50 Activities for Coaching/Mentoring

Title: 50 Activities for Coaching/Mentoring
Level: All
Author(s): Donna Berry, Charles Cadwell and Joe Fehrmann
Publisher: HRD Press
ISBN: 0874252180
Date: 1993
Pages: 299
Size: 1.35 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

The 50 activities in this resource book have been tested with hundreds of participants to ensure their appropriateness and effectiveness for a variety of diversity training needs. Employees at all levels will be stimulated by interactively learning about cultural and gender differences, and mastering new skills for communicating more effectively in our diverse workplaces. Each activity is ready to use and includes trainer's notes and all necessary handouts and overhead transparency masters. They each take between 15 and 45 minutes to complete.

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The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

Title: The Teachers' Animation Toolkit
Author(s): Britta Pollmüller and Martin Sercombe
Publisher: Continuum
ISBN: 9781441131072
Date: 2011
Pages: 181
Size: 1.68 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

This toolkit, together with an extensive companion website, will give you the confidence to use animation in your classroom. From teaching basic flip book animation right through to producing an animated film, there are drawing templates for the less confident teacher artists and tried-and-tested schemes of work, plus advice on how to use animation equipment and what technology and software is available. This practical, cross-curricular resource is particularly suitable for use with students aged 11-16, although many of the activities can be adapted for older or younger students. It can be used in Art, Media Studies, ICT and many other subjects to engage learners of all styles and abilities.

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Reading Zone, Grades 5-7

Title: Reading Zone: Language Activities for Intermediate/Challenging Level Students
Level: Grades 5-7, Intermediate
Author(s): Edward Connor
Publisher: Ready-Ed Publications
ISBN: 1863975993
Date: 2004
Pages: 64
Size: 2.52 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

Reading Zone is a set of fifty reading and comprehension sheets. They have been created to suit the teaching needs of upper primary school and lower secondary school students. The sheets have been composed in ten thematic groups to establish a sense of continuity and to add more interest. The themes are: Champions, Children, Fairy tales, Nursery Rhymes, Magic, Mythology, Fishing, Space, Nations and Rodents. Each theme is identified by an icon at the top left of each page. [+/-]

This set of educational materials may be used in a number of ways:

1. As the base for a term's reading experience: The students could be placed in four or five activity groups and each day groups are given different sheets within the same thematic grouping. In this way the last day of a five-day sequence may be used for a general correction and discussion period ending with the "Spot the Difference" activity sheet being done by all. It is recommended that before the students are placed in groups and set to work on the exercises, that one of the sets is worked through as a whole class activity and discussed to ensure that students know exactly what is required.

2. Teachers may choose to work on just one activity type with the whole class and progress through all the sheets in the selected type before selecting a different type. This offers the benefit of being able to concentrate more intensely on the various language developmental aspects that the sheets focus towards.

3. As individual activities: These sheets may be spread throughout the year and used as a supplement to an established reading program, as homework sheets, or simply as stand-alone activity worksheets whenever there is a need.

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Developing Students’ Multiple Intelligences (Grades K-8)

Title: Developing Students' Multiple Intelligences
Level: Grades K-8
Author(s): Kristen Nicholson-Nelson
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0590931016
Date: 1998
Pages: 161
Size: 4.65 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

Hundreds of Practical Ideas Easily Integrated Into Your Lessons and Activities. Are your students word smart? Math smart? People smart? Tap into your students' diverse intelligences and enrich your lesson plans with this helpful resource. Your students will love learning in ways that play to their strengths.

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English with Games and Activities: 3 Levels

Title: English with Games and Activities 1-2-3
Levels: Elementary, Lower-Intermediate, Intermediate
Author(s): Paul Carter and Maria Cleary
Publisher: ELi
ISBN: 9788853600011
Date: 2004
Pages: 97 each
Size: 106 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, full color
Language: English

A wide variety of games to entertain and motivate students to broaden and consolidate their lexical and grammatical knowledge of the language. Each volume contains 14 theme units featuring 20 or more illustrated words. These are then used in various games and activities such as crosswords, wordsearches, anagrams… etc. Answers are included making the books the ideal companion for self-study. [+/-]

The first of a series of three volumes for students of various levels.

