Christmas and Colors Unit for Elementary English Language Learners

 This resource is included in the Colors Unit for Elementary ELL. Find it in this link here:          https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Colors-Unit-for-Elementary-ELL-Starters-3629423

Use this resource to engage Students with Thematic Learning. It integrates visual (flashcards, puzzles, board games), auditory (read-and-color, listening activities), and kinesthetic (board games, coloring) elements to cater to diverse learning styles.

Give each student a gift flashcard. Name a sequence of four colors. The students with those flashcards stand in the same sequence: orange, pink, blue, black.

Repeat with more sequences.

Let’s do Role-Play: Set up a pretend market on the board. Students "buy" and "sell" gifts by asking for specific colors: I want the blue gift, please.

Have students match their crayons to the larger flashcards.

The set of small cards are useful for more activities:

Hide the gift flashcards around the room. Call out a gift color, and students search for the matching gift. You can hide the small card on the board, on a book or behind the door!

Teacher: Where is the red gift?

Students: on the book!

By the way, that’s a book that I made the originals in 2010!

Each student picks up a card and says their favorite color: My favorite color is green!

The small cards work for writing prompts.

The gift worksheets will encourage students to work at their own pace, reinforcing self-confidence.

Unscrambling letters helps students practice spelling and letter recognition. Then, they can color each gift.

Print the bingo gift worksheet. Students will color the gifts in any color they wish. Use the small cars to call out Bingo and students mark or cover the corresponding gifts on their cards. Save the bingo sheet to play at any other time since it is ready.

Fun way to practice listening and matching.

Puzzles capture students' attention and encourage active participation. Plan a Puzzle Race. Divide students into teams. Provide each team with a puzzle set. The first team to complete their puzzle wins.

Lay the puzzle pieces out. Call out a color, and students must find the phrase and complete the pocket chart.

Game board! Students say the colors as they land on them, improving pronunciation and confidence. As students land on a present, they must say the color out loud. For an extra challenge, they can make a sentence (e.g., “The present is red”).

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Fruit and Veggies Flashcards 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

Print the flashcards to provide strong visual cues to help ELLs connect the fruit and vegetables words with the images. Flashcards make it easy to repeat and reinforce vocabulary, which is essential for language retention in ELLs. The flashcards offer an opportunity for students to practice pronunciation, sentence formation, and simple phrases. Use these for the presentation part of the  english class lesson plan.

What is this? What are these?

Lay out several fruit and vegetables flashcards, some with singular items and others with plural items. Ask questions to help them notice the difference  between singular and plural.

Teacher: "What is it?" Students: It’s an onion.

Teacher: "What are these?"  Students: They are onions.

Show a flashcard and ask about the items: "Is it a tomato?" or "Are they tomatoes?" The students respond appropriately as they position the card under the correct heading.

Talk about colors to describe food items. Show a pear flashcard and have students say a full sentence: "The pear is green"

Do the same with the grapes: The grapes are purple.

Proceed to sort the flashcards by colors on the board.

Students can practice grouping by type (fruit vs. vegetable), enhancing their critical thinking and categorization skills. Show some flashcards and ask the students if it’s a fruit or a vegetable and sort it accordingly.

How many? Practice both counting and forming correct sentences using singular and plural forms.

Show flashcards with different numbers of fruits or vegetables. Count with your students the number of items in each one.

Ask the students to make sentences using "There is" for one item or "There are" for multiple items.

Teacher: "How many carrots are there?"

Students:  "There are eight carrots."

To talk about favorite fruit and veggie.

Ask the students, "What is your favorite fruit?" and "What is your favorite vegetable?"

They choose the flashcard of their preference and say: "My favorite fruit is pear."

What’s your favorite vegetable?

 Ask and answer questions about what you like. Engage students in interactive speaking exercises.

Student 1: Do you like broccoli?

Student 1: No, I don’t.

Introduce to your students that it is "oranges" in plural because it refers to oranges in general, not a specific orange.

Student 1: Do you like oranges?

Student 1: Yes, I do.

Practice sentences using "and" as a coordinating conjunction to connect two items.

Show how to use the conjunction "but" to show contrast between two ideas.

Practice Agreeing with "Too"

Make statements with have to describe possession of fruit and veggies.

