Useful classroom expressions : Classroom materials

➜Classroom materials
Encourage the use of English when referring
to classroom materials. They are a great source of new vocabulary for all content areas.
• A sheet of paper. Has everyone got a sheet of paper?
• The textbooks. Put your textbooks in your schoolbags.
• The activity books. The activity books are on the shelf.
• The workbook. Pepe, collect in the workbooks, please.
• A flashcard. The flashcards go in that box.
• A poster. Help me stick this poster on the wall.
• A dictionary. Do you need a dictionary?
• Your picture dictionary. Draw it in your picture dictionary.
• The calendar. Hang the calendar next to the door.
• The weather chart. Let’s all look at the weather chart.
• The chalk. A piece of chalk. The chalk is finished.
• Some plasticine. Get some plasticine and make an animal.
• The crayons. The crayons are Laura’s.
• Felt tips. The felt tips are dry.
• Coloured pencils. Colour it in with your coloured pencils.
• A pair of scissors. Has anyone seen my pair of scissors?
• Some pots of paint. The pots of paint are empty.
• Paintbrushes. Clean your paintbrushes.
• A rubber. There’s a rubber on the floor.
• Glue. Pass the glue, please.
• A piece of sellotape. Cut me a piece of sellotape, please.
• A drawing pin. A tack. Careful, there’s a tack on the floor.
• A stapler. Be careful with the stapler. Staples. Don’t touch the staples.
• A ruler. A ruler is for measuring.
• A cloth. Clean the table with the cloth.
• The puppet. The puppet only speaks English.
• The coloured rods. I can’t find the coloured rods.
• A mask. Let’s make a mask.

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