Welcome to English Schoolbag course 2!
Contents of the English Schoolbag course 2 include greetings, polite expressions, animals, and different nature’s environments. These activity ideas support pupils’ overall comprehension of the English language and their ability to produce it. The ideas concentrate on basic English for beginners. The material is applied to early years teaching and to the grades of 3-4. The course materials complement school books. The most pivotal aspect of each activity is the interaction of pupils. Pupils learn by cooperating in different games and activities. The course materials include lots of printable equipment and tools to help your teaching e.g. animal picture cards. You can also find word cards for adjectives and verbs from the attachments, which you can use to individualize and diversify vocabulary learning. We want to share fun ideas for active learning and encourage pupils to speak English
Contents of the course
In the beginning of this course we will introduce the contents and the world of Finnish Active Learning. The themes of the second course are greetings, polite expressions, animals, and different nature’s environments. First, you get to introduce yourself to the structure and principles of this course. We will give you tips for different learning environments, which will help you in building a successful active learning environment. We have gathered this course’s printable games, cards, and other material to material pocket. The cards also include adjective cards and verb cards that are suitable for activities and individualization. Pupils can use the cards to study English phrases. Printable cards are usable in many activities of the course and they can also be utilized in other activities of the English Schoolbag. When you laminate the cards, you ensure that they are durable in indoor and outdoor activities. You can also use play animals in the activities. Section “Forming groups and pairs” provides tips for arranging of groups. We utilize other material from this course as well. This course’s ideas can also be applied to other school subjects and especially to language classes.
Course materials are only for buyers. It is not allowed to share the materials.
Designers of the courses of Finnish Active Learning
We are classroom teachers Teija Kauppi MAT (The Master of Arts in teaching) and Eija Leskinen MAT, a theatre pedagogue and nonfiction author. We have trained teachers, day school teachers and activity directors. Active learning has been a part of our teaching for our whole teaching careers. We have noticed that it motivates and inspires pupils to learn. Learning a new skill becomes easier when it is done by playing and moving. We hope that our course would inspire and encourage more teachers to try active teaching methods. For those, who already use active teaching as one of their techniques, we would like to share new ideas that make each school day even more enjoyable. The name of our company is Ideareppu / Finnish Active Learning.
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Thanks
Thank you to everyone at home, friends, and proofreaders of the material for the most valuable support. Commendations also for other personnel who were part of producing the material. Thank you to Sanna Hietalahti-Husu from Keski-Savon Uusyrityskeskus Wäläkky for entrepreneurship advice. Big thank you to Mobie Oy staff, Kari Vatanen, Eero Eloranta, Petri Lounaskorpi, and Miira Tirkkonen for advice, support, and help overall.
Text and illustration: Teija Kauppi and Eija Leskinen
Translation: Teija Kauppi, Jussi Koponen and Hanna Partanen
Proofreaders of the material in English: Hanna Partanen
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