Author Topic: K-2 - Miscellaneous Materials (Read 346465 times)

Virginia · « **on:** April 29, 2008, 09:32:53 AM »

Quite a few of us have kindy groups that we see about once a week. In my case, I see my kindy kids and my 1st graders twice a week, as well as 2nd graders about once a week (when their teacher remembers to bring them).

Do you remember that classic 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 song? Well, it still works, and is a great way to review counting....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WBWxX3713gc

Make flashcards with the numbers to 20 and get the kids to count out loud, identify them on the board, sing the song (after just a few classes, my kids are singing as fast as the original song goes!), give stickers and encouragement, see how high they can count to while tossing a (soft) ball around a circle....

With kids this young, the possibilities really are endless.

wikawika · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2010, 10:44:40 PM »

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I couldn't upload my powerpoints directly to waygook.org for some reason.
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These are the first several lessons I taught my second graders, after teaching them the alphabet.
1. Animals: The vocab words were: cat, duck, cow, pig, horse, and dog
This powerpoint first shows pictures of these six animals, along with their spelling.
We talked about the spelling, and pronunciation, and then used the rest of the powerpoint to play a "Guess the Animal" game. Pictures of the animals were blocked by different shapes, and the students tried to guess what animal was being blocked by the shape. Each animal picture is first blocked a lot, and then less and less, until there is nothing blocking the animal. The game is pretty easy, but students seemed to enjoy seeing the different pictures, and were excited by the final reveal.
2. Colors- The vocab words were: red, blue, yellow, green, black, orange, purple, pink, and white. The idea with this powerpoint was to get the students practicing the words one at a time, introducing a new color when they seemed familiar with the previous ones. Each time a new color is introduced, the students learned the word, and then played a speed game (who can shout out the color the fastest) reviewing all the old colors. And then a new color is introduced. After the powerpoint the students reviewed by coloring in a worksheet, following my directions for what colors went where.
3. Directions - The vocab words were: left, right, up, down, stop, and go. The powerpoint is animated, so the students see the spelling and then see the word going the direction it specifies. To practice we did the Cupid Shuffle <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24_zoqu4_Q&feature=fvst> (starts at 1:06), but with lyrics changed to:
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left,
Now stop! Now go! Now stop! Now go!
Now jump up and jump down, Now jump up and jump down.
The kids really liked trying to get as far as they could one direction before having to switch to the next direction.
4. This is just an animal and reading review. The classroom we used had a touch screen, which the students really enjoyed using, so this powerpoint was designed to have the students interact with it directly. Each slide has three animal pictures, and one animal vocab word. For example, a slide might show a pig, a cat, and a dog, with the word "dog" written above.The student would try to read the animal name, and then come touch the correct picture of that animal on the screen. Unfortunately, if the student picks the correct picture, the slide does not move on to the next question, it simply deletes one of the wrong answers, and the student must hit the screen two more times before the next slide will show.
5. Color/Animal/Direction/Reading Review- This powerpoint was used as part of a two team game. Teams would take turns answering what the slide showed, and if they were correct, they got to roll a dice. The students really enjoyed being able to roll the dice. However, for the answer to be correct, they must say the animal (or word) and the color (or direction the picture was moving) depending on what each slide shows.

sheila · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:36:26 AM »

Here are some of the things that I had used for my winter camp. Hopefully they're helpful... Enjoy!

sheila · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:46:23 AM »

and some more...

lindsayforrest · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2010, 02:39:43 PM »

For my low level learners I am introducing colors and numbers. I am having the students color and number these scoops. We are seeing who can make the biggest ice cream cone!

Below are the links to the templates:

Cone: http://www.first-school.ws/t/craft/ice_cream_cone_1b.htm
Scoop: http://www.first-school.ws/t/craft/ice_cream_1b.htm

HazelJane · « **Reply #5 on:** June 04, 2010, 09:47:12 PM »

As the school yr is winding down,
I am looking for some really great activites, games to play with my kindergarten class...
one last hooppp -la!
suggestions greatly appreciated!

Heath · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2010, 02:32:16 PM »

I decided to focus on farm animals this week....so i made this....it includes a pass the ball game at the end....as part of this class I have the students write out the animals names and sound out the letters as they write them down.

skimango7 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2010, 12:47:24 PM »

Heres a few ppt.'s I use for my after school class. I usually do one class a week doing this and then the next one I give out worksheets, have them color, or we watch a movie. Hope it helps!

Eribee · « **Reply #8 on:** June 22, 2010, 09:56:51 AM »

Hi there

This is a bomb game I made for my 2nd grade kids. It's a review of days of the week, some numbers, shapes, body parts and animals.

Note that slide 11 is me, so you need to change it to you. And slides 21 and 22 are Park Ji Sung but you need to point to a body part for the question 'what's this?'

For some reason some of the letters don't change colour, so I just write them on the board when they've been chosen.

I hope you can use it!

Topher · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2010, 02:45:09 PM »

I did Body Parts for an open class I had with my grade 1s and 2s. They were the best behaved today for the parents.... but that even said, they were still hellish. I used Flashcards from http://www.eslflashcards.com and laminated them. I printed two copies and glued the word to one and left the other blank so I could show the picture with the word and without. I used these as a look and listen/listen and repeat activity. It went over ok. They had trouble with Elbow, Neck, Chin, Finger, and Ear for some reason (they kept calling it Nose). But the rest were ok. Maybe spend some extra time on those ones.

