School people, workers and places

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Teaching school people and places vocabulary helps elementary ESL students describe who works in a school and where they are. Using questions and interactive activities allows students to practice speaking and communicate in real-life situations.

Introduce School People with Flashcards

The most important part of school is the people! The school workers.

I made several flashcards to use for the speaking part of the lesson plan.

Hold up a flashcard and show it to class, say the word and have your students repeat back.

Practice “Who” and “Where” Questions

Place a school place flashcard and a school person flashcard. Have the students make sentences stating where they are.

Teacher: Who is he?

Student: He is the Principal.

Teacher: Where is he?

Student: He is in the Principal’s office.

Teacher: Who is in the bathroom?

Student: The janitor is in the bathroom.

Teacher: Who works in the library?

Student: The librarian works in the library. 

Tell students that you are interviewing a flashcard person. 

Make a model and have students help with more questions. Then, assign each group of students a teacher, worker or students in the building to interview them, even in the native language and having to translate later. Put up all the interviews in a class book for everyone to read.

I made a set of flashcards with no words.

Mind Map

Pick a flashcard to provide an example for a writing activity as in a mind map.

Tell the students that you have selected this flashcard and will create with the class a mind map. Start asking questions and write key words. Students can also add key word or ask questions to class to get more words.

Teacher: Who is she?

Student: She is the science teacher.  (write science teacher)

Teacher: Where does she work?

Student: she works in the science lab. (write science lab)

Then have students do their own writing using the set of flashcards. When they have finished have the students work in pairs and complete each other writing with more words.

Place another flashcard on the board and write the WH questions words on the board.

Have the students write questions and you have to answer.

 Model the first question and place flashcards as answers.

Teacher: Who are they?

Student: They are students. 

Student: Where are they?

Teacher: They are in the cafeteria.

Student: When are they eating?

Teacher: In the afternoon.

Student: What time are they eating?

Teacher: twelve-thirty.

Student: What are they eating?

Teacher: They are eating lunch.

Sortiing flashcards

Have the students sort the flashcards into places,jobs ,subjects and objects.

Place several places in school flashcards on the board and have the students ask questions using Where ? and answer by placing the corresponding person under each flashcard.

Student 1: Where is the janitor?

Student 2: He is in the cafeteria. 

For extra vocabulary practice have the students describe in detail the flashcards using There is and There are.

School subjects vocabulary helps students describe their daily routines, talk about their schedule, and communicate about school experiences.Go to the blog post: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-subjects-for-elementary-esl.html

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School Places, Subjects and Time for ESL

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Teaching school places, subjects, and time helps elementary ESL students describe their daily school routine using real-life language. By combining vocabulary and speaking activities, students learn how to talk about where they are and what they do during the school day.

Introduce School Places and Subjects

Use the school places flashcards to teach the new words.

Place all the school places flashcards on the board to introduce to the class. Have them say which ones are in their school.

Teacher: Cafeteria!

Students: YES!

Teacher: Gym!

Students: NO!

Hand in the School places flashcards to several students and have them come to the front.

Teacher: Where are you?

Students: I am in the music room.

Teacher: Where are you?

Students: I am in the Science Lab.

Play a game. Hand in the school places flashcards to all the students in the class. They can’t show it to anybody.

Teacher: Maria, are you in the library ?

Maria: No, I am not. I am at the playground. (shows it to the class).

Then, it’s Maria’s turn to ask another student the question. The game keeps going until all then cards are shown to the class

Have the students identify the school subjects and where they take place in their school.

Teacher: Where do you have Art?

Students: in the art room!

Teacher: Where do you have I.T?

Students: in the computer room!

Have the students make more sentences.

Talk about where the places are using prepositions and the flashcards.

Teacher: Where is the Library?

Students: It is next to the water fountain.

Teacher: Where is the water fountain?

Students: It is between the library and the playground.

Have the students write similar sentences of their school setting.

Practice “Where Are You?” Questions

Place this set of flashcards on the board and ask students questions.

Teacher: Where is she?

Students: She is in the Library.

Teacher: Where are they?

Students: They are in the cafeteria.

Have the students write these sentences on their notebooks.

Play a Speaking or Board Game

I also made another game board for this specific grammar point.

