Check out the top icebreakers and ESL activities for first day of class that will get your students talking and getting to know each other.
Perfect interactive game/exercise to use in your ESL/EFL classroom (or online classroom) to help students practice 'Question Words.' This resource is best suited for Foundation or Elementary level students. Enjoy! LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. ------------------------------------------ Click on the green star near my logo to follow my TpT store and receive notifications of new product releases, sales, and special deals! Did you know you can get credits to use on any purchase in any TpT store just by leaving feedback? After you've used a product from a TpT seller, please take a minute to return to leave feedback. It's very much appreciated and it's an easy way to earn credits that save you money on your next purchase!
Check out our best ESL activities for kindergarten kids to try out in your classes today. Have some fun with English and kindy kids.
Try some of these fun, no-prep games to help your teach English to young or beginner level students.
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Bring your classroom into the 21st century with this Paperless ESL Reading & Exercise Lesson Pack on Google Slides. Whether you teach in a full classroom or 1:1 online, this paperless resource offers the same rigorous ESL content as the original textbooks! This free ESL resource includes 10 pages - four pages from Stories for Young Readers and two pages from Dialogues for Young Speakers laid out in step-by-step exercises for online learning. Also included are three audio files and four answer key pages. This is the first lesson in 'be' verbs and includes a Word Search puzzle, 'Be Verbs' chart, Q&A practice, and two dialogues. Go to Next Lesson Pack Stories for Young Readers, Book 1, is a graded textbook for students studying ESL/EFL. Dialogues for Young Speakers, Book 1, follows the Stories for Young Readers series with easy dialogues that will get students up and talking. Both of these textbooks are available as full textbook downloads. Access all 31 lessons from this ESL series and save 30% with the Full Bundle! This Lesson Pack is also available as a PDF download! Click on the green star near my logo to follow my TpT store and receive notifications of new product releases, sales, and special deals! Did you know you can get credits to use on any purchase in any TpT store just by leaving feedback? After you've used a product from a TpT seller, please take a minute to return to leave feedback. It's very much appreciated and it's an easy way to earn credits that save you money on your next purchase!
100+ Printable board games and templates for kids and beginner ESL students. Download and use in class today!
Guessing games are a great way to practice speaking, critical thinking and vocabulary building in ESL classrooms starting from young learners through adults. Whether you are an English teacher or a parent trying to improve your child's vocabulary in a first or second language, guessing games are a MUST! Here's where to start: Ages 3-4:
Link to the Adjectives resource is here for your lesson planning : https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adjectives-for-Elementary-ELL-2150071 or, It is available here: http://kinder-bilingue.myshopify.com/products/adjectives-for-elementary-ell Adjective Flashcards: I made a big collection of adjective flashcards. It wasn´t easy to classify them. I made 101 flashcards. There are adjectives for people, things, feelings, size, time, weather, origin, quantity, taste, appearance, condition and more. You might be using them according to your scope and sequence of your book series or for writing lessons. Improve listening skills with this flashcard activity. Show students the flashcards. Teacher: Look at the girl. She is wearing a dress. It is big. Continue with shoes and suit. Then compare the flashcards related to the tie, dress and skirt. Activity 1 : describe a flashcard only using an adjective. The children point to it and guess which one is it. Teacher: long and big. Students: purple dress. Activity 2: Write several adjectives on the board. Have the students place the flashcards under each adjective. Graph the results. You can do this by using pictures from magazines. For extra practice. Students can classify clothes from magazines and make new adjectives + clothes words combinations. Up and down: Have your students stand up and sit down as you show the flashcards or arrow cutouts. You can also give instructions using their hands. Teacher: Hands up ! Teacher: Hands down ! Teacher: Boys, Hands up. Girls, Hands down. Then introduce left and right. Teacher: Hands to the right! Teacher: Hands to the left! Activity 3: Bring 4 students to the front and give each one an instruction. Teacher: Student 1, hand to the left. Student 2, hand to the right. Student 3, hands up. Student 4, hand down. Activity 4: Place all the arrows in a row on the board and have the students stand under the arrow that has the instruction given by you. Activity 5: Make a pattern. Ask 4 students to come to the front. Give each one a command. Point to student 1: hands up. Point to student 2: hands down. Point to student 3: hands up. Point to student 4: hands down. Touch each students head and have the class say the command. Create more patterns with hands to the left and hands to the right. Play beanbag game. Make 2 beanbags. Place all the flashcards on the floor in random order and have students take turns throwing the 2 beanbags to the opposite adjectives Open and close: use the children´s book. Have them open and close the book as you say it. Go to the door and/or window of the classroom. Open and close them. Dirty and clean: Show the flashcard. Teacher: Who´s he ? Students: a boy. Teacher: Is he clean ? Students: No. He is dirty. Flashcard Game: hand in a flashcard to each student. Have them stand