Next I played a video of "Head and Shoulders" and got them to sing and dance. A few kids like the actions....most didn't sing.... but it ate up about 10 minutes. The video is found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8FwBSITW-4)

Lastly, I edited a Bomb game. I took a game from the grade 3's class and just switched the pictures with the flashcards i had. It's your standard bomb game. This was the highlight of the class as it was their first time playing a bomb game. If you use it and your kids are like mine... bring ear plugs... they went nuts once they started to understand the game. (I used candy as a prize too).

Hope this helps your little devils -- er... I mean young learners.

Cheers! :D

Gillod · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2010, 08:01:00 AM »

Whenever I don't know what to do with my kids I end up putting together a workbook real quick. These are formatted for A4, designed to be copied on both sides. You'll need two fonts for these to display properly.

Quicksand: http://typophile.com/node/50437
Print Clearly: http://www.bvfonts.com/fonts/details.php?id=45

I'll upload them as I find them, I kind of scattered them all over the 4 computers I end up using at school :)

Today! Simple Animals: Dog, cat, fish. I usually add a final page that has a cut 'n paste animal or something, but I ran short on time today :(

k_belle · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2010, 02:45:40 PM »

This song is GREAT!

My kids also like this one:

"Super Simple Songs" are fantastic. Sesame Street?

Start with the basics. Colours. Numbers. Animals. Sing "head, shoulders, knees and toes" for body parts. Alphabet. Shapes.

Check out all the worksheets/games on this website:
http://www.esl-kids.com/worksheets/worksheets.html

I found the colours ppt on this site (sorry, I can't remember the user id to give him/her credit), and the pass the ball game (from JC 49). I expanded them a little.

Play Simon Says. Bingo. Get them to make shapes with their bodies/in group. Get them to guess the colour of a skittle candy (if they get it right, they get the skittle).

PLENTY of material on this site.. try searching for kindergarden, grade one or grade two, low level, colors, songs, etc.

Hope that gives you a starting point at least! Good luck!

fuzzyGrEeNlover · « **Reply #12 on:** September 13, 2010, 02:52:33 PM »

My second graders know the alphabet...well most of them. So i found a way to catch up the slower students and keep the higher level students interested.

I first showed them this phonics video and had them sing along. Then asked one of my higher level students to recite the alphabet backwards. They might be a little shy but i there is always one who is confident enough to try it.

Then I taught them ABCs of American sign language. I used this video:

but I found another one you can use.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TYeqrDLHUc&feature=related

I went through each sign one by one (eats up a lot of time to get their hands right).

After we watched the video a second time, this time trying to follow along, I had them do a spelling contest in sign language as well as saying it out loud. They really enjoyed it and after a while just started spelling random words just to impress me. Our focus was animals that day...but you could do it with food, toys, anything.

hope this helps.

melissah · « **Reply #13 on:** September 28, 2010, 01:46:57 PM »

I've been teaching a 1st and 2nd grade afterschool program as well - I kind of love them.

Here are the first two lessons I've used:

Lesson 1 (Learn A-B-C)

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ASBo2GpMSF5hZGc5dGJ6NXBfMTcxY3ZzcHpwaG4&hl=en&authkey=CKGcq_kK

Lesson 2 (Review A-B-C- Learn Body Parts)

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ASBo2GpMSF5hZGc5dGJ6NXBfNjA3Zmt2cHY2ZDQ&hl=en&authkey=CL2puig

amandaj11 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 28, 2010, 02:15:40 PM »

This may sound a little silly but how do you put videos into your presentations? Or do you know a good article to explain it? I'm pretty technologically inept. They look really lovely!

teacherjenni · « **Reply #15 on:** September 29, 2010, 03:34:05 PM »

I teach 2nd graders on Fridays...there is a Korean teacher in the room, but cannot speak English so no translating, though good for controlling behavior. The first class I just did and intro and read a book to them. Here are some other lesson plans that I have done so far:

k_belle · « **Reply #16 on:** September 29, 2010, 03:48:40 PM »

Here's a VERY SIMPLE ppt teaching the expression "Wow! It's hot/cold/big/small/beautiful/cute/sweet/spicy/yummy/yucky!" A lot of words, but my kids already knew some of them.

The game is super simple too. (Got the idea from Genkie English- Milo). On the whiteboard I drew a picture of me, flying over an ocean because I'm attached to six balloons. In the ocean there are sharks. Balloons are labelled 1-6.

If the kids get the statement right (some can be more than one... try and get them to say all applicable), then they can roll a dice. If they roll a 1, the balloon labelled #1 gets erased (popped) and I cry.

If they roll a 5, I "pop" balloon #5 and freak out a little more (kids love it).

If they roll a 1 again (it's already been popped) I jump for joy and pray for more 1's or 5's.

Super simple, no prep. Hope it works for ya

elizabethnoelle11 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 19, 2010, 02:00:19 PM »

Hey everyone! I do a after school class with 1st and 2nd graders in my elementary school. It can be challenging since I have no co teacher and the students don't really understand me. I am sure some of you are in the same boat and since I have not been able to find any lessons for this basic vocabulary I have made a lot of games and ppts for the class. Thought I would share my work since I find use the website so often! Hope someone can use this to save some time ::) Good luck!

If you want to know some of the games, books and songs I have used for these lessons, let me know and I will post them

donuts · « **Reply #18 on:** October 20, 2010, 08:56:28 AM »

Hi! for some reason I couldn't open your files on my work computer. I do a childcare class for 1-3 graders one hour a week, but there's no curriculum and I always have a hard time planning the class. What games and songs do you use? thanks so much!

KDY · « **Reply #19 on:** October 20, 2010, 10:53:26 AM »

http://study.jr.naver.com/english/list.nhn?id=dongyo&parentId=2

Naver has lots of simple songs you can use.

This goodbye song is great!

For games I normally do relay games, and what's missing PPT's.

Hope that helps!