Halloween cat and hat Prepositions for Elementary ELL

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Give your students Preposition practice to help them become more fluent using the Halloween theme. Find all for writing your lesson plan  for elementary english learners.

 The Halloween theme always captures students' attention. Print the flashcards to visually establish the relationship between the cat and the hat in various positions helping students connect the vocabulary.

Teachers can use the small cards in different ways. Cut the word and have the students match to the picture on the other part.

Worksheets allow students to apply what they’ve learned in this practice.

The worksheets have this visual connection to enhance memory retention.

 Matching mat. Students can work independently, reinforcing their understanding of prepositions using this mat where they match the picture to the preposition.

The puzzle is based on constructing grammatically correct sentences.

Add writing to this puzzle activity.

Students will use preposition vocabulary to advance on the game board path. Players roll a die and move their marker piece to the corresponding space. Some spaces have a picture of a cat and a hat in a different prepositional relationship. The player must say the correct preposition or a sentence to stay on that space. If they get it wrong, they move back one space.

The dice makes preposition learning a hands-on experience. It helps to keep focus on sentence structures by having students use prepositions in complete sentences like "The cat is under the hat", enhancing their speaking skills. This kind of games makes prepositions easier to understand.

My other blog is full of ready-to-use activities designed for preschool English language learners, saving you time in planning. I focus on making learning enjoyable, integrating games, hands-on activities, and creative materials that will captivate your students. Go visit here: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/

Pets Unit Numbers 1 to 20 for Elementary ELL

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Students need to be comfortable with numbers as they are a core part of basic vocabulary for this level. Learning them helps expand the students' English lexicon. In class you use numbers for instructions (e.g., "Turn to page 10," "Circle number 15"), so understanding numbers is crucial for following directions.Write your  lesson plan for english ESL.

Have the worksheets with numbers 1 to 20 printed for each student. They will read and color the dogs accordingly.

There is another worksheet with the numbers to do the matching.

Another matching mat activity, great for individual or small group work. You can also cut all the cards and there you have a memory game.

I just had to do this Number wheel that I saw on Instagram, not easy to create it but I finally got it.  Print the 3 wheels, cut and pass a butterfly clip to hold them together. Students will match the dig, the numeral and the word. Fun and easy to play with.

Check the blog post to see more of this resource:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/01/pets-unit-flashcards-for-elementary-ell.html

Find more ideas and resources for the pet unit at my Pinterest Board:

https://www.pinterest.com/ei98srl/esl-animals-unit/esl-pets/

The dog and the Prepositions for Elementary ELL

 This resource is included in the Pets Unit for Elementary ELL- Starters and it is ALSO available as an individual resource here: 

LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-dog-and-the-Prepositions-for-Elementary-ELL-11385429

Teaching the Prepositions of location are essential in constructing longer sentences to express the relationship between objects and the pets, in this case I focused on the dogs. Proficiency in prepositions facilitates language development. It is all here to write the lesson plan for your elementary ELLs.

Start by printing your dog and the prepositions flashcards to provide clarity to describe spatial relationship with precision using the dog as the center of the activity.

Teacher: The dog is on the bed.

There is a set of cutouts in color and b/w to aid the comprehension of the prepositions. They work well for listening and speaking activities. Have your set ready and the students will create their own by coloring the cutouts and adding an opened clip behind each cutout to have them stand.

Learners will understand instructions and use the cutouts to physically show what was said.

Teacher: The dog is next to the doghouse.

Students can give directions for the class to perform.

Print the quilt mats, it comes with the pictures only and the words only, use it either way. This is my example. I used the picture quilt and cut all the words to do the match. Students will place the preposition word on each picture and say the sentence: The dog is between the dohouse and the ball.

Or use the quilts as cards to match and check the understanding of the new language.

Use the picture cards to play with the puzzle templates. This game will help your students understand the sentence structure, word order and the grammatical rule for the use of prepostions.

A few worksheets to practice writing and understanding sentences with prepositions. Students will show that they are able to comprehend the prepositions effectively.

This is a reading comprehension worksheet that can be easily assigned as independent tasks, promoting self-directed learning to reinforce their reading skills

The worksheets can be used as a review for the students to check the understanding of the prepositions and for you to identify if the learner needs more support.

There is more for the pets unit in the blog:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/01/pets-unit-flashcards-for-elementary-ell.html

I do have another blog for Kindergarten English Language Learners with more resources for the pet unit. Click here:  www.eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com

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.

There are a lot more ideas and resources to check at Pinterest. https://www.pinterest.com/ei98srl/esl-elementary-teachers-materials/