For learning English vocabulary and structures. Games and various activities are all richly illustrated.

Each volume offers 14 units based on lexical themes. Each unit presents approximately 20 illustrated words. The words are then used in games and various activities: crosswords, find the word, anagrams, etc. A grammatical theme and exercises are also presented in each unit.

The solutions, found in the appendix, allow the volume to be used also for self-study.

Topics included:

- The family
- Parts of the body
- Colours
- Food and drink
- Clothes
- Animals
- Nature
- At school
- Jobs
- The town
- Transport
- The weather and the seasons
- Actions

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Easy English with Games and Activities 1 (Book+Audio)

Title: Easy English with Games and Activities 1
Level: Primary
Author(s): Lorenza Balzaletti and Fosca Montagna
Publisher: ELi
ISBN: 9788853604385
Pages: 38
Size: 31.43 Mb
Format: PDF + MP3
Quality: High
Language: English

The first of a series of 5 activity books for Primary School Children. This new series of 5 activity books was created to enable students to review and consolidate the grammar and vocabulary learnt over the school year. Students can practise English independently through involving exercises, whether in class or through use at home as an exercise book or holiday book. [+/-]

STRUCTURE:
Each book contains the topics found in the syllabus of typical Primary School English course books. There are lots of fun, practical activities involving listening, doing and creating. Progression is carefully developed, introducing students to the written language gradually; the first book contains mostly listenings and practical activities, and each successive level contains vocabulary and language activities matched to the exercise types and skills of students of that level.

Self-assessment is possible thanks to systematic revision activities for individual use. Each volume has a removable insert with the audio tapescripts for the listening activities and answers to the activities.

Level 1 - Topics:
-Hello! What's your name?
-Colours
-Check!
-Animals
-Check!
-My school bag
-Check!
-My pencil-case
-Check!
-Numbers 1-5
-Numbers 6-10
-Check!
-Toys
-Check!
-Happy-Sad
-Final check!

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Smart Kids Phonics Complete Set (CD-ROM)

Title: Smart Kids Phonics Complete Set CD-ROM
Publisher: Smart Phonics
Date: 2004
Quantity: 4 CD-ROMs
Size: 669 Mb
Format: .iso
Language: English

Recommened! The first in a series of 4 CD-ROMs covers alphabet and digraph beginnings. The Smart Phonics software follows an easy-to-use layout, based around 3 activities for teaching each letter/sound relationship.These are: listen to the poem, find the sound, and make words. This license allows the user to load the program on to one computer. [+/-]

- consonants
- vowels
- digraph beginnings
- digraph endings
- blend beginnigns
- blend endings
- magie e
- vowel digraphs
- changeable vowel sounds
- r controlled vowel sounds
- short vowels
- long vowels

VERY GOOD PROGRAMME

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Jolly Jingles Children's Songs (Book+Audio)

Title: Jolly Jingles Children's Songs (Book+Audio)
Level: age 3+
Publisher: Jolly Learning
Pages: 41
Size: 23.7 Mb
Format: PDF + MP3 (40 tracks)
Quality: Very good, 192 kbps
Language: English

The Jolly Jingles are an enjoyable and interactive way to reinforce the letter sounds. In big book format, each page has a Jingle to sing, along with the appropriate letter sound(s) and action. This fully illustrated book is accompanied by a CD sung by children in Canada, with the Jingles as numbered tracks. Alternatively, the Jingles can be read by students to the class to develop their reading skills.

