How Do You Celebrate Your Students’ Birthdays?

Sprout English’s featured lesson this week is a writing activity called The Party. Do you have parties at your school to celebrate special occasions like birthdays? Here are two fun ideas for celebrating birthdays in the classroom.

1. Create a Class Birthday Book

Print this Birthday Book template. You’ll need one cover page and as many filler pages as you have students.

A few days before a child’s birthday, send a blank birthday page home for the birthday boy or girl to fill out. Your student can fill in the blanks and draw or paste photos in the boxes. The first box is for a baby photo and the second box is for a picture of the student at his or her current age. (more…)

The Party – Writing Activity

Most young learners groan at the mention of a writing task. Don’t worry—we have ways of making writing easier and more interesting for your students! First, teach your young learners our tips on how to write a paragraph. Next, try our writing activity, The Party, which guides students by starting the story for them. Soon your students will look forward to writing!

How will you correct their writing? Use our handy, free correction key to make your job easier. Our key has common codes to indicate spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Students can then try to correct their mistakes themselves—they seem to remember better this way. Students can also use this key for peer correction. (more…)