Easter for Elementary ELL

Help your Elementary English Language Learners celebrate Easter with fun, language-building activities! In this post, you’ll find engaging classroom ideas and printable resources that practice vocabulary, reading, spelling, and collaboration. These activities are perfect for ESL/EFL and ELL classrooms in March and April.

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Easter Small Cards — Match & Speak

Use Easter small cards to play Match the Pairs. Students observe, compare, and speak as they match vocabulary cards with pictures. Great for vocabulary recall and speaking practice!

✔ Builds listening, vocabulary recognition, and speaking confidence
✔ Works well as a warm-up or station activity

📌 Tip: Use student names on cards for partner matching to increase interaction.

Easter Read & Color Book

Have learners construct meaning from both text and visuals. After reading each sentence, they only color what the text describes — a fun way to practise comprehension and color words.

✔ Supports early reading and inference skills
✔ Works with kinesthetic learners

Easter Pocket Chart Activities

✔ Easy prep and reusable
Pocket charts are ideal for kinesthetic learners. Use them for vocabulary sorting, sequencing, and simple sentence practice.
✔ Students work independently or in rotations
How to Use:
Shuffle the Easter picture cards.
Ask students to group vocabulary by category (e.g., animals, objects).
Extend with simple sentences: “The bunny is hopping.”

Easter Egg Book & Writing Practice

Let students create an Easter Egg Book — color, cut, and assemble. They can trace phrases and later write words using letter tiles.

✔ Builds writing confidence
✔ Combines visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning

 Easter Letter Tiles Game

Have students build Easter words using letter tiles. Challenge them to form new words with the same letters afterward.

✔ Reinforces spelling patterns
✔ Great for pairs or teams

Easter Worksheets — Collaborative Learning

Use worksheets in dynamic pair or group formats so students help each other complete tasks — great for vocabulary reinforcement and speaking.

✔ Encourages peer interaction
✔ Differentiatable for mixed levels

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St. Patrick´s Day

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Teaching the language will eventually come with teaching the culture. Provide a variety of activities, because the information for St. Patrick´s might be new for most kids. It is important that you understand the context of this Holiday and what you want them to learn.
                                              Flashcards 

Coloring book. I made a bigger version for the teacher and a smaller for the students. Have them read each sentence and color only what it says. Children will learn to focus on details when coloring. It will help recognize colors.

Here is my book with engaging reading text for Elementary English Language Learners.

 Matching number/picture card and words. Games usually capture the student´s attention and encourage speaking .

 Play:

- Memory

-Match the word and picture

- Play Who has it? Hand in a card to each player in the group. Name a word and the student who has it, stands up and says the word.

- Play Find and say. Place all the cards face up on the group´s table. Name a word or number. The first student to find it and say the word wins the card. The winner is the one with the most cards.

Domino Game: 

 A tracer book. 

Fun bracelets.

                                   A hat for the super student.

Worksheets: they will work as a supplement to the activities, helping keep track of learning and understanding of the Holiday. Put students together in groups to finish the task.

Worksheet 1. 

Worksheet 2. 

Worksheet 3. Emotions.

Worksheet 3. counting.

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