School Life Adventure
Children move around the school and learn the names of school people and places. They ask friends simple questions, act out jobs, and use short sentence frames.
A free Classic Board Game Race for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: school life and words are.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask a friend: Who is your art teacher?
- Act out an art teacher painting a picture.
- Ask a friend: Who is your music teacher?
- Act out a music teacher playing a drum!
- Say: Our headteacher is ___.
- Ask a friend: Is your headteacher tall?
- Team: count the students in this room.
- Ask a friend: How many students are in your class?
- Act out a caretaker sweeping the floor.
- Say: The caretaker can fix ___.
- Act out a librarian saying shh!
- Ask a friend: What is the librarian's name?
- Draw a desk in the air. Say: office!
- Ask a friend: Who works in the office?
- Team: name two things in a library.
- Say: In the library, I can ___.
- Draw a paintbrush in the air. Say: art room!
- Ask a friend: What do you do in the art room?
- Play air guitar. Say: music room!
- Say: In the music room, I can ___.
- Tiptoe down the corridor like a mouse!
- Team: point to the corridor and say: corridor!
- Ask a friend: What is in your classroom?
- Team: find something red in the classroom.
Printable worksheet
This Classic Board Game Race comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Support sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Answer the card · Answer with a full sentence.
- The board game on paper
Part 1: Answer the card
Answer with a full sentence.
- Ask a friend: Is your headteacher tall?
- Team: name two things in a library.
- Team: point to the corridor and say: corridor!