1. Yumi is fine.
Is Yumi fine?
Ask questions to figure out which card the person is holding.
- Adjectives: fine, hungry, angry, sleepy, tired
2. A Big Red Triangle Kite
Is it big?
Ask questions to figure out which kite the person has.
- Sizes: big, little Colors: yellow, blue, red　Shapes: a triangle, a circle, a square, a rectangle
3. Ice Cream Cone
Practice ordering ice cream at an ice cream shop!
Staff: Which ice cream do you want?
Customer: I want a triple with mango, lemon and vanilla.
- Flavors/Types: mint, mango, vanilla, coffee, chocolate, strawberry, lemon
single, double, triple
4. Do you like math?
Do you like (have) math?
Ask questions and figure out which card the person has.
Subjects: science, Japanese, social studies, music, P.E., art and crafts, English
5. Let’s make a dog.
The dog version of “Let’s make a face”.
Big head or little head?　Big head, please.
Ask questions and pick parts to make a funny looking dog!
- Sizes: big, little, long, short
- Body parts: head, ears, legs, body, tail
6. How many carrots do you have?
How many carrots do you have?
Ask questions to figure out which basket the person has.
- Vegetables: cucumber, potato, carrot, onion, tomato, green pepper, apple
7. Food Pyramid
This activity provides not just English, but also a lesson in food nutrition!
Work together to make the food pyramid and put the foods into the correct categories.
[Fats, oil, sugar] oil, sugar, cookie
[Milk group] milk, ice cream, cheese, yogurt, butter
[Meat & Fish group] fish, eggs, chicken, beef
[Vegetable group] carrots, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, eggplants, pumpkins
[Fruit group] apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, lemons
[Grain group] rice, bread, cereal, spaghetti
8. Where? How ? When?
Where do you go? How do you go? When do you go?
Great for practicing questions and prepositions!
Where: to the zoo, to the airport, to school, to the hospital, to the park, to the supermarket, to the library, to the train station, to Hawaii, to Canada
How: by rocket, by airplane, by bus, by train, by balloon, by ship, on foot,
When: on April 17th, in April, on Wednesday, at 6 o’clock, in winter, at night, in the morning
9. Weather Report
How is the weather in Vancouver? It’s sunny and cool!
Students use the 12 weather cards to take turns giving and getting weather reports.
- Weather: sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, hot, warm, cool, cold
- Countries: Canada, France, China, Kenya, Germany, Spain, Korea, Thailand, India, Japan, U.S.A., Brazil
10. Do you have pencils?
Do you have pencils in your bag? How many pencils do you have?
Ask questions and figure out which bag the person has.
- Items in the bag: notebooks, a cell phone, a comic book, erasers, textbooks, a game, keys, a tissue, a CD, pencils
11. Can you swim?
Ask questions and figure out who the other person is.
- Actions: swim, skate, ski, sing
12. WANTED＋Reading Cards
Two ways to use this activity!
1: What color is his shirt?
Ask questions and figure out which card the person has.
- Clothing: hat, shirt, pants, shoes, bag
2: Use the Reading Cards. Each student in a group gets one Reading Card. Take turns reading each card and figure out which card is being described.
