Warm-up

Numbers

Counting from 1 to 20.

Shapes and Colors Kahoot

A kahoot quiz to review the shapes and colors. Great practice for Unit 7 of the Let’s Try 1 textbook.

Can, Can't simple interview activity

Simple PowerPoint to help students to practice asking and answering "can" questions.

One,Two or Three (1st to 31st) game

Main target: Elementary school grade 5 classes, or any classes that are learning birthdays, dates.

New Horizon 5 starting sounds worksheet

A few more listening exercises to do with students that follow the same style as the listening exercises on page 95 of New Horizon.

Where is the famous person from? (Kahoot)

Short and sweet warm up game

Verb Infinitive Board Game

This fun little board game practices the Verb + Infinitive grammar in classic tabletop fashion. The game needs one die, cards and some counters.

Christmas Janken

A simple 5 minute filler for elementary during the Christmas season. Kids play Rock! Scissors! Paper! To get to the “prizes at the base of the tree while coloring baubles on the way.

Christmas Mad Lib

Silly Christmas mad lib for students to fill out!

Christmas Bingo (writing practice)

A fun bingo that has students practice writing with a Christmas theme!

G1 Whose Writing Analysis

a short warm up activity to practice "Whose is it"

Alphabet wordsearch Let’s Try 1

Wordsearch for Unit 6 Let’s Try 1.

Anime character Board Game

A small group of players use dice and counters to go to the goal of a game. They practice reading names of famous Japanese people and things.

Where is it game (Where is~/Where are~)

A criss cross variation activity where the class will answer the questions of the people(in the game) that they are helping. The questions will be read by the teacher. (Blue Sky 1 - Target 19)

Find the Elf

Various Christmas themed 'find the character' style review games!

Let's Write 1 NH Greeting Cards

Different templates for New Horizon 1 Let's Write

Birthday: Months and Dates

A series of activities to practice learning the months and dates.

JHS (is/are/am) Review

An activity to help students remember the difference between is, are, and am. We were specifically reviewing Unit 8 (be +動詞ing) but this can be used as general review if they're having trouble.

Easy Listening Game for ES-Adults

Super fun and easy listening game!

Vocabulary Ping Pong (Warm-up Game)

Vocabulary Ping Pong was mainly designed for elementary school students, but I think it could also be used in junior high classes as well.

Writing for Sounds Phonics

Uses letters C K E H R M D to make words that students listen to and then write to check for phonics understanding

Food Ohajiki (Let's Try 1! Unit 5)

Multiple games that can be used with this powerpoint. Elementary school students grade 3 level .

NHK for schools videos

NHK for schools elementary school English videos.

Snowball of Friendship

A game to get students practicing writing, reading, listening, and speaking. Minimal materials required.

Real or Not Phonics

Uses letters S A T P I N to spell real and fake words that can be read using phonics

Prices in Yen -Here we go 5 - Unit 7

40 Powerpoint slides with different prices in Yen to practice from 99 yen up to 2,000 yen. Very simple, just the slides to use for Unit 7 (Here we go 5 nensei). Good for warm up or just reviewing.

Connect Four 🟡🔴

A great way to incorporate a classic game into a fun speaking activity where they have to say a sentence before they can drop the chip.

Hunt for the ~ing (7年) Halloween themed

Children look for ing related pictures in their textbook

Hunt for the ~ing 1 & 2 (9年)

Children look for ing related pictures in their textbook

Heartening 1 Kahoot Quizzes

Hi! I made several Kahoots for my EC Heartening 1 lessons. Feel free to use them!

I'm from～ . Activity (E.S. grades 4 and 5)

Simple rock, paper, scissors activity for elementary school students grades 4,5.

Pronunciation game (Minimal pairs)

Pronunciation game focusing on listening and speaking skills differentiating 'r' & 'l', 'v' & 'f', and 's' & 'th' sounds.

3 Hint Character Quiz 2

3 hint character quiz for ES grade 5 and 6 and all JHS grades

What does this gesture mean?

A simple presentation/quiz where the students guess what each gesture means

I have... Who has...

A simple reading warm up activity searching for the next card. Uses colors and shapes.

I want to go to... (Interactive World Map)

An interactive world map powerpoint designed to get kids speaking about where they would like to travel to. Practice's "You can see" and "You can eat" sentence structure

Shapes Collection of Activities

based on Let's Try 1 textbook, ES 3nensei, Unit 7 pages 26-29 Lesson Plan for 4 weeks, worksheets, materials I will try to update this as we go along this lesson

Movie Mania Trivia 🎥

A PPT with lots of fun questions about popular movies and TV shows. This is perfect as a warm up game or a full-sized lesson. It's also a great way to show them popular movies dubbed in English!

Why...because snap!

Based of the Snap! card game. I used it as a warm-up for my JHS 1st grade students to practice why...because. It helps students practice reading, speaking and listening.

Alphabet Challenge

A no prep lower case/upper case letter quiz matching game played on tablets!