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 week 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!

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.

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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Playground Small Cards for Elementary ESL

 This resource is included at the Playground, Park, Recess Theme for Elementary ELL at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Playground-Park-Recess-Theme-for-Elementary-ELL-2073587

Print the small cards to help students connect visuals with vocabulary, making it easier for them to remember the playground new words like "slide," "seesaw," and "sandbox."

Encourage students to create sentences like "The girl is on the slide."

Students can use the card to say a sentence like "I like to play on the slide."

You can also have the students write questions using Where?

Unscrambling words helps students become more familiar with spelling patterns and expands their vocabulary. Write the playground words on the board but in a scrambled way.  Have the students find the small card that corresponds to each scrambled word.

The Monster spinner adds an element of surprise and excitement, motivating students to stay engaged as they eagerly wait for their turn to name the item they landed on and say a sentence or answer a question.

Student:  Number 3!

Teacher: What is number three?

Student:  a butterfly

Teacher: What color is it?

Student: pink and green, yellow and blue.

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Fruit and Veggies Small Cards for Elementary ELLs.

  This resource is included in The Fruit and Vegetables level 1 for Elementary ELLS.LINK:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fruit-and-Vegetables-level-1-for-Elementary-ELLS-12275711

The fruit and vegetable small cards are easy to carry and store, making them convenient on-the-go teaching. You might have seen on the blog that these cards can be used for a wide range of activities such as, group work, pair work, individual practice. Use the small cards for the presentaction and practice parts of the lesson plan in english.

Small cards encourage interactive learning. Play Guess the Card:

One student picks a card without pointing at it, and describes the fruit or vegetable for the players to guess.

Players: Is it yellow?

Student: NO!

Players: Is it a fruit or vegetable?

Student: a vegetable.

Players: Is it green?

Student: No!

Players: Is it a carrot?

Student: Yes, it is!

Small cards can be used for different skill levels by adjusting the activities. Students can just write the word for beginners or write more complex sentence building for advanced students). 

Small cards allow students to practice independently by writing the words on a small board.

Play Circle the other words within a fruit and vegetable word. There are several. Students write the word on the card and then find the other word such as this example: pear, there is the word ear.

Give each student a "bingo" board with spaces to write any of the fruit and vegetables. The teacher calls out the fruit and vegetables using the small cards, and students crosses out the words they hear.

Matching Pairs with Flashcards. Use the small cards and larger flashcards together. Students match the small cards to the corresponding large flashcards as quickly as possible.

 Students categorize the small cards into "fruits" and "vegetables". This can be done in pairs or groups as a race.

Use the small cards in sentence-building activities. For example, "I like bananas,". Here is the video:

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Family & Halloween-Themed Learning Experience 🎃for Elementary ELLs

 This resource is included in the Family Unit resource:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Activities-for-Elementary-ELL-1804475

Have fun teaching elementary English language learners with a unique blend  of culture, creativity, and language learning of Family and Halloween themes! 🎃👻 The kids are not only expanding their English vocabulary but also embracing cultural traditions. Write a complete  lesson plan for  your ell students.

I do have the Family Flashcards to use as Vocabulary Introduction. I am not adding them to this resource, but you can get them here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-8-6126315

Let’s jump into the Posters for each Family and introduce them using the words, Vampire, Frankenstein, Ghost as their last name: This is Brother Ghost.

And introduce more family members: That’s Sister Ghost.

Teach or review Halloween words like "house," "ghost," "tree," "bat," and more.

Have the students describe the family members using the Halloween Family posters. Example: 

Family Small Cards.  Sort them by family members and even make a Family Tree.

Play Go-fish with the small cards. Print the set of small cards. Ensure each family member is repeated at least 2-4 times, depending on the number of players.
 Deal 5cards to each player and the remaining cards go in a draw pile in the center.
The goal is to collect a complete Halloween family.
The first player starts by asking another player for a specific card they need to make a complete family. For example, "Do you have 'Father Vampire'?"
If the player being asked has the card, they must give it to the player who asked.
If the player does not have the card, they say, "Go Fish!" and the asking player must draw a card from the draw pile.
If a player makes a family, they place the cards face up in front of them and ends the game as a winner.

Playing the game video: 

Use the finger puppets for Role-Playing where students practice conversations.

 

Print the template and have the students color and cut the Halloween Family members. Tape for securing the puppets to fingers

You can use the puppets for speaking like this.

Worksheets are a good practice.

 If you want to do a writing activity, just have the learners describe the posters.

Check this other resource using the same clipart to complement this resource at my other blog for Kindergarten English Language Learners: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/10/family-theme-for-kindergarten-holistic_19.html

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Present Continuous Small Cards for Elementary English Language Learners

  This resource is found here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Present-Continuous-for-Elementary-ESL-4403402

Handling and manipulating the Present Continuous small cards can make learning more interactive and engaging for the learners. Use the cads for writing the elementary english lesson plans.

 Cards can be used in sentence construction. Students pick a card and form a sentence using the Present Continuous tense, such as "She is doing homework."

Divide a large piece of paper or board into a grid with rows and columns. I used ABC and 123, you can make yours to suit your needs. Glue the small cards.

Students can a write sentence per grid- A1- He’s jumping rope.

Students can do Acting.  B2: DRINK! I am drinking coffee!

You can ask questions:  B1- Is she playing the guitar or the violin?

Students: She’s playing the violin.

Play BINGO. Students write 5 verbs or sentences from the grid. You call out the words or sentences. The first student to cross them out, wins.

Visual and tactile learning aids can help students better remember the structure and usage of the tense. Prepare a word display in an inflexible order. Just print the templates and assemble the display. I glued only the vertical spots on the horizontal structure. To put it together questions, just message me. Learners will move the strips to write the correct sentence to each small card.

Students can also write the sentences formed on their notebooks.

Find the use of the flashcards for teaching Present Continuous blog post:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/07/present-continuous-flashcards-for.html

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