ABC as easy as one-two-three... What! Who said one two three is easy? ABC
Hi my name is Jema Perry and welcome to Mooncake, ESL teaching made easy. If
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ESL teaching tips. Also real quick if you are new here, remember to say hi in the
comments below and let me know where in the world you're teaching. This video is
part 2 in my teaching numbers series so if you haven't already make sure you
check it out linked below, because I tell you the three steps to teaching numbers
to young learners and give you an idea of what you can expect from different
age groups. In today's video I'm gonna give you a fun activity that you can try
in your class to teach numbers to young learners. So without further ado let's
look at today's activity, Number Repetition. Now for this activity all you're
going to need is some number flashcards, a whiteboard marker and some different
shapes. Start by positioning the class in a semicircle with you the teacher in the
middle. Next you're gonna introduce those number flashcards one by one, in sequence
placing them face-up on the floor as you do. However as you're placing those cards
face up on the floor you're gonna put them in a random order. Next you're gonna
start counting those flashcards again only this time they're in the wrong
order. Explain to the class that you need their help to find the correct numbers
and put them in the right order. Next you can ask one student that is sat
particularly nicely to come to the front to help you find number one. If that
student has some trouble make sure you guide them to the correct flashcard.
Next give that student a high five and ask them to sit back down. Now just with
any other new word we need to help practice this number with some TPR and a
chant. One, one, number one. One, one, number one, One, one, number one, this is number one.
You can then place that much card on the floor in front of you in the correct
sequence. Ask another students come to the front and help you find number two
and keep going again and again until all the numbers have been reviewed and put
into the correct sequence. Note the the steps that we took there. We
introduced and reviewed the numbers correctly before giving students a
challenging activity to practice number recognition
and sequence. We're now going to look at how we can extend this activity to teach
students about quantity. I talked about these three different steps in part 1 of
this series so if you haven't make sure you check it out
linked below. So as of now we have those numbers from 1 to 5 on the floor in
front of us in the correct sequence. Next we can introduce those shapes one by one
using TPR as we do. If you're not sure how to use TPR in the classroom then you
can check out my video on TPR are linked below. Next choose one student has been
participating particularly well to come to the middle. The whole class as a group
are then going to ask the student a target question, for example, what shape do you
like? That student then needs to choose a shape and tell the whole class "I like
triangles" Next they're going to take that triangle and they're going to place
it behind the number one flashcard and sit back down. You're then going to ask
the class what number that triangle is next to and draw that number of
triangles in front of the flashcard. So in this case we're drawing one triangle
but if we were by the number two we would draw two triangles, or the number
three three triangles, and so on. Next you're gonna ask the class "how many
triangles? How many triangles? How many triangles? Then you're gonna have the whole
class as a group answer the question "there is one triangle" or to simplify "one
triangle" Keep going again and again until all the numbers have been matched
with a shape and quantities. Now it's really important that as we're putting
those shapes to numbers that we go in sequence. This is to help students
understand that the higher the number the more quantity that number will
represent. So they have it a fun and engaging numbers activity that you can
try in your class that works on the three steps to learning numbers that I
talked about in part one. If you like this video let me know by commenting the
word 'helpful' in the comments below and by sharing with your fellow teachers. If
you'd like some ideas and how to introduce new vocabulary to students you
can check out some more other videos right here. That's it for this video
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