Teacher Tips with Clyo

Hello there! Ok, the title may be a bit dramatic but that's what my 6th graders exclaimed when they saw today's resource. Verbs are the backbone of the English language. It's amazing to think how many actions we can perform and even more how many words there are to describe them. If you add the tranformations and the tenses... well, you can see why my students were a bit overwhelmed. But today's entry tip is short and simple, here's a list of verbs that you can use for class or give your students to learn.  Quick tip: if you ask them to memorize them in groups of five and make a contest out of it, they will never forget them. Ok, off to teach (or learn) you go!  See you later, Teacher Clyo

Hello! I've come to notice most of us English teachers end up creating our own materials for class, and while this makes classes original it also takes up a lot of time. Teaching is one of those jobs where you work a lot when you are not at work so here's my attempt to help out a little. Today I give you a presentation to teach about the Skeleton. First grade students don't know much about English grammar but they have an incredible ability to gather new vocabulary. So this is the best time to teach them easy everyday topics like the human body. Use this presentation for your class it includes a few games and activities and let me know if you like it. See you next tip, Teacher Clyo.

Hello there! I was cruising the internet the other day when suddenly I found myself in Twitter surrounded by these green, gray and yellow square grids. So of course, being the noisy person I am, followed the hashtags to the answer of this new trend that was stalking my timeline.  The answer to this incognita is called Wordle and is a word game first created by the New York Times which consists in a new word each 12 hours.  How do you play it? And most importantly why do I think it helps in education?  The game is simple in itself. A hidden 5 letter word for which you have 6 tries to find. Once you type the first word the letters will change colour according to the degree of accuracy you've placed the letters with. If you were correct the letters will turn green, if the word has the letter in it but in the wrong place they will turn yellow, and if it's not in the word it will turn gray in both the game and your keyboard. And so you continue trying until you hit the word of...