STUDENT BOOK 3B Children's Curriculum, Adventures in Canada, Second Edition in Color for ESL students ages 8-11 years of age. This is the sixth set in a series of 10 sets, each comprising three books: Student Book, Practice Book and a Teacher's Guide with a Final Test. Book 3B has 14 lessons and 44 pages.The children study consonant blends, complete sentences and follow written directions for drawing and printing. They participate in many role-plays as they travel with the storybook characters, the Aliens and Ruth and Spencer, on a rocket trip to Canada. This program stresses oral communication. It includes listening, speaking, printing, reading orally and following oral directions. To provide for easy presentation, the teacher's instructions are written in small boxes on each page. In these children's ESL lessons students listen, speak, read, write, draw, follow coloring directions and complete crossword puzzles.TYPES OF EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES: - Some of these pages require the students to read and follow several different instructions. This ensures that they understand what they read.- Copying sentence answers from a list: This activity provides visual and kinesthetic modes of learning, also auditory learning when they are working with a partner or in a group. The children are learning through repeatedly reading, seeing, hearing and printing the correct grammar and sentence structure.- Answering questions in sentences: First the children need to read and understand the question, then read and choose the correct sentence answer. Not all answers in the list are correct.- Draw pictures to illustrate specific instructions or ideas: This activity reinforces the students understanding of the phrases, sentences or paragraphs.- Role-plays- Rhyming words- Listening and printing consonant blends to complete the words in sentences.- Listening to and reading paragraphs- crossword puzzles- Following directions for coloring pictures- Singing or saying verses with rhyming words- Introduction and pictures of many wild animals and birds- matching nouns to picture
About the Author: Daisy Stocker B.Ed., M.Ed. taught in the British and Canadian school systems in different capacities over many years. George Stocker D.D.S. practiced Dentistry and taught in hospitals, colleges and universities. In 1990 they left their Canadian careers and traveled to Czechoslovakia to teach and assist in establishing the first private language school in the country. During the following years the Stockers began the development of the Children's ESL Curriculum Series. Initially a variety of games and activities were tried with the children and their interest in science fiction became apparent. As a result of their input our Children's ESL Curriculum offers science fiction content from Book 2B through seven books to Book 5B. In order to gain an understanding of the needs and interests of Asian Children the Stockers taught for a time at an ESL school in Hong Kong. This series is presently in use in many schools around the world. The Stockers have also taught and given workshops in Mexico, Brazil, Ukraine, Hungary, Hong Kong, and Northern India. They make their home in Victoria, Canada.