Zoo animals Flashcards for Elementary English Language Learners

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Teaching the zoo unit provides a real-world context that is relevant to children's lives. The theme is across the science subjects. Many students might have been to a zoo and it will be fun to know their experiences.

Write the word zoo on the board and ask students the name of zoo animals they know. Start putting them on the board as they say the word as in a mind map.

Teacher: There is a bear in the zoo.

Have students make similar sentences.

Model demonstrative sentences using the zoo animals for describing.

Teacher: This is an elephant. It’s gray.

Students: This is a lion. It’s brown.

Place the flashcards on the board and write a number next to it. Ask questions: What is number 2?
Students: It’s a monkey!
Teacher: What color is number three?
Students: orange!
Teacher: is number five an elephant?
Students: Yes, it is.
Teacher: is number two a bear?
Students: No, it isn’t. It’s a, monkey.

 

 activity: Run to the card. Place all the flashcards on the board in random order and disorganized. Divide the class into two or more teams. Call out an animal. The first student to touch with a pencil or pen the correct one wins a point for the team.

activity: Listen and stand up! Distribute all the flashcards to all the students, you can even give out more than one. Call out an animal and the student who has it must stand up and say the word. That student 
can´t sit down again. Play until there is one student left, who is the winner.

Animals come in groups and use it for reviewing plurals.  Write a number next to each flashcard. Ask questions: Look at flashcard number 2. What are they?
Students: They’re kangaroos!
Look at flashcard number 3. Are they lions?
Students: Yes, they are.
Look at flashcard number 4. Are they zebras?
Students: No, they aren’t.

Play Yes or No! Print and have ready the puppets. One per group or for each child. Students can also make their own puppets by gluing the cards onto wooden sticks of your preference.

You can ask questions: Is this a penguin?

 and the students will show the corresponding card puppet and say: 

Yes, it is !

As a variation, say statements like: This is a green penguin!

Use the puppets with any unit or theme.

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