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30/12/2018

New Year´s resolutions



Let´s try to focus on our professional life and make resolutions towards being a different teacher. 
You can ask me – what does it mean to be a different teacher? 
I will go through some points that I am sure will make you rethink your practice. 

1. Give your students a saying towards what they are going to do in the classroom. That does not mean you have lost control over your content. It means your students can choose how they would like to discuss the topic. Let them research a little before you come up with all the answers for them. Study a little about Project Based Learning or take our online course – Beyond the Course Book – in which we go through the main points related to Project Based Learning. 


2. Redesign your classroom. Not only in the sense of changing the furniture around and having students look at each other instead of looking at each other´s backs, redesign the way you are teaching. Lower your TTT (teacher talking time) and give your students time to expose their findings and their work. It is not an easy task for a teacher to talk less; in fact, it takes more planning time. 

3. Incorporate other resources other than the course book. Again, we go over many different resources in our online course Beyond the Course Book. Try to redesign your course book so your students are able to be more active in their learning process. It takes more time to plan your class, but the outcome is definitely more rewarding. 

4. Use more learning centers. We know students need to be mentally active in the classroom, but they also need to move around and move their body in order to use their minds. Students are responsible for their own learning and timing when they do different activities in different centers. They are motivated and eangaged. 

Use these topics and research for more to improve and twist your teaching for the coming year! 


Be a different teacher this year.


See more at :

http://teach-ineducation.com/site/conteudo.php?p=new-year-new-teacher-do-things-in-a-different-way

#Senhor dá-me um ano #feliz e ensina-me a repartir #felicidade.


Senhor Deus, dono do tempo e da eternidade,teu é o hoje e o amanhã, o passado e o futuro.
Ao iniciar mais um ano, paro minha vida diante de teu calendário, que ainda não comecei,e te apresento estes dias,que somente tu sabes se chegarei a vivê-los.
Hoje, te peço para mim e para todos os meus parentes e amigos, a paz e a alegria,a fortaleza e a prudência, a lucidez e a sabedoria.
Quero viver cada dia com otimismo e bondade,levando por toda parte um coração cheio de compreensão e paz.
Que meu espírito seja repleto somente de bênçãos,para que as derrame por onde eu passar.
Enche-me de bondade e alegria, para que todas as pessoas que eu encontrar no meu caminho possam descobrir em mim um pouquinho de ti.
Dá-me um ano feliz e ensina-me a repartir felicidade.
Amén!

Feliz Ano Novo


É hora de receber o Ano Novo com alegria e esperança no coração.  De deixar o ruim no passado, e abraçar o futuro com otimismo. 
Vamos fazer desta virada de ano um recomeço de tudo que é bom.  Um renovar de sentimentos positivos, e um renascer de velhos sonhos.

Desejo muita felicidade para este ano. 
Que sejam 365 dias de realizações, sucesso e muita prosperidade. 
Feliz Ano Novo.

Que nesse novo ano sejamos, Todos, Muito Felizes!


Que nesse ano possamos sonhar,
E acreditar, de coração, que podemos realizar cada um de nossos sonhos, Que esses sonhos possam ser compartilhados pelo bem,E que eles tenham força de transformar velhos inimigos em novos amigos verdadeiros

Que nesse ano possamos abraçar,E repartir calor e carinho,
Que isso não seja um ato de um momento,Mas a história de uma vida.
Que nesse ano possamos beijar,E com os olhos fechados, tocar o sabor da alma,
Que tenhamos tempo para sentir toda a beleza da vida,E que saibamos senti-la em cada coisa simples,
Que nesse ano possamos sorrir,E contagiar a todos com uma alegria verdadeira,
Que não sejam necessárias grandes justificativas para nosso sorriso,Apenas a brisa do viver,
Que nesse ano possamos cantar,E dizer coisas da vida,
Que não sejam apenas músicas e letras,Mas que sejam canções e sentimentos,
Que nesse ano possamos agradecer,E expressar a Deus e a todos: “Muito Obrigado!”,
Que nesse “todos” não sejam incluídos apenas os amigos,
Mas também aqueles que, nos colocando dificuldades, nos deram oportunidades de sermos melhores.
E assim começamos mais um Ano Novo, Um dia que nasce, um primeiro passo, um longo caminho,Um desafio, uma oportunidade e um pensamento:
“Que nesse novo ano sejamos, Todos, Muito Felizes!”


