City Places + There is / There are

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Welcome to this week's blog!

In today’s class, Elsie’s group made learning about City Places fun and interactive with creative activities. 

 They started with a quiz game called Booklet, which revealed everyone's competitive side. Each student read a clue and chose the right city place from the options, getting everyone engaged.

The next part was a vocabulary presentation where they introduced important city terms like city hall, gas station, museum, and restaurant. With helpful visuals and examples, students easily connected these words to places they knew.

 Then came a free activity where each student got a city place and wrote sentences about it. This let everyone show off their creativity and understanding. To help with spelling and definitions, they also completed a crossword puzzle focused on city places.

Finally, the class ended with a fun project: each student designed their ideal city, using places from the lesson and adding their own creative ideas. It was a great way to wrap up and see how everyone imagined their perfect city layout!



Madeline’s group taught us how to use “There is” and “There are”—two key phrases for describing the things around us. This lesson was all about making it easier to talk about what’s present in a space, whether it’s just one thing or many.

 

They explained that “There is” is used for singular items, meaning only one thing is being mentioned. For example:

 

“There is a lamp on the desk.”

“There is a dog in the yard.”

On the other hand, “There are” is for plural items—when we’re talking about more than one thing. For example:

 

“There are three cars parked outside.”

“There are pencils in the drawer.”

These phrases help us be specific about what we see around us, making it clear if there’s one object or many. Whether we’re describing a single item or a group, “There is” and “There are” make it easy to talk about what’s present in any setting!



Thanks for tuning in—now go try spotting the world around you with “There is” and “There are!” Catch you next time for more language tips!















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