Tuesday with Mr. Putter

TONIGHT, Do last night's assignment of posting Mr. Putter's photo and writing a few sentences about him on your blog. (Larisa, Yuri, and Dung, you already did it - good job!)
To make this easier, I am putting the photo here.

To do this: 1) Double-click on the image. 2) select "save as" and save it to your desktop then 3) open your blog and go to a New Post, and click on the image icon. Click "browse", and select the image from the desktop. 4) Click, "upload image". The html will appear on your post; that is the photo.
Good luck! After you finish writing a few sentences, you can also listen to the Mr. Putter story as well.

Thursday was an unusual night....

First, the computers went down.  Then, the Tanabata Legend was told....LIVE! The results are below.
MONDAY: CHECK YOUR COMMENTS on your blogs. Make the changes I suggested. Monday night in class we will be reading a "Mr Putter" story. Open the "Mr Putter Teaches ESL" tab above, and click on "Mr Putter's Blog". Sign in to your blog, and follow the directions.(Please don't listen to the story until tomorrow.)
Then practice spelling: When you can write ALL the words in Grade One, show me your words. I will then give you a quick review test, and you will be listed on our Spelling Stars list. (*Note: the Spelling practice site has been improved! See Spelling by Grades

Practice typing and cutting/pasting...

NEW STUDENTS!  MAKE BLOGS!
Tonight, please listen to the Tanabata Legend one more time.  CUT AND PASTE the first paragraph of the story into your blog.  Then, write a short summary of what happened in this story.

The 7th Night of the 7th Month.....

Tonight, please listen to the Tanabata story AGAIN at least once. (Twice is better!)
Make a list on your blog of the NEW VOCABULARY from the story.  What words are new to you?
(I will use the new vocabulary to make worksheets.)

Welcome to Summer Quarter!

We are going to be doing some NEW things this quarter.  This week we will be reading and discussing a folktale from Japan.  You can listen to it here: The Tanabata Legend.  You can also get a hard copy of the story from Liz.

We will also be taking regular spelling tests, by grade.  Your loyal teacher has recorded the pronunciation of the words.  This week, we will do Grade One.  See a list of the words here:  esldesk and listen to the pronunciation here: Pronunciation of Spelling Tests

Do you like the new summer look of the class blog?  You can celebrate summer with a new template!  Experiment, explore, and see what you come up with!

Last class, Spring Quarter....

SONGS, 4th-of-July BINGO, HOKEY POKEY, and a GREAT POTLUCK!

This is what learning English is all about.....

COMMUNICATION!! GOOD JOB TALKING, LISTENING, AND SHARING LAST NIGHT!

TONIGHT:  Prepare for irregular verb spelling test!  ALSO - What was your favorite activity or assignment this quarter?  Write in your blog about what was most useful and/or interesting for you.

World Cup and Grammar!

Don't forget to fill in the class evaluation -  it can be found at:

ESL Class - SurveyGrammar and the WORLD CUP!! GIve it a try here: world cup grammar

Typing, writing, evaluating....

Here is a photo of Sonora Smart Dodd, the woman who started Father's Day. Tonight:

Write 3-5 sentences about your group discussion of Father's Day AND/OR practice typing 3 interesting paragraphs from the handout.

You can LISTEN and REPEAT irregular verbs at:http://www.manythings.org/repeat/
Also add to your "to do" list this week:  the class evaluation.  It can be found at:
ESL Class - Survey

Spelling Test Tonight....

We will have a spelling test tonight on the fill-in words from the "Help" story (about the broken shoelace.) We didn't have time for it on Thursday.  Get ready for it during computer lab time! Remember, on Thursday, there will be a spelling test on the 60 Useful Irregular Verbs.  Start getting ready!
Did you use English over the weekend?  When? Where? Why?  Write a few sentences in your blog about when you used it.