Elementary
School
Activities
From the Niigata Education Centre, a list of over 80 activity descriptions in Japanese and English for use in
elementary classes. Print out the Japanese version to facilitate lesson
planning with homeroom teachers.
ALT Songbook
A 39 page guide to useful songs and how to use them in ES and JHS, by
Corrie Ball. A fantastic resource for ALTs who would like to use songs
in their classes.
English
for Everyone
A bilingual teaching manual for elementary school containing lesson
plans and adaptable activities. Written by Ben Shearon and Warren
Decker, and translated into Japanese by Yasuhiro Kamekura. Originally
published by Sendai City Board of Education April 2003.
Lesson
Plans
A
sample curriculum created by James Mont (Towa-cho ALT 2003-5). It
includes complete lesson plans for all grades, and is an excellent
resource for teachers planning a curriculum from scratch. Follow the
link above to download 50 detailed lesson plans for elementary school
English.
May
Meeting 2006
Some of the workshop handouts are now online here.
The
resources on this site are intended primarily for use by Assistant
Language Teachers (ALTs) working in Japanese schools but should prove
useful to teachers at any level in any country. Please feel free to
download them for personal and classroom use.
All content distributed under the CC
license terms.
