Publisher's Synopsis
STUDENT BOOK 2A: Children's ESL Curriculum, Castles and Things in Color, Second Edition, is for children between 6-8 years. It has 14 ESL lessons and 46 pages. This is the third set in a series of 10 children's ESL curriculum textbooks, each comprises three books: Student Book, Practice Book and a Teacher's Guide with a Final Test and Glossary. This Second Edition reviews the contents of book 1A and 1B while introducing rhyming words, beginning sounds and counting. This ESL children's program stresses oral communication. It includes listening, speaking, printing, reading and following oral directions. The children participate in role-plays throughout.To provide for easy presentation, the teacher's instructions are written in small boxes on each page. Students write, draw and color in the book. TYPES OF EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES: - Listening, reading and repeating short verses- Identifying sound symbol relationships- Identifying and naming orally specific parts of a picture- Listening to words or phrases and pointing to the appropriate part of a picture- Listening to directions for coloring pictures- Participating in short role-plays speaking individually or with a small group- Listening, repeating and printing initial consonants- Identifying rhyming words- Drawing lines to match symbols to pictures- Counting and reading numbers from 11 to 20- Matching upper case and lower case letters- Matching printed words- Answering oral questions- Choosing the correct printed word to complete the line of a verse that has previously been taught.- Completing a crossword puzzle requiring horizontal printing only- Copying and printing a sentence answer
