A fun escape-room style revision activity for first year learners of German on the topic of hobbies. It is based on Echt 1 but can be used with other beginners’ courses.No preparation needed.Try a sample here: https://view.genial.ly/606c687ae7557e0d18df5ab5The topics include:musicopinionssportshobbiestime phrasesverb second ruleword order with gernpresent tense verb endings
This is a fun Battleship game that I play when teaching regular ar verbs. FULLY EDITABLE!! Kids love it! It is two pages -- the first page is the board, and the second page contains very detailed directions in English with examples. I tried to make it simple for you AND the kids to learn how to play. :) There are subject pronouns on the y axis and regular ar verbs on the x axis (plus estar). You can also edit the verbs or subject pronouns as necessary. Key at the bottom to help kids with w
In New York State we have Foreign Language Week in March. Last year, to get the whole school involved I handed out these bingo boards. The students need to walk around asking teachers and staff if they can say "hello" in German, for example. They had so much fun getting to know the teachers and realizing the connection that other teachers have to foreign languages! I gave the students a week to complete the activity and gave them a small prize for participating when they turned it in. It wa
This 4-page file includes: (16 questions total-8 per page)~Level 1 multiple choice quiz on Germanic culture and geography~Level 2 multiple choice quiz on Germanic culture and geography with harder questions. ~Answer keys.Editable word file.NOTE: This resource is in English.Ideal as a sub plan or bell ringer for German 1 students. May be completed independently or in small groups or teams as a competition! You can do both quizzes at once or on different days.
This is a fun activity to get your students up and moving around, talking to each other about modal verb conjugations! Print these off, cut down the center line, and mix up the cards so that the kids have to hunt for them around the room or hall! Each pronoun/verb set on the bottom of the card leads to the next conjugated form, and if your students have completed the activity correctly, they will be able to discover a Christmas message "auf Deutsch!"Another option to help your students master th
** A lesson that your students will not forget quickly!Digital version - no prep - self markingTry a sample: https://view.genial.ly/5ee51a1558db040dade9f706Intermediate and Advanced levels available as well.A spy themed escape room activity in which students need to do German language related puzzles to get a code to jump from one website to the next in search of the “mole” . Ideal as vocab and grammar revision for the first year of German. Will keep them focused even in the last lesson before t
Players advance along the path identifying clothing and trying to avoid obstacles in order to reach the goose garden first. Game board is the same as the traditional game. Print on legal paper.
** A lesson that your students will not forget quickly!Now digital version included - no prep - self markingTry a sample: https://view.genial.ly/5ee4f42237584d0da6288527A-Level and first year learners available as well.A spy themed escape room activity in which students need to do German language related puzzles to get a code to jump from one website to the next in search of the “mole” . Ideal as vocab and grammar revision for the second, third or fourth year of learning German. Will keep them f
Students develop critical thinking skills while playing Bingo a different way. Teacher reads name of family member in English and students find corresponding name in German. Hidden Word Puzzle develops spelling mastery. Answer keys included.
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein (German physicist ~ 1879 - 1955)Create some joy in class ! On Einstein's birthday, March 14th, officially known as Pi Day, I use this game of facts about Einstein for a fun introduction to the man named 'Person of the Century' by Time Magazine in 1999. I have Year 1 and Year 2 - two separate versions with different questions in English pertaining to Einstein. You get:1. Complete instructio
Set of 48 professions; each has a picture of a profession and the name of the person in German with both masculine and feminine forms. Print on cardstock and cut into cards; make 1 set per 3-4 students. Use for Flashcards, Concentration, Slap, Old Maid, Drats, Go Fish, Kaboom, Match Game.
Students develop critical thinking skills playing picture Bingo with foods. Teacher reads name of food and students find picture and place marker on it. Hidden Word puzzle helps develop spelling skills. Answer key.
Cut out the pictures and paste them onto index cards. Laminate them for multiple uses. Each card says "Ich bin ein/eine" and then has a picture of an animal, with the exception of the first and last cards - they are marked accordingly. This creates a set of 30 cards to use in a standard upper elementary, middle or even high school beginning to intermediate level German classroom. Pass out one or two cards to each student, but the game will only work if all cards are in use. The students create a
This learning packet has 35 flashcard sets with 9 cards in each set for a total of 315 cards. Via cut-and-paste you can also turn them into bingo games, stickers, trading cards, card learning games, awards stickers, etc. They will be extremely useful for all teachers with students of German language backgrounds as well as for students in German classes, teachers looking to travel to Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland.
Print on cardstock and cut into cards; make 1 set for every 3-4 students. 1 card has the infinitive and subject; its mate has the conjugated verb. Includes 15 common verbs. Use for Flashcards, Concentration, Slap, Old Maid, Drats, Kaboom, Go Fish, Match Game.
"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family …in another city." George Burns (American comedian ~ 1896 - 1996) Here are 10 activities to do around the theme of family. You get: AKTIVITÄT 1 ~ Hausaufgaben* Family vocabulary introduced AKTIVITÄT 2 ~ Oral practice * Overhead of a family tree using famous Germans or German heritage people as adults or baby or childhood photos AKTIVITÄT 3 ~ Hausaufgaben* Written homework using a family tree AKTIVITÄT 4 ~ Wortwolke * Partner gam
Print on cardstock and cut into cards; make 1 set per 3-4 students. Cards have a picture of the place or the word in German. Includes 36 places in town. Use to play Concentration, Slap, Go Fish, Drats, Kaboom, Old Maid, Match Game.
Give students a phrase to translate: a book, the teachers, etc. Students match the 2 cards for the phrase. Have students hold cards up for verification. Includes both definite and indefinite articles and nouns in both the singular and the plural.
Games include 48 fruits and vegetables in German. Print on card-stock and cut into cards. Make 1 set for every 3-4 students. Use to play Concentration, Slap, Old Maid, Drats, Kaboom, Go Fish, Match Game.
Includes 57 pictures and German words. Print 1 set per 3-4 students on cardstock and cut into cards. Common objects for classroom; school supplies; Schulsachen; Schulmaterial. Use to play Concentration, Slap, Old Maid, Drats, Kaboom, Go Fish, Match Game.
This is a human bingo game - students must walk around the room to find students who answer their questions affirmatively. All the questions have a reflexive verb.
Example: Duschst du dich abends?