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This is a link to the MEXT guidelines for foreign language study. These guidelines are from 2003 but I believe they have not changed. By reviewing this information, it should give ALTs a better understanding of the foreign language learning goals at your school, sentence patterns, grammar, and situations in which foreign language use is determined useful.

http://www.mext.go.jp/english/shotou/030301.htm

Some pictures, worksheets, and activities related to Valentine's Day. They can be used as is, or to make karuta cards, or other activities.

Use these black and white images to make karuta cards or other things.

You can also create gestures that represent all of these images.

Attention: Busy JETs...
Find out how you can save time and have tons of FUN
with your Halloween Lessons.

And the best part?

It's absolutely FREE! Yay!

Hi! My name is Leslie. I'm a JET in Kochi-ken, Shikoku. I contacted your website Admin about posting here so I hope no one will think I'm spamming your board!

On the contrary, these lessons should be very useful to a bunch of folks--and there's not a single mention of viagra or penis enlargement in them eanywhere! ;-P

This Halloween Pack grew out of the lessons I wrote for my elementary school classes. It's therefore mostly aimed at shougakko, but with a little
imagination you can easily adapt the activities for junior high school and maybe even high school. One lucky JET in Kochi who got a sneak peek emailed me to say that
some of her Chugakkusei will definitely enjoy the skeleton game (which I wouldn't have expected!).

And a bunch of other non-elementary school JETs emailed me today to say something similar!

You know how much of a nightmare it can be wading
through the pages of garbage on the Net searching for stuff for your lessons. It can take hours and then you've STILL got to write the lessons!

Well, I've put all the best stuff I've found into one easy to access pdf file. Then I added my actual lesson plans, complete with teacher's notes, translations of the vocab
for the homeroom teacher, and suggested timing to make
sure your lesson runs smoothly.

You'll get:
* 6 lessons you can print off and use almost immediately
* Notes on how to use the activities most effectively
* Tips for making flashcards
* Notes about using clip-art
* Links to a ton of the most amazing, easy to do, and free Halloween craft activities and recipes
* Other outrageous Halloween resources

It's all over next week, so snap it up now!

Grab your FREE Halloween Pack at:

http://www.eflteachertraining.com/halloween

P.S. Don't spend another minute trawling through
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Save hours of your time and download the Halloween Pack
before the cauldron has even started bubbling!

http://www.eflteachertraining.com/halloween

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There are three levels of time BINGO included in the attachments. These are intended as supplementary materials to be used after the children have been taught how to read time in English.

For all levels, it is suggested that you have the children ask "What time is it?" in English before giving them the time.

Level 0
This level can be used after the children have mastered the numbers 1-12 as it contains only the time at the hour. Since it's very easy to get BINGO at this level, it is suggested that winning should consist of getting two BINGOs. Two grids are included on this A4 sheet.

Level 1
This level can be done after the children have mastered the numbers 1-19.

Level 2
This level can be done after the children have mastered the numbers 1-59. This level is the most difficult level and contains numbers that are easily mistaken for one another. For example, 3:30 and 3:13 are both included in this version.

This is a supplemental activity to any lesson on colors. Any grade of elementary school students can do it. It will take far less time with sixth graders than first graders though.

Hand out the attached worksheet and tell the students you are going to play color bingo. While most older students will understand the rules, first, second, and possibly third graders will need the rules for bingo explained to them. Points to explain are that you can only use a color one time (younger students may have some trouble with this), that if you don't color a butterfly it is the color white, that all the butterflies must be colored, and that if you get three in a row/column or diagonally then you have bingo and have won.

It should be noted that most sixth graders do not have crayons etc. that they carry around all the time. If you want to do color bingo with grade five or six students you should mention to the teacher that the kids will need to have coloring tools available.

The youngest students may also benefit from guided coloring. Have the students get out all the needed colors to make sure they have the correct ones and then go through each of the colors one by one and color together.