Revision of adjectives ( follow up on introducing adjectives)

To revise the adjectives that we learnt on the previous lesson with the second grade ( which you can find in the previous post) we did some games and activities that I would like to share.

1. As a warm up activity show students flashcards with animals and ask to name them. Then you can put the adjectives on different places in the classroom and ask students to follow your instructions : Run to the bear/ Jump to the hippo/ Swim to the elephant etc.

2. In the main part of the lesson I had a few activities.
- Divide the board in half. Put the same pictures of animals in both of the halves of the board but make sure they are positioned differently. Invite the students to come to the board in pairs. Give each of them a flyswatter and explain the game. Their task is to hit the animal with their flyswatter once they hear the word. You can turn this into a competition. You can decide who did the exercise faster or who made less mistakes.

- Put some pictures of animals on the floor and play the game "stepping stones". Each student needs to stand on the picture and name it and they should try to do it as fast as possible. In case they make a mistake they should go back and start over.

- To revise the adjectives you can give students cards with the adjectives written in English and in their mother tongue. Ask them to match the word with its translation and then check.

- Finally give them pieces of papers and ask them to work in groups and arrange the pieces of papers into sentences. Check and explain where necessary. 

Domestic Animals - stepping stones - Learning can be fun!

I'm sure you have heard of the game Stepping stones, so this is just an idea how to use it in the classroom. It doesn't take too much time to prepare. Just make sure you draw or print several pictures of domestic animals - the ones you learn in class. Put them on the floor - use some tape so that they don't move when the kids step on them. It's as simple as that. You create the rules of the game. I usually ask my students to step on the pictures, say the word and try not to make a mistake. If they do, they have to go back and do it all over again. The winner is the student who manages to name all the animals without making a mistake. Sometimes there can be more than one winner. The point is that we practice the words in a fun way - it's not who gets the prize! Here's a video on how we do it in the class.