Update 136 Hanukkah is here again
- Howie Gordon
- Dec 7, 2025
- 4 min read
Updated: Jan 5
It's that time of the year when I can reflect on all that I have posted throughout the year. And a huge thank you to the loyal followers who read the blog, comment where you can, take part in the regular quizzes and send me clips from the field. Together we make our lessons exciting and fun and our pupils definitely benefit from this.
A reminder that you can slow the video down if the video is too fast for your class.
Hanukkah Playlist
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you happy holidays. Winter Vacations, Hanukkah and Christmas Holidays. I have created a special Hanukkah Playlist of songs from the past years.
Enjoy!
Hare are a few Hanukkah activities for your pupils from the portal
From the British Council - Hanukkah
British Council Christmas
And to those of you that are celebrating Christmas - here is a beautiful version of, “All I want for Christmas” by the Ndlovu Youth Choir
A very colorful video indeed.
For the younger learners you can ask them what colours they see.
Special Dialogues and Reader's Theatre Scripts for Hanukkah
Hanukkah and Christmas Dialogues and Reader's Theatre CEFR A1 | Hanukkah and Christmas Dialogues and Reader's Theatre CEFR A2 |
The texts have been created by Chat GPT are Hanukkah Christmas specific. They can easily be adapted to other cultures and holidays.
These are great ways to get your students reading, listening and speaking in your classroom.
Another Hanukah song
Another Hanukah song for Junior High - You can get access to the lyrics in Youtube under more. Once you have the lyrics you can work the words to create bingo sheets, crosswords, games with the words. Your pupils will love it.
Winter Vacation
"It's that time of the year again, to get together with all your friends, and be thankful for everything that makes you feel better." These words are from this song from Lingokids. Teach the song to your pupils before they go on their winter breaks. Hoping for enough snow to build a snowman!
Teach your pupils this song and sing it with them.
Guess the song 🎶🎤🎧📢
Each broadcast I will add a new Guess the Song picture. Some will be easy and some more difficult. Let’s see how well you do.
Click on the link to the Padlet below.
This last week was once again won by Jenni Handel The answer was "If I could save time in a bottle" - By Jim Croce
Haifa Conference on Assessment
I was fortunate to present at the Haifa F2F Conference this last week. Many teachers took part in the sessions and they enjoyed singing and moving. Watch this space for more details of a new songs and new ideas to get your pupils moving and singing to the beat.
Here is the presentation that I presented.
Try out the Winter Wonderland Dance Along
Keep moving and singing to keep warm when you are cold.
Past Broadcasts
I want to urge you to take a look at past broadcasts - a lot of the content is not date specific and you can can get many ideas for your lessons. If you have some ideas that you would like to share please feel free.
Your voice matters.
These broadcasts are admin-controlled, and I treasure your feedback. Drop ideas, needs, and requests here (topics, grade. bands, songs, tools):
Send me your clips or finds—let’s feature classrooms across Israel this year! This is your chance to be noticed.
Save the Date ETAI Online Conference
My happy corner - Smile of the week
I like to find shorts / reels that make me smile and just feel good.
Be Whitney Precise
Out of the mouths of babes
Here the dogs choose their humans
Country names in a song
Computer Tools of the Week
Notebook LM
New from Google You can now create Video Overviews, Flashcards, Infographics, Slide Decks and Quizzes. Worthwhile to take a look. It is free.
Here is an example
Musical Joke of the Week
Apparently, Princess Anne once tried to "hatch" some pebbles in an incubator. Prince Charles had told her they were lizard eggs. Sting put her straight. He said "Those are rocks Anne. You don't have to put on the red light."
The Final Note:
Looking forward to eventually meeting you all one day F2F - Wishing you all a well deserved holiday and keep warm.
PS. My genetic experiments have produced a dolphin with legs! I’ll become famous! Everyone’s telling me to remove the legs, but that would "defeet" the porpoise.
P.P.S. If you know of a colleague, friend, relative or parent that is not part of
these broadcasts, invite them in via this link. They can thank you later.
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You can access our site at http://bit.ly/learnintune and past broadcasts here https://learnntune.wixsite.com/my-site
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