Insects Unit for Elementary ESL- part 2.

This is part 2 for the Insect unit. Here is the link to the product.

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How many bugs are there? I made some cutouts to be used as a diorama or permanent exhibit for speaking opportunities. I placed a clip behind each animal to make a diorama on a desk.

Teacher: Look ! a bee hive! How many bees are there in front of the bee hive ?

Student: There are four!

Teacher: How many bees are there behind the bee hive ?

Student: There are three!

Teacher: How many bees are there in the bee hive ?

Student: There are seven!

Or use the cutouts on the board.

Teacher: What are they?

Student: They are spiders.

Teacher: What color are the spiders?

Student: They are brown spiders.

Teacher: How many spiders are there on the spider web?

Student: There are five blue spiders! There are five brown spiders!

Or students can make their own posters and write their paragraphs!

I made these small cards for several games. Review prepositions with the students. Students listen to the directions and place them where they belong.

Teacher: There is an ant on the chair. There is a bee under the chair. There is a spider behind the chair. There is a ladybug in front of the chair.

 Review colors. If you have dictated the colors.

Teacher: What color is the worm?

Students: It is purple!

If they colored as they wished the bugs. Have them make groups of the same color bug.

Teacher: Who has blue butterfly? Stand up and make a group.

Continue with all the cards and count how many students are in the same color bug group.

I had this book from my kids. You can read the book and then use the flannel board to retell the story using the cutouts in the product. I made mine out of floor cloth for mopping. I added Velcro to all the pieces, it stays on the flannel board and does not come down. It is easy to take off and relocate. If you want the story to retell it, request it: ei98srl@gmail.com

Watch the videos!

Math vocabulary has to be introduced in all units to increase language production in this area. Use the cards to play games. Give a group of students the butterflies, another the number words and the next group the number cards. At your signal have them walk around and find the match of the three cards. The first three students to do so calls stop! And hands in the cards to you. Place them on the board.

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Beach Unit for Elementary ESL Learners

As I have researched not all the book series that you work with have this unit, but I think it can be done at the end of the school year for those last days when the book is finished or it can be added when you are doing the Sea Animals.

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Beach Unit Flashcards. Vocabulary enriches the students’ language. Flashcards are a good strategy to start with. Display all the flashcards on the board. Point to each beach item and have the students name them.

Teacher: What is this?

Students: It's a beach ball.

Have the students sort the beach items and the nature items.

Do Spelling with students. Start spelling a word and the students name it and point to that specific flashcard.

Teacher: s-h-o-v-e-l

Students: shovel !

Then there are Beach Verbs Flashcards. 

Use them to make sentences.

Teacher: He can eat a popsicle.

Student: He can play with a beach ball. 

Beach prepositions. Draw a beach scene on the board. Place the cutouts in the scene.

Teacher: Where is the chair?

Students: It is under the umbrella.

On the same beach scene, place the children on the beach and review Verbs.

Teacher: Where are the children?

Students: They are at the beach.

Teacher: What is he doing?

Students: He is playing with a beach ball.

Teacher: What are they doing?

Students: They are swimming.

Students will create their own scene and write a text to describe it. Children can use the objects and /or the children. The sentences will be on actions or on prepositions. Then have them show their work.

Have children work in pairs with their beach scene and ask questions without seeing each other paper.

Student 1: Is there a beach ball?

Student 2: No, there isn’t.

The student who can guess the most items wins.

Students can also do more writing on these templates and then create a classroom garland for all the students to read.

Beach and Numbers. Use the number cards to review numbers and plurals.

Teacher: What is behind Number 2?

Students: The sun!

Place several Number cards on the board and have the students draw the items.

Teacher: How many shells are there?

Students: There are 5 blue shells.

Beach and the alphabet. Same cards as the numbers to review the alphabet.

Teacher: What is behind letter A?

Students: a beach ball?

Teacher: Where is the crab?

Students: It is on letter B and W.

Book: The penguins are going on vacation. I happened to run into this book from when my kids were in Kindergarten. I thought it be a start for my blog post. If you want the book on pdf  request it : (ei98srl@gmail.com)

Here are all the cutouts to use on a flannel board. I made mine out of a floor cleaning cloth. Use it for retelling the story. I placed Velcro to all the pieces and it sticks perfectly.

I always wanted a flannel board but making one was a where do I start. I researched and saw this idea of using a mopping cloth. I went to the supermarket and bought this pink one. Yes, pink, the other one was gray. I have bought a yellow one and I am trying to catch a blue one. They are cheap where I live and they are good quality. I went to the tailor and had a border sewn on it and a little hanging hoop.  If you make one either for your classroom or home, it is easy to hang and easy to put ways since it is not very big. You don’t have to add the border.

Pick a cute book. I used this book that my kids had at home. I have the pdf for free by request (ei98srl@gmail.com)

I also made a similar book to review the grammar and vocabulary from the original book, instead of penguins going on vacation I used frogs. The black and white version has traceable sentences.

And koalas can also go on vacation. I made puppets to retell the story.

Teacher and students: The koalas are going on vacation. The koala is going to surf. The koala is going to play with a beach ball. The koala is going to make a sandcastle. The koala is going to scuba dive. The koala is going to drive. The kola is going to drink lemonade.

The mouse is going on vacation but on a worksheet.  Students complete the scene of all the things that the mouse is going to do on vacation.

Some Monsters are going on vacation but I made spinners. One spinner has numbers and the other one has the monsters. The number spinner stands for the amount of sentences to say or write and the monster is central character of the sentences.

A simple game: word and picture association.

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Print the beach numbers cards and use them for speaking opportunities in the classroom.

And print the Sentence association game for the Beach unit Numbers review.

or use as a notebook activity.

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