2nd Grade 1st Unit Activity Ideas
- You can use an ice breaker to meet with the Ss. Use a puppet or a toy to encourage them.
- You can use an imaginary ball or a real one to learn their names. Ask What's your name? and the one who catches the ball is going to answer. The activity goes on like this.
- You can play chuf chuf train game. Ask their name. When they tell their names invite them to your train and go on your activity until every student tell their names and get on your train.
- You can use an instrument while singing Hello, hello what's your name?song and ask them the same thing like you. When the song stops, your student is going to choose one friend and ask their names.
- You can bring realias to the class about the first unit such as lemon, gorilla, microphone, radio, coffee etc. Put them in a box or a bag. Show them one by one or let them touch or smell the object and want them to name the item.
- You can play hot and cold game. Hide a card and ask them to find the card. Use hot when the student come closer to the card, and use cold when the student is far from the card. Ask your student what is on the card.
- You can stick flashcards on the board. Ask your Ss to close their eyes. Take one card and ask them which one is missing? They will like the activity.
- Explain your Ss when you use "a" and "an". Show your flashcards and tell them raise their one hand if it starts with "a" and raise their two hands if the word starts with "an".
- You can explain your Ss the difference between "this" and "that". I prefer using this, this, this, that, that, that song while pointing the cards.
- You can use the activities that I explained in the first unit like chuf chuf train, ball etc.
- You can use a name crown and ask them to write their names.
- You can use greeting song and draw pictures for "Good morning", "Good afternoon", "Good evening" and " Good night". They like pictures on the board.
- You can play "Good morning" and "Good night" game. Tell them to mime the greetings.
- Prepare flashcards or draw pictures on the board for "fine", "great", "okay". Sing them Hello, hello, how are you song? Choose one of your Ss and ask the question "How are you today? and tell them to use the words on the board or on the cards. Then sing the song again and tell the student that you chose "nominate another student.
- You can use puppets while asking How are you today?
- You can start your lesson with a song like Stand up, sit down by Patty Shukla. They will enjoy it. Then, take a puppet and tell it Stand up, sit down and show your Ss the puppets while it is doing the actions.
- Ss like silent cinema activity. Tell them to choose a card and try to mime the actions to their friends. The one who guesses the word correctly will be the winner.Then, he/she is going to choose card for miming. 2nd Grade 4th Unit Activity Ideas
- You can use an instrument like a drum, tambourine or a buzzer for teaching them numbers. Play the drum three times and ask them which number is it? They will love it.
- Play "Show me with you fingers game". Show your Ss the written form of a number and ask them to show the correct one with their fingers.
- You can match the numbers and the written forms of them.
- You can put the numbers in a box. Shake the box in order to rise their curiosity and choose a card. Then ask them which number is it?
- You can play "Feed the penguin game" They love any kind of feeding game. You can find the related file on my website in Numbers section.