some of the wording.. Regardless, I'm going to post my very last minute lesson plan in hopes that it will in turn, help one of you out, or provide guidance to some other teachers. Please note that its not all that exciting.. I didn't have time to really think of a game, but overall it was very well received by the students and teachers especially.

Attached:

Lesson plan (very brief)
comic picture (for introduction)
Video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEQT0y2JQI

Thanks Sheila. Am on it :-)

Just finished my ppt for this one. Again it's two lessons worth on one powerpoint, and the start is just for making a points system and seating chart so ignore :)

here is a ppt to go along with the super mario game

Just made a super mario game for this lesson, Kids love it, been a great hit, im working also on a modified ppt from the first lesson posted here to show the students the vocabulary to use before we play the game as the game is meant to be a review of the lesson.

There is no hyperlink to go back to the "mushroom" page when they got the wrong answer... or does it not matter? (Is is just like review lesson - they can be "helped" to get the right answer?"   

The mario takes you to the "points" page.   but if they're wrong they don't get anything, right?

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The mario takes you to the "points" page.   but if they're wrong they don't get anything, right?

If one team gets the answer wrong then usually the question goes to the next team (so you need to know the answers in advance)

Yeah you need to let another team have a chance to guess, if no team can get it then you should probably help them hit the points slide see how much points they missed and then go back to the mushrooms.

Here's a worksheet for making excuses I made. You can provide the answer key for the low-level students and take away the answer key for the advanced students.

There's also a "puzzle" activity I found on ESLprintables.com. I'm going to change it to be a little easier for my lower level classes.

Like many of you, I teach two 45-minute periods for each textbook lesson.  With third graders I exhaust the first period belaboring Listen and Talk and In Conversation and spend the second period on some related game-type thing. 

You probably don't need my help with the first half (hint:  use Worksheet 1-1).  Here's my PPT for the second period featuring Mr. Stickman's Dangerous Hangmannish Walk with words from the previous class and a Lucky Wheel (thanks Rufus) game belaboring asking for permission and making excuses.  My students are generally low-level and are terrified of speaking, so this is more than enough material to fill my time.