ESL Warm-Up Activity: Name 5 things | Easy ESL warmup for any skill level

If you’re looking to get your English classes started off in style, then keep on watching for one my favourite ESL warmers, Name 5 Things. This activity is the perfect thing to do before jumping into the heart of the lesson. Keep on watching for all the details on Name 5 Things. ------- • Check out this blog post for my top 5 ESL warmup activities and ideas: https://eslspeaking.org/top-5-esl-warm-up-activities/ • Want another ESL warmup activity? Watch this video by @Teacher-Val here: https://youtu.be/avOB33ap57c?si=PvIbvFfLbn3tgXTf • Watch my "I'm an alien" ESL activity video here: https://youtu.be/H2XluvP9HlY ------ Check out my book 39 ESL Icebreakers here: https://amzn.to/3ErfWF8 https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #teachingenglishwithjackie #teachingenglish #warmupgames -------------------------------------------------------- Transcript: Today I'm going to talk about a very quick ESL warmup that requires almost nothing in the way of preparation or materials. It also can be easily adapted to make it as easy or as difficult as you want, depending on the level of students. It's called name five things. Put students into pairs or groups of three or four and then each group needs a piece of paper and a pen. And then you could say, name five animals and then the first team to quickly write down five animals puts up their hand and you can check and that team gets a point. So that is a very simple one. Kind of a little bit more difficult would be name five farm animals. And the next level would be name five animals that are bigger than a car. So, just as hard or as easy as you want to make it. There are also some other variations or some other options that you can do and you can get creative but here are just a few more ideas for you. Name five foods, or name five red foods. Name five Christmas foods, something like that. Or, name five drinks, name five cold drinks. name five drinks that you might get at a bar, something like that. The sky is the limit. Get creative and use your imagination and you can even get students to help you come up with ideas for this game. If you like these ideas, please be sure to check out my book 39 ESL Icebreakers. There are lots more simple, kind of no-prep ESL warm-up activities you can try out with your students. I'll put the link right up there. Please hit like, subscribe, and I'll catch you next time. Timestamp: 0:00 Intro 0:20 How to play 0:39 How to make this game more challenging 0:51 Some examples of topics 1:19 Outro Tags: Name 5 things, student warm up activities, warm up activities in classroom, fun warm ups for high school students, warm ups for kids, warm activities, fun warmup games, esl warm up activity, warm up for class, class warm up activities, fun warm up activities, fun warm up game, teaching games for adults, funny warm ups, warm up activities for adults, group warm up activities for adults, activities for esl students, esl fun activities, beginner esl activities,