"Interactive Learning with Small Cards: Engaging Farm Animal Activities for ELLs"

 This resource is included here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Farm-Unit-for-Elementary-EFL-3790548

Print the farm unit small cards to offer even more flexibility for interactive learning. Find in this post engaging activities to help students build farm vocabulary, speaking skills, and sentence structures! Small cards allow students to manipulate and interact with the vocabulary rather than just observing.

Small Card Writing Activity. Have learners select 4 small cards and write a short text on their notebooks. By selecting four cards, students must think critically about how to connect the words into a meaningful sentence or short text.

 Encourage Pair and Group Work as students sort the cards into 2 or 4 legs farm animals. Students can also categorize the animals into Big or Small. Grouping words into meaningful categories helps students remember and recall vocabulary more easily.

Small cards are great for students to work independently or with a partner to sort the animals into mommy and baby. As students discuss their choices, they practice explaining, reasoning, and using key phrases (e.g., "The horse is the mommy." "The foal is the baby.")

Sorting farm animals by products introduces basic classification skills that support early science learning. Review the farm-to-table connections (e.g., cows → milk). Model sentences: "A cow gives us milk." Students will make more sentences as they match the cards.

Use the small cards as a Bingo caller deck. Have students write 6 or 8 words on their notebooks from all the small cards that are displayed on the board or table. They will mark their matching words as they are called.

Students write on the speech bubbles (available on the resource) what Sound the animal makes (Moo, Baa, Cluck). This helps linking phonetic awareness with written words. Students can practice reading their speech bubbles aloud, reinforcing pronunciation and speaking confidence.

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Town Unit Games for elementary ESL

 This resource for any ESL Instructor is included in Town Flashcards at this Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Town-Flashcards-and-more-for-Elementary-ESL-3713783

Print the Town Unit games to create excitement and curiosity, making students more eager to learn and participate. Students repeatedly hear, see, and use town-related words, improving retention.

Town-Themed Card Game (Picture & Word). Students will connect written words with visual representations, improving retention and perfect for visual learners.

Match Pairs by spreading the picture cards and word cards face up. Players match a picture with its corresponding word. The player with the most matches wins!

Using letter tiles in your town unit gives students a hands-on way to practice spelling, phonics, and vocabulary. Students form town-related words by arranging tiles. Play Word Building Challenge: Provide students with a set of letter tiles. Say and show a town-related word ("PARK"), and students race to spell it with their tiles. Another option is to make crosswords in teams.

"Town Map Placement" Game. It builds listening & comprehension skills. It helps students process and respond to spoken instructions.
Students must think logically to place cards correctly. Students practice placing locations on a realistic town layout.

There are three printable streets as a hands-on, interactive way for students to learn prepositions, directions, and sentence structure. One student gives verbal instructions while another listens and places the buildings accordingly.

 Encourages Writing Practice when your students write sentences describing their town map. One student reads or creates a sentence using a location card (e.g., “The bank is next to the supermarket”). Students take turns being the dictator and the map builder. Students take turns being the dictator and the map builder.

Encourage Speaking & Listening using a board game. The players ask and answer questions (e.g., “Where is your car?” → “My car is at the supermarket.”).

Players roll a die and move their car marker along the town-themed board. The player must say the name of the place before ending their turn.

A variation is a Question & Answer Challenge. When landing on a space, players must answer a question: “Where is your car?” → “It is at the restaurant.”

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Transportation Small Cards for Elementary ELL

 This resource is included in the Transportation unit for Elementary ESL at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Transportation-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-4049752

Find the small cards which are versatile that add flexibility to the transportation unit.  It supports multiple learning styles. Use them for grammar practice, vocabulary review, or engaging games.

The Transport Small cards can prompt question-and-answer interactions between students.

Teacher: “Do you like boats?”

                       Students: “Yes, I do.” / “No, I don’t.”

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Students can write logical sentences for each card. Have students check each other’s sentences.

Start a quick sorting activity (land, air and water vehicles)

Match words to pictures.

Graph how students get to school, to the park or to a city.

Sort the cards by adjectives: long-short, fast-slow. Include all the ones you need.

Use the cards to create comparison sentences using adjectives.

Teacher: “A car is faster than a motorcycle.”

Plan for Superlative Adjectives, Equal Comparisons, Difference Sentences.

Speaking using comprarision:

Keep your students excited with hands-on games and crafts.

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Calendar: days, Months, ordinal numbers Games

  This resource is included in -Calendar Unit Elementary ESL- https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-1722495

The Calendar Games make learning fun and interactive, keeping students motivated. The repetition and practice in an enjoyable format promoting teamwork and communication skills.

Calendar Bingo. Students will write the numbers 1 to 31 on the calendar and the month that you assign. Then, call out dates, and students mark them on their calendar template.

Teacher: Tuesday, 12^th.

Print the cards of the Calendar pocket chart. These can be used on the board as well. Have the students use the cards to listen to a Date and Match it to build correct dates.

Make two or more teams race to arrange the days of the week or months in the correct order using the cards.

Place the abbreviation card for Days and Months.

Print the cards and use the ones from above to complete the questions on each card.

Teacher: How many days are there in a month?
Students: 28 in Februrary and 30 or 31 in the others.

Teachers can use the resource for collaborative activities where students work together to arrange the letters to make a months or days crosswords.

Adding the days of the week crowns for your lower elementary students.

The durable and reusable nature of the cards makes them a valuable addition to any classroom for years to come.

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Calendar: days, Months, ordinal numbers cards

 This resource is included in -Calendar Unit Elementary ESL- https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-1722495

This resource includes essential components for teaching the calendar: cards for the days of the week, months, and ordinal numbers. Teachers can introduce, reinforce, and review calendar concepts in an engaging and organized way. The resource is easy for teachers to implement, requiring minimal preparation. When you teach the Calendar, think of it as a wonderful opportunity for building the language of math.

The use of cards allows for interactive, hands-on activities where students can manipulate the pieces to arrange the days, months, and ordinal numbers in order. Arranging the days of the week and months in order helps students develop sequencing and critical thinking skills.

 

Hand in the 7 days of the week cards to 7 students. Have them stand in line, one next to the other in the days of week in a sequence.  Do the same with the months of the year.

The colorful cards and interactive nature of the resource keep students engaged. Write in a scrambled order the days of the week on the board. Have the students come and place the correct card on each word.

It can also be done with the months of the year or the ordinal numbers.

Have the students complete a blank calendar with the days of the week cards and then with the ordinal numbers cards.

Teach: today is, yesterday was and tomorrow is using the days of the week cards on the board. Add an arrow to make the concept clear.

Learning about the parts of a calendar equips students with practical knowledge that they can use for talking about birthdays. Ask when is your birthday. Place all the month calendars on the board and have a student come and    say: My birthday is in May!

Review the correct preposition before a month.

Have the students count the days in the months. Use the month model: What month is this?

Students: January!
Teacher: Count the days in This month!
Students: There are 31 days in January.

Ask the students how many days are there in each month and place the card under the similar one. Talk about February later.

Teacher: How many days are there in August?
Students: There are 31 days in August.

Place the card under the month of August.

Write the starting letter of the Months on the board. Have the stduents come and place the card next to each letter. Ask questions: Which months start with an M?

Students: May and March!

Hand in the months of the year cards and have the students place them backwards and say the words.

Students are now ready to talk about the date. They are able to identify and differentiate between days, months, and years, which helps them understand time progression.

Use the card set to build the Full Date.

 For example: "Today is Saturday, June, 5th, 2025."

Have students practice writing the date on the board using the cards as you dictate.

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