May the new year bring peace and love for everybody!!


May the new year bring peace and love for everybody!!




#Game called #Stop!


Use it to review vocabulary from diffetent units. Children work in pairs with their books. Once one group finishes the grid, they call stop and the game is over. 
Other group corrects and writes the score to get the winner.

Giselle Luchini

28/12/2018

#New #Year’s Eve #Party #Games


Make your party original with our New Year’s Party ideas for food and fun. 
Our New Year’s Eve party games for every age help create a memorable party guests will talk about all year long. 
Most only require a bit of planning and no special supplies. 
So, get ready for the best New Year’s party ever!

https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/new-years-eve-party-games/

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#Bible #Verses For The #New #Year


The Bible can be a great source of guidance and encouragement during the holiday season or any new beginning that you might be facing. Whether you’re looking for inspirational bible verses to help you stick to your New Year’s resolution or Bible verses about hope, these scriptures for the New Year will touch the heart of your recipients.
  • Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3
  • For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
  • Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
  • Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. Ecclesiastes 9:7
  • Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.  Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced… 1 Chronicles 16:11-12
  • Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17
  • In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.  Proverbs 16:9
  • Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. Romans 13: 11-13
  • Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command. Ezekiel 36:25-27
  • No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Philippians 3:13-14
  • Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6
  • Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:10-11
  • So we say with confidence,“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me?” Hebrews 13:6
  • Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
  • Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Psalm 37:7
  • Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31
  • He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11
  • The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” Lamentations 3:22-24
  • Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19
  • Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/happy-new-year-messages/#New-Year-Inspirational-Messages



#Religious #Happy #New #Year #Messages



The year’s beginning is a time filled with self-reflection and self-improvement but more importantly, a time when we could all use a few encouraging words. Look to the religious happy New Year messages below:
  • Praying that you and your family have a happy and healthy New Year!
  • May you and your family have a blessed New Year.
  • I’m blessed to know that I have friends like you in my life this New Year. Here’s to many years to come!
  • May the god bless your family with prosperity, good health and happiness in New Year.
  • May the Lord ensure you get success in your career and resolve all conflicts this year.
  • I wish God blesses you with the might to take every problem head on and emerge unscathed.
  • May God help you strengthen your bond with family and friends this New Year.
  • May the Lord empower you with confidence and faith to do well amidst competition.
  • Sending you well wishes and praying for you in the coming year!
  • May we all be blessed with another New Year full of friends, family, and success.
  • Enjoy this special time of year with those you love, and may the Lord bless you all with a happy and healthy New Year.
  • Happy New Year! May you have a blessed New Year full of success, service, and love!
https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/happy-new-year-messages/#New-Year-Inspirational-Messages

#New #Year #Motivational #Quotes


These motivational quotes for the New Year will help you shine a spotlight on the opportunity the turning of a year brings. Take the bull by the horns this year and do so with a few wise words.
  • “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • ”Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” -Oprah Winfrey
  • “Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” -Brad Paisley
  • “One thing with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.” -Michael Cibeuko
  • “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” -Hal Borland
  • “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” -C.S. Lewis
  • “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” -Taylor Swift
  • “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier.” -Alfred Tennyson
  • “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” -T.S Eliot
  • “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” -Edith Lovejoy Pierce
  • “Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” -Brooks Atkinson
  • “The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” -G.K. Chesterton
  • “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” -Benjamin Franklin
  • “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” -Michael Altshuler
  • “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” -Carl Bard

https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/happy-new-year-messages/#New-Year-Inspirational-Messages

