Tailor to your English Language Classroom

 As we write the lesson plan for our specific learners we have to tailor the materials to the students that we have in front of us, to their specific needs, to their abilities and to where they are in their English abilities.

David Nunan "It has been realized that there never was and probably never will be a method for all, and the focus in recent years has been on the development of classroom tasks and activities which are consonant witn what we know about second language acquisition and which are also in keeping the dynamics of the classroom itself"

As a materials writer I keep in mind that each school year your students are completely different from the ones you had last year. I add different resources for different abilities for the Preschool and kindergarten students so you can choose the ones that you need. You can also adapt the materials to your specific group.

I suggest games, the more games that you have the better. Here are the ones available for the transportation unit. Print and have them available for each class. Games usually meet students to the stage they are at their language abilities. Adapt your games to your specific group, challenging them.

The text books for English Language Learners sometimes are short in Practice materials. I used to copy lots of extra worksheets and even made them to suit my students needs, even more for the younger students. I like to include review of previous units, such as numbers, shapes, colors and more.

I got hooked on printable books when I was teaching English to kindergarten in my hometwon, there weren't many English books available and the ones around we so expensive, so I used to include printables as much as I could and send them home to read with their parents. Here is one of the printable book from my resources.

Crafts for each unit. A good way to add fun to any group and to keep their interest. Some groups are so bored and a craft just changes the pace of the lesson.

The Holidays are always there to integrate culture to language. I have seen that the most celebrated Holiday in the English class around the world is Halloween. I love to do Halloween along with specific units.

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Day 20 to the 31 of the 31 days of Halloween for ESL Students

 LINK to the Halloween resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/31-days-of-Halloween-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6087756

Day 20,21 and 22.  headband,half cards,number cards!! 

For the headband, students color and cut all the Halloween pictures. Then, they cut the pictures and glue onto an already made strip of black construction paper. Staple to adjust to the child’s head.

This is a fun game that can be used so many ways. Cuta ll the cards in half following the lines in the middle.The easiest one is to hand a half to each students in a random order and at your signal have them stand up and look around to find the other half and stand together making a whole card. You can also ask questions:

Teacher: Who has the star? Then both students stand up and make a complete star and say the Word.

Have all the cards ready to hand one  in to each student. Have the arrange themselves in number order and say their number.

Then, have them make sentences such as: Number one is a witch.

the cards can be sorted into odd and even.

Day 23,24 and 25.  puzzles,emotion cards,paper chains!! 

Cute printable puzles!

Review the emotions with these cards to sort onto plastic plates.

Making paper chains are so long forgotten. I used to make them at school, just have the students hop on to the tradition.

Day 26,27 and 28.  door decor, Reading book,banners !! 

With the templates make a long door decor. It is easy because after coloring the Halloween ítems, students cut and paste them onto a lace.

A reading book! Just print and put together to read or use it as a pdf for electronic equipment.

Banners for the classroom or as a writing activity for the younger students.

Day 29,30 and 31. coloring book, memory game and WITCH !! 

Halloween Cards!

A witch that be used as FEED ME WITCH! 

Finishing of the 31 days of Halloween, ending with the Blue moon!

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Day 15 to 19 of the 31 days of Halloween Resources for EFL Students

 LINK to the Halloween resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/31-days-of-Halloween-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6087756

Day 15. Halloween and school resource !! 

Halloween School Flashcards. I made them small enough for online teaching.

Review prepositions using the flashcards.

Teacher: Where is the skeleton?

Students: She is in front of the board.

                                 Use the flashcards to review commands in class.

                               Or have students play with the gameboard.

Cutouts can be used for so many things. Sorting is always fun! Students can say a phrase as they sort out all the cutouts.

Day 16.  Halloween balloons !! 

Some Halloween decoration is fun to make for the actual classroom or for the homes those on distance teaching. It is fun and gives the opportunity to review the parts of the face and some vocabulary such as color, cut, glue and more.

For the cat, I made a base using recycled black paper, I folded it several times in order to have the cat stand. I opened a small hole in the middle of the base to pass the balloon’s knot through. I made two kinds of balloons, one with the complete face cutout and another with just the facial features. I added the tail just by folding it and taped it.

Now the pumpkin, I added a picture on how I made the base. The facial features template are in gray to trace onto balck construction paper or just print the black one.

Then we have the hanging balloons, the ghost and the bat. I taped a piece of yarn to the base of the ballonn and hung it onto the ceiling for the students to play games. 

Day 17. Coloring book !!

An old book that I had in the store and I am did all over again. Many teachers liked it and well, it is in the resource with new clipart.

Day 18 and 19. matching cards and clothespins templates !!

Several Halloween vocabulary ítems and the color words to play memory and more games.

I made colored plates. I bought paper plates and colored with finger Paint each one in a different color for sorting purpose.

There is a blank template for the studenst to write their own phrases and play matching games with their classmates.

On a fun note, make clothespin out of fun foam. Get the templates and start working.

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Day 13 and 14 of the 31 days of Halloween

 LINK to the Halloween  resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/31-days-of-Halloween-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6087756

Day 13.  Haunted Houses to review the prepositions !! 

I added opened clips behind each Halloween charácter and paper towel tubes behind the house to make everything stand.

Place the Halloween People in different places in the house and ask questions.
Teacher: Who is this?
Students: She is the witch.
Teacher: Where is the Mummy?
Students: The Mummy is on the Haunted House.

Teacher: Who are in front of the house?

Students:The Vampire and the Witch.

Teacher: How many people are in front of the house?
Students:five!

 There is a black and White versión for the studenst to color and make their own Haunted House and a lined paper for them to write sentences according to their level.

Day 14.  stuffed Halloween Characters !!

I had done this activity years ago with the school unit and thought that the Halloween faces would look cute. It is fun and besides helps out with the motor skills for the Little ones. Review the parts of the face and the emotions. Use the stuffed characters to play games as you would play with beanbags. 

As a listening activity dictate the parts of the face of each Hallowen Character to color the template.  You can assign a carácter to each student, they don’t have to do them all, they can do their favorite one. 

Teacher: Look at the witch ¡ Her hair is Brown. Her nose is orange and her mouth is red. Is she happu, sad or angry?
Students: She is angry!!

Have the students trace the charácter onto any recycled cardboard.

                                        Cut!

                               And check the steps.

Another example on how to assemble the charácter.

Use torn paper to assemble the character as well.

Finished product!

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