Learning through flashcards and play battleship to learn

By Esperanza Oraa

I usually use simple flashcards and a couple of battleship board games to review vocabulary, spelling, grammar, etc. 

Ex. In pairs, students have to take one flashcard from a pile and spell it properly. If it is correct, they can fire shots to attempt to hit the opponent’s enemy ships.

I add a simple template of the game.

A letter to your future self

By Beatriz González and Blanca Serrano

The activities realated to writing to yourself of 5 years ago or writing to your future self, I believe it's a great exercise for writing and also at an emotional level. This is an exersice to improve English but also to make students reflect about their past and future in a creative way!

This is a great tool for this activity: https://www.futureme.org/

Story cubes

By Jara María Fernández, Arantzazu Fernández, Alba Paredes and Laura Benito.

I have just bought a box of story dices to practice past tenses. I have never used them before. I'm afraid some low-grade students could have some serious difficulties when trying to tell a story based on the cube's pictures on one hand, and some other students might experience a lack of imagination on the other. However, I will give a try.

In my case, as I´m a secondary school I think is a great idea to make them think and make up a story,maybe one day in which you do not want to use the book because they are tired.

It could be done as a speaking but afther that thet could write it or even make a comic.

I´ll get them!.

I usually use them in my Speaking classes. In advanced groups, they are told to write a story on their own and in low-level groups, I let them work in pairs.

Story cubes are very useful materials for encouraging students to talk or write stories.

And you can also make them. Here you have some webpages where you can print them for free:

https://activity-mom.com/2019/08/free-printable-story-cubes/

https://www.funkidslive.com/summer-challenge/free-printable-story-cubes-download-play/

https://www.imagineforest.com/blog/story-cubes-game/

https://masandpas.com/story-cubes/

By Yolanda Martínez.

You may also have story cubes online using this genially:

https://view.genial.ly/5bba214002bce40c952422a2/interactive-content-story-cubes

By Miriam Díaz

I share you some other Genial.ly in Spanish with dices, some of them you can edit and yo write in English.

https://view.genial.ly/5ebe3e8b8e243b0d5a32b4c9/presentation-story-cubes

https://view.genial.ly/5f22a669a1a5620d6885444e/presentation-story-dices

https://view.genial.ly/617080ab6965ec0dc53ac150/interactive-content-genially-stories-with-story-cubes

I hope you like them

Answer buzzers

By Jara María Fernández

From time to time, I bring answer buzzers to my English classes. These buzzers, along with flahcards, which might be created by the teacher or even by students based on vocabulary and grammar issues are a perfect tool to play a game in teams of 4 students. 

Solar kitchen

By Alejandro Gil

I perform this activity when the energy theme arrives. It works very well with the groups of the first years of ESO. 

It consists of making a solar kitchen (or solar oven) with recycled materials: one or two cardboard boxes, sheets of newspaper for thermal insulation, some aluminum foil and some plastic film to let the sun's rays go through. 

We dedicate two or three classes to make them and one for them to make a report with the materials used and the steps they have followed. 

Finally we use them! When recess is over they put in a pizza or a sandwich and I prepare some fruit sticks with melted chocolate... delicious!!!

Best YouTube Art channels

By Javier Magdaleno

I share with you this link with YouTube art Channels

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2022/03/best-youtube-art-channels-for-teachers.html?m=

Below is a collection of some of the best YouTube art channels for teachers and students. The goal is to help with art integration efforts in class and to boost students artful thinking. The channels,  most of which are created by art teachers and artists, feature video tutorials and step-by-step guides covering various art skills including painting, drawing, sketching, digital art making, watercolor painting, and more. 

This post is part of a series of posts covering educational art resources for use with students in class or at home. As I have always stated, the teaching and learning of art should never be restricted to art classes. In fact, art is an interdisciplinary subject whose methodology supports various ways of representation and thinking.

I hope it fosters your creativity!!

JENGA and Wheel of Names

By Esperanza Oraa

1. An offline resource may be the traditional game JENGA. You can use it to practise vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, reviewing before an exam,....

Write a number in every wooden piece. This number correspond to a question you have previously written in a table, list,... They have to give answer the question when they take the wooden piece.

2. An online resource may be the Wheel of the Names.

Create your own wheel to practice any item in your lessons. For example: You can write different adjectives on the wheel, and they have to make sentences using its comparative or its superlative forms. 

https://wheelofnames.com/