Oh, Christmas Tree!

 A speaking or listening activity using a Christmas tree to review colors. It can be a real small tree or just print and play.

Link to the FREE resource: 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-make-a-tree-for-ESL-5097259

I made my tree out of fun foam. I crafted all the pieces with fun foam as well.

I also wrapped yarn around the tree. I added an opened clip to each light and ornament.

This is the listening activity, check it at Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/256423772524041688

And this is how it goes as a speaking activity.

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Christmas Coloring Worksheets as a listening, speaking or writing activity

 It's Christmas and when we think of coloring pages we think of the little ones. I do have FREE worksheets  for the students. For the older students, it can be a writing practice as they color and write a short text for their page. 

Here is the LINK to the FREE resource:

 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Coloring-for-Kindergarten-EFL-3527578

For our English Language Learners of all ages can benefit of a listening activity as they color the worksheets.
Teacher: Find the bear! Color it brown.
Find the Christmas tree! Color it green.

Or do a show and tell. Students come up to the front and describe their worksheet: This is a bear. It has a Christmas hat. It is red.

This is what I did! I wrote the word for each item on the coloring page using a wax crayon.

Then, using markers I started coloring the pictures and the word would show up. Here is my example.

So, it is just a Spelling activity for the Season. If you do yours, please show me!         

                   

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Christmas Activities for ESL

Krasner (1999) recognized the necessity for language learners to develop not only linguistic competence but also an awareness of the culturally-appropriate features of the language

Link to the files at my TeachersPayTeachers store:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Unit-for-Elementary-ELL-2235598

 

I made a Coloring and a Writing book. Students read the incomplete sentence and looking at the picture write the missing word. Students can color the picture as you dictate.

Teacher: Look at the elf! His hat is yellow and green.

A foldable accordion book. Students trace each word to create the book. You can choose the vocabulary. Then trace the Elf hat onto red or green cardboard to assemble the book. 

Half card game. This a fun game that many students love. Cut all the cards in half. Have the students match each half to make a complete card on their desks as a group challenge.

As a speaking activity, hand in a half card to each student. They all stand up at your signal and walk around the classroom finding their other half and stand together. Shout stop! At any given moment. The winners are the students that got together correctly.

Labeling clothes and body (labeling). Have the students label the Christmas Characters cards. They come in color and black/white version.

More vocabulary practice with the picture and word matching cards.

A final review of Prepositions or Positional words.A set of small flashcards to review each preposition.

Teacher: Look at the reindeer! The reindeer is between the boy and the girl.Or the reindeer is between the elves.

A  Prepositions or Positional words game.The sentence association game which is fun.

There is a set of cutouts to glue onto a file folder.

Students can sort the cards.

A  Prepositions or Positional words book.Print and assemble the book or use the file on the tablets.

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Christmas Flashcards

I know that ESL Teachers love flashcards. I made a new set with these clipart from Scrappin Doodles. There are 57 flashcards.

Here´s the link:  

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Flashcards-for-Elementary-ESLEFLELL-3536682

Flashcards activity 1. Place selected flashcards on the board and hand in the scrabble letters to the students and have them make crosswords with the letters on their tables.

Flashcards activity 2. Have the students write each word under the  flashcard using the scrabble letters.

Flashcards activity 3. Place the flashcards around the room. Have the students find them as you ask questions.

                                 Teacher: Where is the gift?

                             Students: Here ! It is on the chair.

Flashcard activity 4. Make a grid on the board with random flashcards. Ask questions.

Teacher: Find B3. Who is B3?

Students: He is Rudolf.

Then ask students to make sentences that relate to make a short  Christmas Story. Write an example and have it ready to read to the class.

Teacher: Joseph and Mary are in the stable. The Angel is at the stable, too. She is drinking cocoa. The reindeer likes cocoa. The Shepherd came to see Baby Jesus, but Rudolf was at the stable. The Elf Girl came with the Gingerbread and The Gingerbread House. Poinsettias were in the sack with many presents.

Well, I invented this story. You can use it, but I am not that good at writing, LOL!!

Flashcard activity 4. Have the students order the flashcards alphabetically on the board.

Flashcard activity 5. Place the stable flashcard in the middle of the board. Ask students who and what  belongs to the stable. Make a mind map. Place the corresponding flashards as the students mention them.

Teacher: Look at the stable ! Who belongs to the stable ?

Students: Joseph! Mary! Baby Jesus! Shepherd !sheep! Angel! star!

Flashcard activity 6. Place pairs of flashcards and ask questions with WHERE?

Teacher: Where is the gingerbread man?

Students: He is in the gingerbread house!

Teacher: Where is Mary?

Students: She is in the stable!

Flashcard activity 6. Labeling! Label the parts of the body using a white board marker and a plastic sheet.

Flashcards are great for speaking, listening and a writing activity can be included. But I made a Picture Dictionary for Reading and Vocabulary Practice. It has 5 pages and it can be done in groups and then bind it.

    Have the students cut all the picture cards. I had the book binded before.

                               This is how my example turned out.

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Christmas and Family Theme

Christmas is about family. I made a family album in which students trace the words, there is one with mom and dad and another with mother and father.

The resources are here:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-and-family-Theme-for-ESLEFLELL-3486997

And students can make portraits like mine with craft sticks. You can make your own set and use them as flashcards.

Teacher: Who is this ?

Students: He is Brother !

The album can be turned into stick puppets.

And some Flashcards to review family members. 

But they can work for extra practice for prepositions. This time I printed them on cardboard and glued a big clothespin to make them stand.

Start with easy ones. 

The clips helps to attach one another.                                        

                         Teacher: Where is Brother ?

                      Students: Brother is on the stocking.

But any prepositions can be done using the clothespin.

Puzzles ! They are wonderful for preschool but they are useful for Elementary grades. Hand in a piece randomly to all the students. At your signal ask them to look around for other classmates that can complete their puzzle. Have a complete puzzle on a designated table. When the four students that make the  puzzle run to the assigned table and assemble the puzzle,they call to be first and win.

Pocket charts are good to review sentences or for the students to make their own sentences.

Students make a family tree but on the Gingerbread house.

Worksheets! Have the students color the worksheets as you say.

Teacher: Look at mother! Her hair is black. Her hat is green and white. Her dress is green. 

Have the students cut all the cards and play some games.

Teacher: Place your cards in order as I say.

Mom, cat, sister, reindeer.

Then have them cut the word out of each card and make a puzzle to put together on their notebooks.

I added some cards to match to the worksheets.

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