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Abridge Academy advent calendar
Abridge Academy
Created on November 17, 2023
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Click on each day to reveal your surprise!Check back tomorrow to unlock more!
Abridge Academy Advent Calendar
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Send this to your students to print, color in and make so they can learn new words every day. The PDF example is 24 decodable Christmas themed words, great for kids learning phonics / level 1. Edit the template with words relevant to your students' level / interests and add your business's logo / website / contact details / QR code, etc. to use it as a lead magnet.
FREE advent calendar printable
1st December
British and American English versions
Bonus: Koala Go whiteboard activities
FREE Christmas-themed lesson: Decorating a Christmas tree
OPEN LESSON
Review: Shapes and colors
2nd December
Project: Decorating a Christmas tree
3rd December
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This 12 page activity pack is full of fun Christmas activities to engage kids during the holidays! Aimed at A1 level ESL learners, they will practice numbers, colors, directions, clothes and Christmas words, all while having fun!
Christmas mega activity pack
PDF INSTRUCTIONS
Project idea: Snowflake papercuts
Great with FREE "decorate a Christmas tree" lesson
Make sure kids have adult supervision
Review: Shapes, numbers, colors
4th December
Great homework project activity
LEsson slides
5th December
Share the festive spirit with this cute song, re-written specifically for beginner ESL students with an A1-A2 English level
FREE Christmas song
6th December
OPEN IN CANVA
Excited to share the Christmas spirit with your XiaoHongShu followers? Use these festive post templates to make your content stand out! Top tip: Don't just promote your classes! Instead, share recommended craft activities, insights into your family's Christmas traditions, etc.
Christmas XiaoHongShu post templates
OPEN LESSON
Ideal for A2-B1 level students, this free lesson from Abridge Academy develops students' cultural awareness as they read about celebrations around the world.
FREE Christmas traditions lesson
7th December
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8th December
9th December
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This collection of three festive-themed rewards are great for adding some sparkle to your lessons this December! Each time your students score a reward in their main lesson, jump over to these reward slides so they can add parts to their snowman, put items on the tree or open a present.
FREE Christmas rewards
10th December
British and American English versions
Bonus: Koala Go whiteboard activities
FREE Christmas-themed lesson: Building a snowman
OPEN LESSON
Review: Parts of the body + clothes
11th December
Project: Building a snowman
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12th December
13th December
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Practice instructional language with this fun gingerbread cookies recipe! Decorate your cookies while practicing words for parts of the body, clothes, shapes, colors, etc. (No oven? No worries - buy some cookies from the supermarket and enjoy the decorating task!)
FREE Christmas cookies activity printable
14th December
How to use
15th December
Open in canva
This "refer a friend" gift card is a great way to encourage referrals, by encouraging your students to "gift" their friend a free place in your Christmas group class.
Referral gift card template (English + Chinese)
16th December
Read the post
We've carefully curated this list of the top Christmas themed books for ESL learners, along with recommended learning topics and top tips!
Top 6 books for beginner ESL students
17th December
Download PDF
A great Christmas homework task or writing lesson activity! Teach your students how to write a letter with this free printable.
FREE Christmas postcard writing worksheet
Example sentences to learn in context
CEFR levels
FREE Christmas vocabulary flashcards
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24 festive word flashcards
18th December
Color-coded by parts of speech
19th December
Download PDF
Perfect for a B1 level reading comprehension lesson or homework task!
FREE History of Santa reading comprehension worksheet
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A comprehensive guide to all the tech tools and resources you need to go independent and find your own private students to teach online! Includes lots of free options and big discounts too!
FREE Independent Teacher Tech Toolbox
20th December
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Christmas is a time for curling up in front of the fire with a good movie... Turn that into a learning opportunity with this simple movie review writing activity!
FREE Christmas movie review worksheet
21st December
22nd December
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13 ways to find more students in the new year!
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23rd December
FREE trial class lesson slides
Let us know in the FB group which free activities you most enjoyed!
A little thank you and Christmas wishes message from me ❤️
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
24th December
How to use:
- Select your preferred template and language, and delete the other pages.
- Add your teacher name and WeChat QR code where indicated.
- Duplicate the page so you have one copy for each current student.
- Add a current student's name to each page.
- Send your students their personal gift card, asking them to send it to their friends to invite them to join your free group class.
- Each new student must send you their "gift card" to redeem it, which then enables you to easily track which student referred them (using the current student's name written on the card).