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Phonics: Kumon Workbooks Series (6 Books)

Title: Kumon Workbooks Series
Level: ages 3 to 7
Editor(s): Shinobu Akaishi and Eno Sarris
Publisher: Kumon Publishing North America
Date: 2004
Size: 51.4 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Good, full-color
Language: English

Kumon workbooks are based on the "Kumon Method", an educational philosophy that aims at unlocking the full learning potential of each individual child. The Kumon Method introduces learning concepts in an incremental, step-by-step approach, allowing children to master new skills easily and without anxiety or frustration. As a result, children gain confidence in their abilities and are motivated to learn on their own. [+/-]

Over 3.5 million children around the world use the Kumon Method to develop their math and reading skills. Kumon Math and Reading Centers help students become successful, confident and self-motivated learners.

But it’s not just the Kumon Method that makes the workbooks special. It’s also the care and research that goes into the editorial content, design and quality of the books. Our editorial experts have more than two decades of experience in producing books that are both fun and educational. Our designers create illustrations that attract and delight children. And the quality of our books is the best of any workbook on the market, with extra thick paper and the best available print quality. From pedagogy to paper, every one of our workbooks has been carefully crafted with your child’s best interests in mind.

Book list:
1. My Book Of Number Games 1-70 - 81 pages
This book contains two types of educational games. First are color-by-number exercises, which help children recognize numbers up to 70. Next are connect-the-dots exercises, which teach children ordinal numbers and the sequence of numbers between 1 and 70. Both types of exercises will create the basis skills needed for addition, subtraction and other advanced level math.

2. My Book Of Number Games 1-150 - 84 pages
This book builds on the skills developed by My Book of Number Games 1-70. In addition to reinforcing number recognition and number sequencing skills, My Book of Number Games 1 - 150 will help children understand the concept of a "digit," which will prepare them for higher-level multi-digit calculations. Mastering the concepts introduced in Kumon's two Number Games books will help children succeed when they progress to arithmetic and more advanced math.

3. My Book Of Rhyming Words And Phrases - 81 pages
Using games and exercises similar to those in My Book of Rhyming Words, this book helps children learn more advanced rhyming words and phrases. While learning to write and read situational phrases connected by conjunctions, such as "fox in box" and "cat in hat," children will begin to develop more advanced verbal skills.

4. My Book Of Rhyming Words - 82 pages
This book is for children who can read and write the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Words that are familiar to children, such as hat, bat, rat and cat are grouped by the vowel and consonant combination of the last two letters. Through games and exercises that encourage children to trace letters and read aloud, children will learn how to read and write simple words.

5. My Book of Rhyming Words: Long Vowels - 83pages
Long vowels are the most difficult part of learning to read and write. Using a combination of Kumons systematic, step-by-step approach and established phonics theory, this book helps children understand how different vowel combinations make the same long vowel sounds. Ages 5-7

6. My Book of Writing Words: Learning about Consonants and Vowels - 81 pages
This workbook will show your child how to begin putting words together to make phrases, a crucial skill for sentence construction.

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Phonics Flashcards for Kids (Printable)

Title: Phonics Flashcards for Kids
Compiled by: O'Mama
Publisher: Various resources
Quantity: 100+ PDF files/1000+ printable flashcards
Size: 216 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High, b/w, color, printable
Language: English

This phonic flashcard collection contains many activities for use with these letters. Each activity can be used for whole-class, small group, individual, and/or paired instruction, as well as a center activity. It is recommended to introduce the activity as a whole class or small group activity prior to expecting students to complete it as an individual, paired, or center activity. [+/-]

The activities that are provided, model ways to incorporate the use of Phonics Flashcards into your classroom routines. Each activity lists a goal, materials needed and procedures to carry out the activity. Some activities suggest a variation to the activity or reference a worksheet included in the back of this guide. Activities can be modified to meet the individual needs of your students and classroom.

