10 fun and educational ESL activities for busy teachers! Try these games and activities in your classroom (or virtual classroom) today!
How are you feeling? - Craftivity (Emotions) 2 versionsWith the "How are you feeling?" craft activity, students can creatively acquire vocabulary on the topic o
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.
Try some of these fun, no-prep games to help your teach English to young or beginner level students.
5 creative first day of school activities for high school English so you can ditch the syllabus and start getting to know your students!
Movement in the classroom is beneficial for many reasons. First and foremost, getting up to move in the classroom might help anxious students relieve stress.
Check out our top ESL Listening and Speaking Activities. Lots of great ideas to get your students listening and speaking in class today!
Here are some resources available to aid your students students conquer irregular past tense verbs in English.
Looking for a great activity for back to school? Students love working through stations to share information! This download includes 12 stations with prompts about exploring the syllabus, getting to know you, and learning expectations; also included is a visually appealing student response sheet with directions and guidance. Stations are ready to print, with the ability to edit as well! Hang/ place each station prompt around the room and watch as students get our of their seats, mingle, begin to get comfortable in the environment, and learn expectations as they preview the class. What's included: -Ready to print (option to edit) student response sheet -12 ready to print (option to edit) station prompts Please email me with any questions! Like this resource? Please provide feedback! Thank you!
I mean...why WOULDN'T you use cootie catchers in your reading block? It makes perfect sense. Ok - remember last week how I was talking about doing a little spring cleaning with some of my TpT resources? Well, I did a little spring cleaning in my file folders on my computer as well. Yikes. Now THAT'S a bit of a rabbit hole. I got in a little deeper than I wanted to, but I figured I might as well finish the job. I got rid of a lot (a LOT) of cringe worthy products that just didn't make the cut anymore, and I got some major organizing done as well. BUT - you know what I found? THIS >>> It's a reading comprehension cootie catcher that I TOTALLY forgot I made! And since it resurfaced for me - I thought I'd resurface it for you! I'm sure I made it for you guys in the first place, but I can't for the life of me find it anywhere on the blog. There's actually 3 different versions. They have different comprehension questions that can be used with any fictional book. They work great as a quick partner review game. You can download them here! Find any long-lost things in your spring cleaning, lately? Pin and Share this freebie:
It's time to go back to school! With the back-to-school season upon us, it is time to start planning back-to-school activities for the first week of school.
Get your students reading and writing this summer with these fun and engaging enrichment activities for elementary grades.
Engage your students with these 10 ecosystem project ideas for your elementary science class and grab a FREEBIE to get started!
Check out our top 11 ESL whiteboard games and activities to try out with your students today. Have some fun with these chalkboard games.
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Help the learning process with these simple strategies for making studennt thinking visible. Perfect for middle and high school English classes.
Are your students disinterested and tired of the traditional ways of learning characterization? Have you been searching for a really fun, student-centered, interactive way to eliminate their boredom? Well, look no further! I present to you a wonderful student-collaboration activity that will get your students involved and excited for a character analysis for any novel, […]
Listening and following verbal or oral directions is an important skill that many students lack. You may relate to Charlie Brown's teacher after going over step-by-step directions. Students often hear the sound the teacher's voice is making, but fail to tune into the meaning of the words. When students aren't actively listening, they miss important information that can impact their academic AND behavior in the classroom. One way you can help your students practice active listening so they will follow directions is with a fun activity called Listen and Draw. Listen and Draw is a great activity to do with your class at the beginning of the year when you are teaching class procedures. Include these with your plans after breaks as a warmup plus a good reminder about practicing listening and following directions. Grab a free copy of FREE Listen & Draw - Following Directions Activity. Sources to make my blog post graphics can be found HERE. Click HERE to read my blog's disclosure statement.
You and your students will absolutely love these journalism lessons! The beginning of a new school year can be hectic for journalism teachers who are tasked with simultaneously teaching new journalism students who don’t have any journalism experience while also planning and publishing content for the school newspaper.
Find out all the top picks for fun games to play in class. Liven up the classroom with these engaging games and activities.
All English as a Second or Foreign Language classes need a good warm-up activity to gets brains working and bodies active. Here are my top choices for ESL and EFL Warm-up games for kids to adults.
Try these 5 fun games for English class! These classroom activities can be utilized for ESL games online or in-class. Find out more here.
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
Channel students' energy by incorporating opportunities for movement into your lessons. In this #2ndaryELA Twitter chat, middle and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed active learning, including movement in the classroom and layouts that accommodate it, games, hands-on activities, and technology that helps to engage students. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.
The end of the year brings testing, finishing up grades, field days, assemblies, and more! Between all of this (plus exhaustion!) it can get hard to continually create engaging lesson plans. Having low-prep, meaningful end
Speaking can be frustrating for novices, but here's help! Check out 10 ideas for speaking activities for Spanish class!
Learn About the 7 Continents! Exploring the 7 Continents has never been more exciting! It’s a Small World Continent Study is filled with over 35 activities to help your students gain a greater understanding of the seven continents. This 130+ page unit is filled with great resources, posters, printables, activities, and projects that will open […]
Are you looking for THE BEST bell ringers for high school English? Get your students excited to start class by...
Pair Work exercise useful for practising speaking and listening skills and giving/following instructions. Put students in pairs and give each half of the worksheet. Student B tells student B where to go on the grid and what to write or draw. Make students can not see each other´s sheet. This ws allows the whole class to practise simultaneously. At the end of the exercise, Ss should compare their answers to the teacher´s answer sheet. Enjoy. - ESL worksheets
Check out the top ESL conversation activities for adults—make your English speaking classes fun, engaging and filled with happy students.
Here are free and easy to use public speaking activities to address common areas of concern with high schoolers—public speaking games too.
If your non-English speaking students aren't ready to do the regular class work, what should you have them do instead? This handy tool can help.
It's time to go back to school! With the back-to-school season upon us, it is time to start planning back-to-school activities for the first week of school.
Pinterest is an explosion of wonderful ideas, and at times can be overwhelming. I decided to wade through my "For School" board and pick the...
This is a fun activity to practice the simple past. Students look at the images and talk about what Harry did on holiday.
This week I tried something new with the vocabulary in the story. I got the idea at a First Grade Conference in December. The student writes the vocabulary word in the middle of the sheet and then there are four things to do with the word. We completed two of the boxes together as a class and they finished the last two boxes independently. The kiddos sure had a great grasp of the vocabulary after this. When we read the story they had fantastic comprehension.
The best "icebreaker" activity for high school students (who hate icebreaker activities). Get a jump start on creating a bond with your students.
Three quick and fun writing activities to help energize student writers. Get those creative juices flowing with these easy lessons!
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.
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Do you struggle with finding interesting ways to teach ESL listening skills? Maybe you have an activity or two already but you want to be able to mix it up and keep things interesting. By the end of…
