Parts of the House

Here's an easy project for the students to practice the parts of the house.

1. Fold an A4 sheet in half.

2. Crease the center of the fold.

3. Fold the left and the right parts to the center.

4. Open the fold.

5. Press the corners to form a triangle on each side.

6. Tell the students to draw the rooms in the house on the front ...

7. ... and inside it.

8. Have them label the parts of the house.

Wheel Book - Opposites

My group is going to start working with opposites. This wheel book technique is a great way for them to identify the new vocab. Here are the instructions.

1. Cut two circles out of cardstock.

2. Make a template to mark the slits and the center on one of the circles to help you make all the other circles for your students.

3. Cut the two slits and fold them to the back of the circle.

4. Use a large needle to make a hole in the center of the two circles.

5. Use a brad to secure both circles, keeping the one with slits on top.

6. Students write the opposite words, moving the top circle clockwise.

They write the title and the author's name on the top circle.

Have them stand up and walk around, asking their peers what the opposite words are.


My students carried out this task listening to Waka, Waka. As I paused the song, they asked the peer next to them: What's the opposite of ... ? It was hard to change the activity, for they had lots of fun.

Here are some of their projects.

Mini-Dictionary

Each student has a mini-dictionary to record the new words as we finish a unit.

We stamped the pages after we put them together. The students love keeping record of the new words this way.

Washing Line

Each student received an item of clothing to color. The helper of the day helped me staple each item to a piece of thread as students, in turn, came to the front, identified the peer, and said what color his / her item was.

Magazine Cut-outs for Clothes

I cut some pictures of people out of magazines and glued them on sheets of paper for the students to write the color of the depicted clothes, practicing the use of his and her, singular and plural, clothes-related vocabulary, and colors. His T-shirt is green. Her shorts are blue.

Happy Birthday! Here's Your Gift.

In our lesson, we talked about toys and birthdays. The students made this card which illustrated two toys they chose to give to a peer and helped them act out a dialogue: Happy birthday! Here are your gifts. Thanks.

After that, they wrote a thank-you letter to their respective peers. They had a lot of fun.

Step Book - What I Like and Don't Like for Different Meals

Here are the Step Book projects my students developed to write about what they like and don't like for different meals - breakfast, lunch, or dinner.