The Phonics Flashcard Collection features:
• Introduce the ABCs
• Practice writing the letters of the alphabet
• Match lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet
• Identify missing letters of the alphabet
• Sort letters according to shape (circles and sticks)
• Place letters in ABC order
• Manipulate letters to spell your name
• Identify letters (letter sounds) using a tactile approach
• Learn the letter sounds
• Learn the consonant and vowel sounds
• Create word families
• Identify short vowels in word families
• Learn sight words
• Identify the letter missing in the alphabet
• Create words beginning with a specific letter sound
• Identify the missing word in a sentence
• Practice spelling words using flashcards
• etc.

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Disney's World of English Book 1-12 (full color)

Title: Disney's World of English Book Vol.1-12
Author(s): Diane Warshawsky, Ph.D.
Publisher: International Horizons
Pages: 57 x 12
Size: 112 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High, full color
Language: English

Disney's World of English has been the leading at-home English learning product for children (4-10 yrs old) for the past 30 years. This series of children books is an ideal for kids around the world! The study shows that the sooner children are exposed to a new language; with greater ease and fluency they will be able to speak it. [+/-]

It was with this in mind that Lexicon developed Disney’s World of English© in conjunction with Disney World and renowned Japanese professor Shinichi Suzuki. This program maximizes children’s natural learning ability by exposing them to language learning at an early age - the time when they are most receptive. Kids will love learning to speak, read, and write English as they play, sing, and interact with some of Disney’s most beloved characters. Disney’s World of English© is based on an active learning system developed by renowned Japanese professor Shinichi Suzuki.

In each volume, children will learn:

Volume 1
• the prepositions in and on
• new phrases and new vocabulary

Volume 2
• the expression look the same, describing colors
• the difference between the pronouns you and me

Volume 3
• the name of the ingredients to make Pluto’s birthday cake
• the comparative longer, higher, smaller and faster
• to tell time

Volume 4
• the prepositions in and on
• about different means of transportation
• the adjectives short, tall, and long

Volume 5
• introduce questions starting with why and answering with because, going over how many
• the difference between one versus the other
• numbers from 1-100

Volume 6
• the difference between the verbs to dream and to think
• questions using the word which
• the regular comparatives and superlatives

Volume 7
• questions starting with what kind (of) and which
• the names of different musical instruments
• the words hair, hairy, hips and hippy

Volume 8
• the words high and low
• the words might and must and using Who is it?
• numbers up to 1000

Volume 9
• while
• the words at, all, and in
• the words close, closer, and closest

Volume 10
• the letters of the alphabet
• the words before and after

Volume 11
• the words without and needs
• the difference between looking for and looking at
• the difference between could and couldn’t

Volume 12
• the verbs to wear and the past tense wore
• how to write the words blow and blew
• the proper use of some verbs in the past, present, and future tense

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TimeSaver Intermediate Listening (Printable Book+Audio)

Title: TimeSaver Intermediate Listening
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Editor(s): Judith Greet
Publisher: Scholastic
Date: N/A
Pages: 98
Size: 126 Mb
Format: PDF + MP3 (2CDs)
Quality: Very good, readable, photocopiable, 44kHz/192kbps
Language: English

This book contains a motivating range of communicative activities based around authentic and semi-authentic listenings for Intermediate to Advanced level students. Topics range from mobile phones, moral dilemmas and addictions to finding the perfect partner and football hooliganism. All activities are supported by comprehensive teaching notes with pre- and post-listening suggestions. The listenings include lively interviews with British teenagers, radio style discussion programmes as well as songs and literary extracts. Full transcripts are provided.

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TimeSaver Storyboard: 24 Stories Through Pictures (Printable Book+Audio)

Title: TimeSaver Storyboard: 24 Stories Through Pictures
Level: Pre-Intermediate – Intermediate
Author(s): Mark Fletcher & Richard Munns
Publisher: Scholastic
Date: N/A
Pages: 82
Size: 51 Mb
Format: PDF + MP3
Quality: Very good, readable, OCRed, photocopiable
Language: English

This essential resource contains 24 picture stories each accompanied by a variety of mixed-skills tasks, culminating in the students writing their own version of the story. The stories cover various genres including reportage, human interest stories and comedy.

