Using Pizza-Themed Resources to Teach Numbers 1–20

 This resource is part of the Food Unit for Elementary English Language Starters. LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Food-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-11035412

This resource reinforces numbers 1 to 20. It supports cross-curricular learning by blending math and English language content.

Each whole pizza flashcard shows a clear quantity of pepperonis, helping students see the number they're learning.

The combination of pictures and numbers provides contextual clues. Hand in the flashcards to several students and they should order themselves as they say each number on their card.

Play a Matching Game with the small cards. Have students match the numerals to the pizza with the correct count of pepperonis.

Mix up the small cards and ask students to arrange them from 1 to 20 in order. This can be done individually, in pairs, or as a classroom team challenge.

Writing Activity. Students pick up a card and count the pepperonis on the pizza. Then, write the number word and numeral.

The worksheets provide a hands-on, quiet-time opportunity for students to practice and demonstrate their understanding.

Worksheets offer a way for students to work individually and apply what they’ve learned in a focused environment. Students count the pepperonis on each pizza, write the numeral. Then, they cut the number words from the template provided and glue on each pizza.

Teachers can use completed worksheets to informally assess counting skills and number recognition. This one is as easy to read, count and color.

You can send any worksheet for homework.

Students count the pepperonis on each pizza and match the correct number.

Play Roll and Match with the printable board game.  🎲 Each student rolls a die and moves forward that number of spaces. When they land on a pizza number space, they: Say the number aloud: “There are 18 pepperonis.” Then, match it to a mini card.

These numbers mats support number recognition, counting, and word association by giving students a physical and visual way to match and manipulate pieces. Place a mat and the cards. Students must find the matching cards.

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Hamburger Prepositions for Primary School English Learner

 This resource is part of the Food Unit for Elementary English Language Starters.  LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Food-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-11035412

There is a set of flashcards with the hamburger in different positions (e.g., on, in, under, next to, behind, in front of, between the box). It also comes with the small cards that students can use for matching games or sentence-building activities.

Hand in the cutouts of the hamburger and box for the students to, color, cut and glue onto a toilet paper roll. Have them place in the correct position according to sentences (e.g., "Put the hamburger inside the box").   Students can write-the-sentence on their notebooks to reinforce the skills.

Assemble the printable dice with prepositions of the hamburger’s position for a fun "Roll & Place" game than can be played in pairs.

Use the mat with labeled prepositions or the images one, and have the learners place the cutout in the correct spot on the mat. As an option they can write the sentence for extra practice.

There is a preposition puzzle where students match a sentence (e.g., "The hamburger is in the box") with the correct picture.

Print a board game where students move along a path and must say or write a sentence using the preposition shown on the space (e.g., "The hamburger is under the box").

There are several worksheets to use along the theme.

Use your worksheets for speaking!

To wrap it up, create this flap book which is a fantastic interactive tool because it provides a hands-on activity. The pages are glued in the middle. Students will match the picture to the word. They will lift each flap to reveal a hamburger in different positions relative to the box.

They can also include a sentence frame, such as "The hamburger is ___ the box." under each flap.  As an Interactive Quiz you can call out a preposition, and students find the correct flap.

Take a look of the flap book!

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Board games for Elementary English Language Learners

 Find a themed game board in each unit for teaching elementary English language learners. This kind of games are very engaging and interactive for your students. You can adapt all the games to suit your players to encourage participation, right here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Board-games-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-11333780

Is this something that you would include in your lesson plan? Maybe not? Would like to? Well, read and see if you are up for it.

Use the board games as a review of the new vocabulary of the unit. It is a fun repetition of the words. The markers are also included with each board game. So, just grab the dice. Each space has a color. Players have to move along the path. When they land on a space, they have to say the name of that color and show an item in that color.

Create a motivated and positive classroom atmosphere, where students know that there will be an enjoyable learning game to wrap up the class. Players will describe the colors of the space they landed on besides the number: It’s an orange twelve.

Games help with memory skills that are crucial for English language retention. That’s another reason for printing and having the games ready to play. The objective of the game is to navigate through the various spaces on the game board, learning and practicing vocabulary related to different facial features.