in a circle or two lines facing each other. When you give them a signal, they walk around looking for their opposite and stand together. When you signal to stop, the winners are the students that have stood together correctly. Mix the flashcards again and play one more time. Picture dictation: Children listen and draw what you say. This is John. He is tall. He is fat. He is young . He is strong. He has brown hair. I made a set of 26 face cards. I included all the combination of hair and eye color, curly and straight, long and short hair, young and old. Have students describe each one using the physical appearance adjectives. There´s a number and a name on each one for identifying games purpose. Another set of 48 cards displaying people. Activity 6: write all the hair color on the board and have students classify the cards. You can also classify the cards by tall, short, fat, thin. I included some adjective label words. Place a people flashcard on the board and have the students find the correct labels. They can work with this on their tables. Finally, place all 48 cards on the board and describe a person. This is a good listening and speaking activity. Teacher: She is tall and thin. She has short blond hair. Students: Number 28. She is Pam. Teacher: Number 10. He is Students: He is tall and thin. He has long black hair. Now , Using the same character, Mr. Big Nose. I created another book using adjectives. I love craft sticks puppets even for the older kids. This is a classification game. I cut the toilet paper tubes in half and taped a classification word. I cut all the pictures and glued each one on a craft stick and also glued the word. But, you can glue only the picture and have the students find the word. Use the puppets in games such as finding the opposite. Follow me at my Facebook group!! https://www.facebook.com/ESLPreschoolTeachers
Find out all the details you need to know about teaching ESL imperatives, including activities, exercises, worksheets & lesson plans.
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This is the ultimate guide to creating an ESL lesson plan because once you get the system down, it's simple, endlessly repeatable and most importantly, EFFECTIVE. Here is the key: We're going to plan it backwards.
The amazing benefits of using games is the ESL classroom The use of games is not merely a way of passing the time. Gaming in the classroom can be really useful if we know how to use it and when to use it. As an EFL teacher, I consider playing an essential part of my […]
Beat the overwhelm of teaching an absolute beginner with this downloadable checklist
Newcomer students receive some support from an ELD (English Language Development) teacher in most elementary schools. The majority of their time is spent in their grade level classroom. Here are some strategies for supporting a newcomer student both in their grade level classroom and areas to focus on during targeted language development lessons. Create a
Fun back to school EFL ESL kids games and activities for the first day of class to meet your kids and start learning and enjoying English.
The start to the school year for newcomer ELLs can be overwhelming and nerve-wracking. It is our job to set them up with tools to help them feel comfortable exploring a new language in a
This resource is #1 for a reason! I almost always use graphic organizers to teach reading comprehension. I find them to be highly effective because they are
Advice from three ESL teachers on the things regular classroom teachers can do to help English language learners thrive in mainstream classrooms.
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Empower ELL newcomers with essential classroom English phrases using this resource pack designed for beginners. Perfect for mastering survival English skills.
Since I started teaching English as a second language (ESL) at an elementary school here in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I have gathered quite the collection of sites to help me in my lesson planning. Rec…
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Check out these ESL board games that I make for my students to play. They also make an excellent final exam speaking test review.
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ESL/ELL grammar lesson introducing the prepositions before/after. Students watch a video and then work on saying which events happened before and after. FULL lesson plan includes warm-up, explanations, practice & discussion. This 60-minute lesson plan would work for most age groups and is an excellent way to introduce learners to the topic This is a part of a larger grammar bundle available here: ESL Grammar Bundle You can find more of my stuff here or follow me on Pinterest You might also be interested in: If you are interested in this, then maybe you would find these materials of use: Used to' - Grammar Lesson Prepositions of Movement Prepositions of Time Or ESL/English reading lessons on: Famous People & Celebrities Art & Literature Music and Culture Cities and their People ************************************************************************************* Tips for Buyers You can get FREE credits for future purchases by just leaving a review for this product! Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each product, there is a 'leave a review' option. Click this and leave a quick review and you will get credits which you can use to redeem future products! Each time you leave feedback, you get money! Awesome, right? I look forward to receiving your feedback! Happy Teaching! Dylan (The Laughing Linguist) Copyright: A big shout out to Pixabay for providing the copyright photos contained within.
Learn three simple things you need to teach your ESL beginners right away. These include variations of introductions, classroom surroundings and basic needs
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
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