Nature or Garden Theme for Elementary ELL

And here is the link to the resource:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nature-or-Garden-Theme-for-Elementary-ELL-3339351

It is also available at this other store:

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Use the Flashcards for Speaking activities. 

Place several flashcards on the board and write a number above each one and ask questions.

Teacher: What is number 3 ?

Students: It´s a plant.

Teacher: Is number 4 a cactus ?

Students: No, it isn´t. It´s a tree.

Have students make sentences.

Students: Number 1 is an acorn.

Have students draw the nature items and write sentences on their notebooks.

This is an acorn. This isn´t a stick.

Students can talk about numbers. Write the numbers 1 to 6 on the board. Have  2 students come to the front and place the flowers flashcards under the corresponding number.

Teacher :How many flowers are there ? Pointing to number 1

Students: one. One flower.

Have the students continue counting.

Students: Two flowers, three flowers, four flowers, five flowers, six flowers.

Teacher : What color is flower number 1 ?

Students: red.

Teacher: It´s a red flower.

Students: It´s a red flower.

 Continue with all the other flowers.

I found these great clip art for There is and There are sentences.

Place one or more on the board and model the sentences.

 Place more flashcards on the board for the students to say what they see.
 Then hand out all the other flashcards and have them make sentences on their notebooks and share with the class.

Review prepositions with the flashcards. Write the prepositions on the board and have the students sort the flashcards.

Ask questions:

Point to the first flashcard,

Teacher: Where are the flowers ?

Students: They are on the cactus.

Point to the second flashcard,

 Teacher: Is the butterfly on the flower ?

Students: Yes, it is.

Have students make and write a sentence for each flashcard.

And some Verbs related to the theme. Select the flashcards that you want to students to come up with phrases. Place them on the board and start from the picture.

Teacher: What is he doing ?

Students: He is planting a tree.

Suggest that he can plant any kind of trees. Have them think of other trees and write their answers.

Students: an apple tree, a big tree. They may come up with diverse answers.

 Here are the Verb related flashcards

With the flashcards you can have the students classify them into verbs or nouns.

Place a flower flashcard on the board, review the parts of the plant that the students remember, if not, place the flashcards on one side of the board to remind them.

Draw an arrow with the words for each part of the plant. Ask them which parts are missing, they might have to say the roots and the seed. Draw them under the flower. (LABELING)

Go to this link and download this easy worksheet made by Wendy Gilstrap.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/The-Parts-of-a-Plant-1823426
As dictating all the color for each part of the plant, which is a good listening exercise. I had each word cut out and each part. Then the students had to line the words in alphabetical order and glue the part next to each word.

If you want to go further with the verb planting. I suggest you do, because you can introduce the words, first, then, next and finally that can be used for writing a text in the future.

Teacher: First, get the flower seeds.( emphasize the word first, use your finger as in number 1)

Then, bake the seeds with a little salt .( emphasize the word then, moving your hand or finger forward)

Next, put the seed in the soil.( emphasize the word next) Ask students, what does the flower need to grow. Show them the flashcards of soil, sun and water.

Finally, watch the plant grow.( emphasize the word finally by showing with your hands the end.)

And the trees change within the seasons. Remember that some countries don´t have all the Seasons. It is good to review the Seasons with the trees and see how they change.

Some games to end the theme.

First, a board game. I made one with the most common words and a blank one for your or the students to fill out with the words that will be playing.I added 8 game pieces. The students can select who or what they want to be at the game. I make the pieces stand by placing them in a binder clip.

And the other game is the traditional Bingo. I added the Bingo grid but you can do the Bingo List on their notebooks. I like this kind of game to practice Spelling.But for a twist I got a flower pot which I turned into a pocket. I used the flower template to make the flower words and glued them onto a craft stick for Bingo calling.

There is a Garden Unit BUNDLE resource here: 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Garden-Unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6969853

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