These ideas and designs were heavily influenced by the awesome English boards made by ch_armander so please go look there for inspiration!
There are also pdf versions of everything linked below. Two are meant to be printed on A4 and the other on A3 :)
This board includes:
A cute news story from Breaking News English. I included emojis to loosely indicate the meaning of words that may be difficult or just catch students' attention as they walk by.
A big holiday calendar for the month which is split across two A3 pages. Note that I'm from the States so a lot of the holidays included are the ones I was familiar with and could speak to accurately. There is a separate page meant to be printed on A4 with descriptions of each holiday with kanji for difficult and unfamiliar words which has all been checked by a native speaker
A fun trivia page with a bit of history about the etymology of the word June as well as details about the zodiacs and birthstones that fall within the month.
A mix of a cute survey for the kids to choose their preferred flavor (sweet or spicy), I pinned some stickers up next to the page on the board and the kids vote by placing them.
A song of the month. The Spotify code at the bottom is scannable and will play automatically.
there is a page of cute designs ( from PicMonkey) to cut out and fill dead space with.
I have a whiteboard with a marker attached to the larger English board and every time I'm at that school I switch out the questions to keep the kids engaged week to week. I'll put the questions I have planned for this month below. This is also a good opportunity to teach the kids how to use tally marks since they sometimes default to writing 正.
Would you rather have a horse or have a cow?
Would you rather visit Egypt or visit Thailand?
Would you rather drink only water or drink only soda?
Would you rather never eat pizza again or never eat spaghetti again?
Would you rather swim at the beach or bike in the mountains?
Would you rather visit every country or visit space?
Would you rather learn to program or learn to paint?
Would you rather meet your favorite celebrity or meet your favorite superhero?
If you have questions, find mistakes, or would like access to raw copies of anything please let me know!
Enjoy!
Good stuff! Thanks
Good day! Such a great help. looking for a raw copy and also for the next month. Thank you.