Present Continuous Activities for the Toys unit

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Understanding and using the Present Continuous tense allows learners to participate more fully in conversations about current activities related to toys in this case.

Flashcards work well in warm-ups, Show a Toy flashcard. Ask: “What is the girl doing?”

Then, have students take turns making sentences for other flashcards: The boy is playing with a teddy bear. The teddy bear is brown. It is small.

Present Continuous Statements. Small cards encourage independent learning.  It is can be used to build sentences.

Present Continuous Questions. Learners will ask what people are doing in pictures and have peers answer.

Use the cards as a prompt yes/no question-and-answer interactions between students.

These worksheets help students connect grammar structures with real-life vocabulary. Students identify actions using the present continuous tense.

Worksheets give students repeated exposure to key verbs through matching to the picture. This helps solidify understanding and recall.

Answering simple questions aids into written communication.

Describe the action on each space of the board game. Students say what the person is doing. If correct, they move one space. If not, they don’t.

Play sentence association game where students match a picture card to a sentence. It Supports Grammar Acquisition as It reinforces sentence structure, especially the subject + verb + ing form used in Present Continuous tense.

The cards are in the same format as in the complete resource. Put them all together and play with more cards. Check the blog post here: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/03/toys-unit-games-for-elementary-english.html

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Circus Popcorn Numbers 1 to 20

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This resource can fit easily into a circus-themed or number learning unit. It can be used with whole class, small groups, or individual centers, and it’s adaptable for various levels.

Do you follow the 3Ps in your lessons? Theresource will follow the3Ps of teaching—Presentation, Practice, and Production— to form a clear structure for building strong language skills in ELLs.

The popcorn and circus themes flashcards (Presentation) are colorful and perfect for visual learners.

Place the flashcards around the room. Have the students put the flashcards in order forwards and backwards on the board.

Play Flashcards bingo. Place all the cards on the board.

Have the students select five numbers to write on one of their bingo grids. Then, start calling the numbers and the first students to cross out all five numbers wins.

Place the small cards around the room. Have your feed me monster box ready. Students walk around grabbing just one small card at a time and feed the monster saying: It’s number thirteen!

Tally how many cards the students got to feed the monster.

As simple as cutting off the word each card and play match.

This hands-on worksheet (practice) includes: One grid with numerals from 10 to 20. A second grid with matching number words and popcorn quantities in mixed order.

Students will cut out the pieces from the second grid. Match and glue each number word + popcorn picture next to the correct numeral. Complete the puzzle.

Read and Color the Numeral worksheets

 

This worksheet invites students to write a number word (e.g., “fourteen) under the matching numeral (e.g., 14)

Identifying and distinguishing numerals in the worksheet and trace a line.

This worksheet requires students to think logically and fill in missing number words in a sequence.

Students will listen to a simple set of simple instructions and color accordingly.

Classic Matching Mat Game (Production). Students match the popcorn images (showing quantities) to the circus number cards (numerals 1–20). It is a way to reinforce number recognition and one-to-one correspondence.

Count the Popcorn Board Game!

Students roll a die and move that many spaces. They land on a circus number. They must say the number. Then, find a matching mat card to match.

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