Transportation Games for Elementary ELL

 This resource is included in the Transportation unit for Elementary ESL at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Transportation-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-4049752

The Transportation games turn learning into an enjoyable experience, keeping students interested and eager to participate. Bring in games that are not done on a flat screen!

Board games support visual learners who benefits from a road colorful path, tokens, and cards. The kinesthetic learners will love to move car pieces along the road.

Domino style game aims to match transportation adjective phrases with the images. It can be played alone or with a partner.

The pocket chart cards are great to review key grammar points, such as the adjectives. It can be as easy as matching the picture to the word as in my example below. Move on to adding an adjective card to describe a vehicle.

Place a vehicle card in the pocket chart. Challenge the students to add as many adjectives as possible to describe that transportation object.

Students remember grammar structures through engaging gameplay. Have the students use the cards to mark the adjectives in their comparative and superlative form. They can also write sentences on their notebooks.

Key matching game. This kind of game will encourage students to communicate naturally in English.
Print and have ready a set of cards for every 2 or 4 students. They will shuffle the cards and hand out 6 or 8 cards depending on the size of the group. Let them know that the card with the keys is a card to match any other card.
They will hold the cards without letting their partners see them. They can make pairs (pictures and words) if they are lucky to have them and display on the table.
The game starts as a student 1ask another: Do you have a plane?
Student 2: Yes, I do! (hands in the card)
Student 1 displays the card match.
Students can play without direct teacher involvement. One student writes several transportation words backwards using the cards and another will write them correctly.
The set of cards can also be used as a Memory matching games to spark excitement as students try to find pairs with a word and a picture.

Give students just a few minutes to make as many words related to the transportation unit using the letters provided. The student with the most words wins!

Have one student write the transportation words backwards using the cards and the other will write them on paper in the correct way.

Write sentences. Hand in a template of the worksheets for the students to make complete sentences. They will cut up the words and put the words into the boxes to form the sentences. If you just want to cut printing cost, have the students write the words on the spaces on the worksheet, using the words cutout as a guide.

In pairs, students can check each other work and see if they have similar sentences and if they are correct.

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Calendar: days, Months, ordinal numbers Games

  This resource is included in -Calendar Unit Elementary ESL- https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-1722495

The Calendar Games make learning fun and interactive, keeping students motivated. The repetition and practice in an enjoyable format promoting teamwork and communication skills.

Calendar Bingo. Students will write the numbers 1 to 31 on the calendar and the month that you assign. Then, call out dates, and students mark them on their calendar template.

Teacher: Tuesday, 12^th.

Print the cards of the Calendar pocket chart. These can be used on the board as well. Have the students use the cards to listen to a Date and Match it to build correct dates.

Make two or more teams race to arrange the days of the week or months in the correct order using the cards.

Place the abbreviation card for Days and Months.

Print the cards and use the ones from above to complete the questions on each card.

Teacher: How many days are there in a month?
Students: 28 in Februrary and 30 or 31 in the others.

Teachers can use the resource for collaborative activities where students work together to arrange the letters to make a months or days crosswords.

Adding the days of the week crowns for your lower elementary students.

The durable and reusable nature of the cards makes them a valuable addition to any classroom for years to come.

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Playground Games 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

The games ensure a well-rounded approach to teaching the playground vocabulary. Use these to keep students actively involved in learning.

Students must analyze and match the correct domino pieces. This game appeals to visual learners (pictures) and kinesthetic learners (handling and placing dominoes).

Add fun by setting a timer and challenge small groups to complete the domino chain as quickly as possible. This adds excitement and focus!

Print the puzzle for the students to repeatedly see and connect written playground words with visuals, strengthening their ability to recognize and read new words.

A simple spelling activity to play in pairs or small groups. Use the game to promote teamwork, communication, and turn-taking, building social and conversational skills.

A dice and the game board pieces to start. Students will answer questions about the pictures on the cards of the color they landed on. This improves their ability to describe, name, or use vocabulary in sentences.

Students practice constructing sentences, reinforcing proper word order and grammar using playground-related vocabulary.

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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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Prepositions and the School Unit for Elementary ELL

 This resource is found at this link at the TPT store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Theme-for-Elementary-ESL-1707072

This resource uses a crayon and a crayon box. It aligns with the  school supplies, or classroom objects, making it a versatile tool for reinforcing learning throughout the school year. All to prepare a model lesson plan for your english class.

Introduce prepositions using the flashcards and writing the sentences on the board: The crayon is on the crayon box.

Use the opportunity to write questions on the board and have the students ask more questions for the class to answer: Where is the crayon?

Flashcards offer clear visual cues, which helps students grasp the meaning of prepositions more easily. Cut the word out of each flashcard and have the students match to the image.

Small cards give students flexibility to create a variety of sentences, encouraging creativity. They will write a text that you give a prompt or they show their creativity.

Students must carefully listen and follow instructions: Put the blue crayon on the crayon box. I suggest that you have the cutouts ready. I glued the crayon box onto a toilet paper roll.

Visual and kinesthetic learners can see and manipulate the crayons in various positions relative to the box, reinforcing spatial concepts through movement and observation. Students can also make their sentences for the classmates to recreate.

Teacher: The crayon is under the crayon box.

As students work with the resource, they’ll also reinforce color vocabulary, by printing the worksheets.

Rolling the die adds a game-like element to color the preposition images on the worksheet, motivating students to actively participate. The die and worksheet can be used for solo practice or in pairs.

More worksheets to complete the practice section of your lesson plan.

The matching mat allows students to link visual cues with written prepositions, reinforcing vocabulary.

Have the puzzle ready to give students a hands-on way to construct sentences, helping them understand prepositions. 

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