Plum End of Class Party -- December 2013

                 

The Mom Song

Many common things we say to our children, sung very, very fast with subtitles

Merry Christmas!

What do you do for Christmas?

Wednesday, December 11-- WE START ON TIME

Our kids have a two-hour delayed start, but WE DON"T.  See you at 9.  If you have to stay with your children, come as soon as you can.

There's NO SCHOOL Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Plum students don't have school tomorrow because the class is finished.  I'll put up pictures soon.  Pimmit students don't have school tomorrow because it was cancelled because of the weather.

No School Tomorrow Lyrics for people who like to read and listen  Print so you can see them and play the video at the same time--if you like the music.

When I lived in Colorado, we never had snow days.  I walked to school even if it snowed more than two feet.  I was astounded by snow days when I moved to Virginia.  Do you have snow days where you are from?  Did your school ever get canceled because of the weather?  Do you have any snow day stories?

Grammar Post--Count/Non-Count Nouns

Recently, my morning class at Pimmit practiced using count/non-count nouns.  Many students remember singular and plural, but not everybody had practiced with non-count.

Powerpoint showing countable vs. non-count

Side by Side Video with Conversational Examples

Spanish-language explanation

University of Victoria Explanation and Exercises

Great game using articles. Don't use a or an with a non-count!

English Zone's more comprehensive list of non-count categories and nouns

Side by Side Video-- Much vs. Many/Little vs. Few -- Conversations

We only use a or an with single count nouns. Use the if your listener knows which noun you are talking about Here's a game to practice!

Tell me about your worst shopping experience!

Tell me about a time you went to a terrible business.  What happened?