Ask the class, "Who has an apple?"
Students: Vilma! Vilma has a big apple.

Talk about things you have and don't have. Understand and use simple present affirmative and negative.
Teacher: What does Lili have?
Students: She has two red apples.
Teacher: Who has a green pencil?
Students: The pineapple.

Offering things to each other. I want--, please.

I have another resource with just 4 fruit and 4 vegetables for more of a beginners level. Here is the link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fruit-and-Vegetable-beginners-for-Elementary-ELL-2371980

The resource has the small cards to print:

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Colors Unit Paintbrushes for Elementary ESL

 This resource is part of the Colors Unit for Elementary English- Starters. Find it by clicking here:           

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Paintbrushes come in different colors. Frequently review colors through different activities to reinforce retention. As teachers you can enhance the educational experience, making learning colors more effective using this resource. Find everything to write your english language lesson plan.

Listen, Point and say to identify colors. This will have the students use critical thinking for communication as students find the color in the template. The mat has paintbrushes and color names.

Teacher: Point to black!

Students: black!

Information questions with What. Hold up a paintbrush small card and have students say the color aloud. Repeat with each color until students become confident.

Teacher: What color is it?
Students: It’s green.

Asking and answering questions about color.

Teacher: Is it blue?

Students: Yes, it is.

A worksheet to color the items using the correct colors. Say the color name aloud and have the student point to each one.

Color Matching Puzzles. Print on cardstock or heavy paper.

Find someone who has the other part of the puzzle.

Students can put the puzzle together individually or in small groups.  You can also create a memory game in which students must find the matching pairs.

The size of the pieces fit into a folder and there you have a file folder game ready for your wrap part of the lesson plan. Plan interactive and hands-on activities to keep students engaged. Using a file folder keeps all game pieces and materials organized in one place, preventing loss or damage. It also ensures that the classroom remains uncluttered, making it easier for students to focus. File folders are easy to carry, allowing the game to be used in different settings

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Clothes unit Flashcards for Elementary ESL

 This resource is part of Clothes Theme for Elementary ESL or Formadora de Lengua Inglesa. Click here:

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Students will identify and sort the clothes flashcards by color. Review the colors on the board by drawing a color splotch and having the stduents say the name.

Have the students say what they have sorted: a brown hat!

Point to different clothing item and ask: What color is the blouse?
Students: red! It’s red.
Teacher: What color are the shoes?
Students: They are pink and yellow.

More vocabulary practice is to make a chart. Place several people flashcards on the board and make a chart with several clothing items. Have the stduents come and check which clothes the person is wearing and write to the ones the person isn’t wearing.

Let’s review prepositions.
Teacher: Where is the boy?
Stuents: He’s in the boot.

To talk about possession.
Teacher: Who has a pink hat?
Students: Number 8.
Teacher: Number 1 has a green hat.
Students: Number 2 has a brown hat.

Talk about possession in plural and identify the owner of the hats.

Teacher: Who has a purple hat?
Stuents: Number 6 and 12.
Teacher: Number 10 and 11 have green hats.
Stuents: Number 8 and 9 have pink hats!

Possessive adjectives His and her. Describing possession. Place two similar flashcards on the board to contrast what the people are wearing.

Teacher: This is his T-shirt!
Students: This is her T-shirt!

More on asking questions about possession: Are these your boots?

Students: Yes, they are.

Use the flashcards to help the students express likes or dislikes. Ask students about their opinion: Do you like jackets?

Start talking about possessives. Ask questions using the possessive pronouns: Whose shoe is this?

Students: The shoe is hers.

To describe what one is wearing using the present continuous tense. Place several flashcards on the board and ask what they are wearing using descriptive adjectives such as colors.

Students: She is wearing a black dress.

To describe what people are wearing as the same. Place similar clothing items on the flashcards and have them identify which one it is. Students will answer questions with what.

Teacher: What are they wearing?

Students: a green dress!

Play Who am I? I choose several pictures of people all wearing jeans. Teacher: I am wearing blue jeans, blue t-shirt and white sneakers.

Students: You are number 4.

Relate the clothes to a part of the body.

I wear gloves on my hands.

I wear boots on my feet.

I wear a hat on my head.

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