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TimeSaver Picture Prompts (Printable)

Title: TimeSaver Picture Prompts
Level: Elementary to Intermediate
Author(s): Gwen Berwick and Sydney Thorne
Publisher: Scholastic
Date: 2003
Pages: 98
Size: 8.34 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, photocipable
Language: British English

Picture Prompts uses carefully chosen and professionally illustrated pictures to prompt five types of easy-to-use activities and exercises - grammar points, stories and situations, opinions and imagination, pair and group work and vocabulary practice. Simple and straightforward with the emphasis on visual appeal, topics of real interest to teenagers and wit and humour.

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TimeSaver Vocabulary Activities: Pre-Intermediate (Printable)

Title: TimeSaver Vocabulary Activities
Level: Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate
Author(s): Julie Woodward
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 80
Size: 3.38 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, readable, printable
Language: English

Fun, simple activities which teachers can use with students to practise vocabulary. Covers a wide range of vocabulary topics and is ideal for presenting and practising vocabulary. Activities include crosswords, logic problems, personality tests, quizzes, word searches and board games, and can be used for self-study or homework, as well as supplementing course work.

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TimeSaver Visual Grammar: Elementary-Intermediate (Printable)

Title: TimeSaver Visual Grammar
Level: Elementary to Intermediate
Author(s): Mark Fletcher and Richard Munns
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 79
Size: 2.85 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Good, well-scanned, readable, printable
Language: English

This book provides a comprehensive collection of the main grammar points covered at elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate levels, practised through a series of fun and lively picture prompts. Ideal as consolidation and to provide further practice of recently acquired structures, either in class or as self-study at home. Activity types include gap fill and matching exercises, dialogue completion, and question and negative formation. Language points covered range from elementary structures such as present continuous and ‘going to’ to high intermediate tenses such as passives and future perfect.

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TimeSaver Special Mixed (HQ Printable)

Title: TimeSaver Special Mixed
Level: All
Collected by: O'Mama
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 110
Size: 7.54 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High, printable
Language: British English

The series includes cross-cultural lessons, grammar, vocabulary or skill development, games, raps and communicative activities and everyday, practical English. Tried and tested by teachers around the world, these are full of imaginative, lively activities and perfect for introducing, consolidating or practising recently taught structures and lexical sets.

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TimeSaver Speaking Activities: Pre-Intermediate (Printable)

Title: TimeSaver Speaking Activities
Level: Pre-intermediate to Advanced
Author(s): Peter Maggs
Publisher: Scholastic
Date: 2002
Pages: 77
Size: 13.77 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, readable, printable
Language: English

Collection of fun speaking activities which will really motivate students to communicate in English. Activities include role plays, dialogues, discussions and speaking games, focusing on specific language areas as well as general communication.

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Timesaver Read and React (Printable)

Title: Timesaver Read and React
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Author(s): Jane Myles
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 82
Size: 28.30 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, readable, OCRed, printable
Language: English

Stimulating, up-to-date reading texts specifically aimed at teenagers learning English, covering a wide range of topics from Celebrities to Technology; and from Animals to Sport. Includes a variety of text types, from cartoons to feature articles. Easy to use full of interactive games, puzzles and exercises based on the texts.

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TimeSaver Phrasal Verbs & Idioms: Pre-Intermediate (Printable)

Title: TimeSaver Phrasal Verbs & Idioms
Level: Pre-intermediate to Advanced
Author(s): Peter Dainty
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 79
Size: 3.31 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, readable, printable
Language: English

Fun and stimulating activities for both presentation and practice of the most commonly used phrasal verbs and idioms in English. Ideal for all classes and especially for students studying for exams.

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