Learn English with Brown Owl

Learn how to describe seashore animals in English! Play games to memorise the new words!Includes: head, beak, wings, feathers, claws, shell, legs, pincers, flippers, feet, eyes and tummy.Use the flashcards to introduce the key words. I always embed the key word in a structure that they need to describe animals:A seagull has got a beak.I use an action for each body part and then we play a game of Simon Says: Simon says you have got flippers! Simon Says you have got a beak! You have got wings! etc.The pupils can practise the key words by playing memory and/or dominoes.The pupils can use the key words with the quiz cards and worksheets. Set 1 of the quiz cards can be played in groups with a quiz master. The clues are read out one by one and the first to guess the animal wins the card.Set 2 of the quiz cards can be played indivually. Pupils read the clues and check the answers on the back.Illustrations from the rhyming picture book 'Brown Owl at the Seashore' by Rachel Schmidlechner and Nadja Grace Bodner.N.B. This bundle is included in the Seashore MEGA BUNDLE ID 318378Have fun reading and rhyming with Brown Owl!

Klassenstufen: 3-4. Klasse

I have written this poem to accompany the busy Christmas scene picture.The poem starts with:It's the night before Christmas, in the owl family house.Everyone is busy, even Mabel Mouse.The poem depicts a typical family scene on Christmas Eve in Great Britain and includes some of your favourite characters from my rhyming picture book series 'Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl'.I would introduce the poem with lots of actions to aid comprehension. I will be creating an Instagram reel to show you how I would do it.I would then read it a second time and see if the children can find where each verse occurs in the picture.There are gap fill worksheets and a cut & stick activity.Story WalkThe story walk uses the same language and illustrations as the poem. Once the children are familiar with the vocabulary, they read the words/sentences on their worksheet, find the corresponding picture hidden in the classroom, write down the letter on it and then work out the hidden message.I also have included a page of teacher's tips with further ideas.I hope you have fun learning English with Brown Owl!For more information about Brown Owl and my series of rhyming picture books, please visit: www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 3-4. Klasse

How many Easter/spring words can you think of?I like to teach dictionary skills with this activity. The children have lots of ideas in their mother tongue but don't nececcarily know the English. equivalent. My favourite online dictionary is www.pons.deI let the children work in teams with iPads or PCs and see how many words they can find in a given time.Why not give points too! If no else has the word, you get 2 points, if someone else has it, then you get just one.You can also use the Brown Owl busy Easter scene to give them some ideas.Have fun learning English with Brown Owl!

Klassenstufen: 3-4. Klasse

As part of my classroom management routine I like to reward hard work, participation, achievement and good behaviour with stickers.The sticker routine motivates pupils AND furthermore, it generates an authentic opportunity to speak Engish:TEACHER: Well done, (name). Which sticker would you like?PUPIL: Green, please. (short answer)Can I have a green one, please? (long answer)Can I have a big/little sticker, please?Once the routine has been established, I let the pupils take it turns to hand out the stickers at the end of the lesson, and of course speak English in the process.There are different versions of sticker charts available.1) English title, e.g. I am a clevet cat, room for 20 big stickers2)  English title, e.g. I am a fantastic fox, room for 10 big and 10 little stickers3) no title, room for 20 big stickers4) no title, room for 10 big and 10 little stickers.N.B. Versions 3+4 can be used in other lessons are they are free of language.I hope you have fun learning English with Brown Owl!

Klassenstufen: 2-3. Klasse