#New #Year’s #Resolution #Quotes


These New Years Resolution quotes will offer up just the right amount of inspiration to help you stick to your promises this year.  
  • “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” -Abraham Lincoln
  • “If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.” -Cyril Cusack
  • “Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” -Goran Persson
  • “How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.” -Benjamin Franklin
  • “Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” -Cavett Robert
  • “Each year’s regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year.” -John R. Dallas Jr.
  • “The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.” -Leo Tolstoy
  • “We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • “One resolution I have made and try always to keep is this: To rise above the little things.” -John Burroughs
  • “Good resolutions are simple checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.” -Oscar Wilde
  • “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” -Albert Einstein
  • “We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.” -Ellen Goodman
see more at: 
https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/happy-new-year-messages/#New-Year-Inspirational-Messages

#Happy #New #year .


The New Year is the perfect occasion to appreciate all the good things that the past year has given you and all the good things that are yet to come. 
In the past 365 days you have experienced beautiful moments that wouldn’t have been quite the same without all of the special people in your life. 
Convey your warmest wishes and show your friends and family you put some extra thought into wishing them the happiest of New Years with the perfect sentiment. 
Cheers to successes. 
Cheers to failures. 
And cheers to those that helped you make your year what it was.

NEW YEAR: READING COMPREHENSION



Reading comprehension and writing activities about New Year's resolutions.

NEW YEAR: READING COMPREHENSION 

10 WEIRD TRADITIONS ON THE NEW YEAR

https://vk.com/doc28073096_455944870 

NEW YEAR - GOALS


Popular goals include resolutions to: 
Improve physical well-being: eat healthy food, lose weight, exercise more, eat better, drink less alcohol, quit smoking, stop biting nails, get rid of old bad habits. Improve mental well-being: think positive, laugh more often, enjoy life.



New year - Conversation starters - Conversation Topics


 How do people in your culture celebrate the New Year
Is it usually a family celebration or more of a party with friends? 
What is usually on television on New Year's Eve? ... 

Conversation Topics - New year: 
https://vk.com/doc5859461_440143695?hash=6440bd23f7819ae58a&dl=a3123cf7b5dab9cd21&fbclid=IwAR1ZTk5usXiTyLr6JtIjK4SCXCTrx7D_AO7j39vNKf9TQp_943FzQQ9Pl3U

New year 2:
https://vk.com/doc324413026_456563033?hash=435a199d4da3b4be18&dl=d45c6c2c8e6c19777f&fbclid=IwAR1unJ9mBVdfNvw9x_iQGfvgY4HlswYxpbrG0uxaOYvisPyssCy9BoHGgEw

Dinner: 
https://vk.com/doc5859461_440143680?hash=aa82016ddb21a27446&dl=c419a0a50cae85a9d7&fbclid=IwAR1c9pRY6aZefaApe4PPWnBqTr4fVMHCnmE2HqbUXVWtZp5jgP036kSxQVo




5 ways of #revising #vocabulary and #grammar


Here are some of our favourite ways of revising vocabulary and grammar.


1. QUIZLET

2. STORY CUBES

3. DIXIT

4. TRANSLATION TASKS

5. GAPPED QUESTIONS


See more at :  https://eslbrains.com/5-ways-for-revising-vocabulary/

#Tips for #teaching #English to senior #learners (60+)


Here are my musts when it comes to teaching older learners:

#1 Be patient  ....    #2 Be flexible  .....   #3 Be a good listener   ...    #4 Be old-fashioned .


See more at :    https://eslbrains.com/teaching-senior-learners-tips/

25/12/2018

2019 Calendar Printable PDF


Get ready for a new year with this handy 2019 Calendar Printable PDF.  Just print and go!

Save the 12 page PDF document to your computer. Open the PDF and print the pages you require. 
When printing, select “Fit to printable area” (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size (these have been created at A4 size).

 I suggest printing onto light card stock or matte photo paper.

Click here to download:   2019 Printable Calendar.  
https://childhood101.com/download/28823/


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