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Homework Activities

by Theresa Zanatta



Making a Class Word Wall

Ask students to choose three words from today's class. Give them a blank piece of paper. Ask them to fold it into three and write each word in one of the three sections. For homework, ask students to cut the paper where they have folded it. They will have three word cards. On the back of each word card, students should illustrate the word.

The next day, ask students to place their word cards all around the poster. Organize the cards by placing the letters of the alphabet on the wall near the poster. Place each word card in a column under the corresponding alphabet letter.

Alternatively, you can put the word cards around the poster like a big word collage with the poster in the middle. Now you can use this poster word collage every single day of class. As you begin each class, you can do a quick two-minute warm up by having a different student come to the poster and point to five items. Their classmates shout out the names. Just point, say, and succeed!

Home-School Activities

Student-written letters to parents at home are important! The easiest way to reach out to the home is to have students write letters home that contain their own personal word lists. You can create stationery by using one of the mascots. Click here for hints for student letter-writing.

I hope that you will find these activities useful as you use your New Parade posters to create a print-rich classroom! You can be sure that with your New Parade posters you have yet another teaching resource that will allow you to involve all your students in activities that best focus on, develop and improve positive attitudes, learning procedures and learning strategies.

We believe that New Parade's poster packs are just another reason why New Parade is an example of a solid pedagogy to teaching children English. Try them and let us know what you think. Write to us at newparade@pearsoned.com - send us your questions, comments, suggestions or examples of how you are using the poster packs with your students. You can count on us writing you back!

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