Board games are a very informal way of assessing your student’s language proficiency in communicating. Are they using the language enough? Are they struggling to move along the board?

Players will navigate through the various spaces on the game board, answering questions related to family members with the cards in the game, light or dark green.

Another House unit activiti with a board game.Players will move their family members game pieces by correctly identifying the rooms of the house. The first player to reach the finish line wins.

Add a twist to the pet unit board game, but it works with any other theme. Players have to describe the pet they landed on in order to take that pet into their pet shop.

Students can do more than just identifying the word but saying a phrase or complete sentence in order to get the food card. The more food cards a player has, he/she is the winner.

Players move their game pieces around the Toyland game board, by completing challenges such as miming how to play with the toys they land on.

All the board games are included in each unit and in the Bundle, right here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elementary-English-Language-learners-teaching-Units-Starters-BUNDLE-11215540

Graphing for Elementary English Language Learners

 Include graphing in your lesson plan as a valuable teaching tool for your students to integrate English and Math.

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It will enhance the understanding of mathematical concepts such as counting.

It will promote language development. Students will express themselves orally to show their opinion. Ask questions about the graphs

It will foster critical thinking skills where the students will compare, contrast and draw conclusions about the results.

It will provide an engaging learning experience. It is an interactive activity. Students will manipulate the data and interpret the results.

Show the visual representation of the results on the board.

Adapt the graph to the different students that you have in class.

The resource is available here:    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Graphing-Worksheets-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-11309998

Check these ideas:

The favorite toy worksheet can lead to a speaking activity. They will draw their favorite toy and write a short text. When all the worksheets are done, have the children walk around and find another student or group of students with the same favorite toy. Stand together. Then, graph the results.

Teacher: How many trains are the favorite?
Students: two!

Graphing the favorite food. Do this one as a simple survey by placing the options on the board, using the flashcards: pizza, hamburger, chicken, fries, hot dog, salad. Create a bar graph on the board as they will come with their worksheet and place it under their option bar. Tally the results.

Here is another example with the pet unit to make a bar graph on the board, to add variety have the students write sentences about the favorite pet winner, such as: The favorite pet is the dog. I like dogs.

There is a worksheet to do a pet ownership graph. Students will draw the pet they have at home.  Grap showing the number of students who have dogs, cats, etc. And students with no pets at home.

The favorite room of the house can be graphed, but add the variant of the color. Tell your students to color the room of their choice. You will count the favorite room and the color as well.

Use the number of rooms of the house worksheet to graph. Discuss with your students that homes have different quantities of rooms. Graph by writing the numbers 1 to 5 for bedrooms basically which will vary in the results

Make a list of the school objects for the favorite items. They have to choose from the list and draw on the worksheet. Do the graph as survey. Each student will stand up with the worksheet and say: My favorite worksheets is the pencil.

Create a tally chart to record the number of votes for each school subject.

Give a twist to the graph for the favorite color. Place colored balloons at several parts of the classroom. After the students finish their favorite color worksheets. Have them find the balloon of their favorite color and stand right there. Tally the results.

I hope you include any of these graph ideas into your lesson plan. All the worksheets are included in each unit resource. All of them are in the BUNDLE:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elementary-English-Language-learners-teaching-Units-Starters-BUNDLE-11215540

If you have any other graphing option, let me know! Just write a comment below.

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Food unit Printable Book for Elementary English Language Starters

 This resource is part of the Food Unit for Elementary English Language Starters.

LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Food-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-11035412

Expose your students to printed text, even if it is written by their peers. Give young learners the opportunity to practice writing short texts, which is crucial to develop literacy skills in the new language. Reading will be done as they recognize the target language in simple words or sentences.

Adapt this book to your student’s level. Give your students a writing and reading practice in a practical way using the Food Unit books photocopiable templates provided in the resource.

Print a template for each student. It can be a menu or the food I like book or do both. 

Students will cut the template and fold the match book.

Students will glue the cover of their match book. I choose the food I like as my example.

On the blank pages, students can draw the food items, they can cut from magazines and glue them. They should write a descriptive word, phrase or sentence.

Fold the food unit match book and exchange with other students to read. There you have a fun interactive activity to wrap up the unit.

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