The Flipped classroom, adaptable for primary?

This is a very interesting little JPG that I came across during my morning Facebook patrol. It was posted on the British Council website and talks of how we could turn the classroom inside out, so that effectively the class is studied home online via web and the homework is done in the classroom.

Now, how could this be implemented into an ESL classroom, and a primary one at that? The only way one could really integrate this would be to give students an opportunity to see vocabulary beforehand. Being such young students, self study is still not applicable, however by proving flashcard cards, games and word games, one could facilitate language acquisition.

Another benefit to this method is that allows students who are sick to not miss out on any valuable vocabulary, or those who go on holiday during term time(which frequently happens in Spain). I also feel it's a great tool for parents who have very little knowledge of English, as they can learn at the same time as their child. This is a issue I have heard many a time during parent-teacher conferences.

If anyone has any other idea on how this could work within the ESL classroom, please let me know!

Keep Calm!

OH WOW, this really made my day indeed! At the moment, the "keep calm" posters are really taking off, I found this fab little website that allows you to design your own Keep Calm posters, I really think this could bring some originality into the classroom, even having competitions amongst students to see who can come up with the funkiest slogan!

http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/createPoster/

poster mania!

Just a quick post before bedtime..... I was bowled over by this fab website www.teachfactory.com  . As you are all probably aware, I do like having a pretty classroom so this web is perfect! It has so many free posters that you can print out and put around your class, and they are so unique! This is my favourite so far......

My favourite resource website: Teachers Pet

During all the years I have been a teacher, it has become increasingly more easy to find free resources such as activities and classroom decoration. As many teachers will have suffered the loss of the now infamous "sparklebox", for reasons we all know, finding a replacement has been a long and slow process. The Best website that I have come across is Teachers Pet . Their classroom decorations are beautifully designed and straight to the point as they often create resources that teachers have personally requested (myself included) They also have a subscription based activities site which is fantastic and great value for money. I am a subscriber and share the account with my colleagues. They have even branched into some great MFL resources!