Each player gets a student card as a marker. I placed a clip behind each one to make them stand. The first students throws the die and He/She has to answer: Where are you ?

Teacher: Where are you?

Students: I am in the computer room.

Create a School Timetable

Now ask students where they are and at what time.

Teacher: Where are they at twenty to nine?

Students: They are in the computer room.

Teacher: Where is he at eleven o’clock?

Students: He is in the Science Lab.

Place the noun flashcards on the board and ask students questions.

Teacher: Where is the palette?

Students: It is in the Art room.

Place the art room flashcard on or next to the palette. Continue with the rest of the nouns.

Connecting nouns with school subjects helps students understand vocabulary in context. It improves memory, supports speaking, and helps learners organize language meaningfully.Go to the blog post: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-subjects-and-nouns.html

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School Subjects and The Time

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Teaching school subjects and time helps elementary ESL students talk about their daily schedule and routines. By combining subjects, days of the week, and time expressions, students can use English in meaningful, real-life situations.

Students should be able to relate to the key or target language from this School Subjects and Nouns unit.

This is the link for the TIME cards and more.

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Create a Timetable with Subjects and Time

Start by creating a timetable on the board with the words that they already know from previous lessons such as the subjects, the days of the week and the time. Use the flashcards.

Ask questions:

Teacher: When do you have Math?

Students: On Monday and Wednesday.

Teacher: What time do you have Math?

Students: at 9 o’clock.

Teacher: You have Math on Monday and Wednesday at 9 o’clock.

Have the students make sentences as you assign a subject.

Marcos: When do you have Music?

Students: I have Music on Tuesday at a quarter past one.

Ask and Answer Questions About Schedules

Where are you? Have the students where they are and other people at a specific time using the analog clock.

Teacher: Where are you at 10:25?

Students: I am in Math class.

Teacher: Where is Lily at 11:40?

Students: she is in Writing class.

Teacher: Where are James and Frank at 1:30?

Students: They are in P.E.

School starts and ends.

 Introduce the words start and finish using the flashcards.

Teacher: What time does school start?

Students: It starts at 8 o’clock.

Teacher: What time does school finish?

Students: It finishes at half past three.

Build Full Sentences with Time Expressions

Use the flashcards on the board to make more examples for sentences. Have the students make more sentences on their notebooks.

Play a Timetable Game Board

And for more practice make a game board.

 I found this cute clip art for game boards. It reminded me of Monopoly. I made a basic board ,each color on the board has its own cards to complete the task in order to move to other end.

If the student lands on the green space, he/she reads the question on the green space and answer looking at the first green card on the pile.

And so on.

Teaching people and places together helps students understand how language is used in real-life situations. It allows them to describe where people are and what they do, improving both vocabulary and communication skills. Go to the blog post:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-people-and-places.html

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School Subjects and the nouns

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Teaching school subjects and related nouns helps elementary ESL students expand vocabulary and understand how words are connected. By linking subjects with classroom objects and concepts, students develop stronger word associations and improve communication skills.

Introduce School Subjects and Nouns with Flashcards

More flashcards are here to relate the school subjects from last blog post to the nouns.Place the subject flashcard on the board and then have the students find the noun flashcards related to that subject. This is the MATH example as in a mind map.There are also classroom objects flashcards that go with the subjects.

Build a Mind Map on the Board

Present Each Subject with Related Vocabulary, asi in this case, History subject.

Match Nouns to School Subjects of the the P.E. subject.

Here is the Religion subject presentation.

Here is the Physics subject presentation.

Here is the Music subject presentation.

Here is the Chemistry subject presentation.

Here is the Geograhy subject presentation.

Here is the Biology subject presentation.

Here is the Art subject presentation.

Place a school subject flashcard on the board and start adding all the nouns that relate to that specific subject. Do the same with all the subjects.

Play Guess the subject.

 Place several noun flashcards on the board. Have the students guess to which subject the flashcards correspond.

Play Bingo with all the flashcards. Place them on the board. Have the students select only six of them and write them down on their notebook. Start calling the words and remove them and place them on the wall or door to show students which one you have called so they can cross the word out. The winner is the first to cross out all the words.

I made small cards Subject/Noun to match.

School Subjects and Time Activities for Elementary ESL Students, at this blog post: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-subjects-and-time.html

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