Can as an Ability Small Cards

 This resource is part of Can as an Ability for Elementary ESL at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Can-as-an-Ability-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-4299251

Print and use the interactive, visual, and flexible Can as an Ability small cards.  These supportive cards help ELLs to make connections between visuals and vocabulary, improving recall. The cards are portable and can be used in various settings—inside the classroom, in small groups, or for individual study.

Students can work together in pairs or small groups, helping each other use new vocabulary as they sort the cards into what they can or can’t do. Learners use critical thinking to complete the activity. Perfect for making sure that students understand the use of can and can't for ability.

Play Bingo! Hand in the bingo grid to the students and place the small cards on the board, table, etc. for them to select 9 cards to write what they can actually do. Then, lift all the cards and start calling the verbs.

Repeated exposure to vocabulary using the card to reinforce writing. ELLs benefit from the repetition that cards facilitate. Have the stduents pick cards and write a sentence, a question or any other grammar structure that you suggest.

Use the cards for making contrasting sentences. Model your example. Take a look!

Playing with the small cards will encourage active participation from students. Introduce this matching game. Cut the word from each card and have the students in groups collaborate to put the verb card to a verb word together. Matching activities can quickly show if a student has understood the concept or needs further practice.

Try more spelling using the cards. Grab an egg holder from the grocery store. Cut the word into letters and place them into each egg space. Players will pick up the letters and write the word under each small card.

Follow my TPT store:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Holistic-English-Resources-By-Rosa-Amelia

Body Unit Small Cards for Elementary ESL

 This resource is included in the Body Unit for Elementary ESL. It can be used by ENL Instructional Teachers. Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Body-Theme-for-Elementary-ELL-1836555

The body unit small cards are visually appealing with a size that fits comfortably in small hands. Plan fun and interactive activities, helping your students to expand their vocabulary and language skills.

Play a matching game. Cut the word from each card and match the picture to the word.

Practice a matching action game using the verbs small cards.

Say: write! Write with your hand!

Students will mime writing and say the phrase: write with my hand!

Continue with all the cards available.

Use Monster small cards for sorting the parts of the body in each one. The Monsters come with different features to represent various body parts. For example, a Monster has three eyes and another has just one. The Monsters are fun looking to engage the students.

Decide on the sorting categories and write them down on strips of paper. Sort the monsters by the mnumbers of eyes, arms, fingers, hands, legs, feet.

Sorting by number of feet.

Sorting by number of eyes.

Sorting by number of fingers.

Sorting by number of hands.

Sorting by number of legs.

Sorting by number of arms.

Distribute the small cards in small groups and have the students create a Venn diagram contrasting the similarities and the difference between the Monsters.

There are adjectives used to describe people’s bodies such as thin, fat, tall, short, old, young. The small cards portray pictures of people with such adjectives. Ask the students to label the cards with the pictures with as many categories based on the adjectives to describe people. Students can talk about the physical appeareance of the people on the other small cards.

So many things to do with the small cards, I am sure that you will come up with more. Please share with me!

Go to the blog post to check the printable book for small cards:    https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/05/body-unit-printable-book-for-elementary.html

This is my other blog for younger students with more ideas, activities and resources for the body unit.

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2021/01/body-unit-for-english-language-learners.html

Zoo animals Small Cards

 This resource is included in the Zoo Animals for EFL. Elementary English Specialist Teacher can find this resource useful. Click here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Flashcards-for-EFL-3611842

Playing with the small cards will have the students master the sense of progress. They can add as many cards with the zoo animals as they wish. These small cards serve as a visual aid. Easy to associate the zoo animal word to the picture.

Print and cut the cards that you will need. There are more than 50 animals to choose from.

Capture your learners' interest and motivation with this simply easy game. Cut the word out of each small card and have the student match the picture to the word. It would be fun to do in small groups helping ELLs remember the new vocabulary.

a video!!

Sorting the zoo animals based on their characteristics. This exposure will build a more diverse and rich vocabulary use for your learners. The sorting will be into long/short legs, long/short arms, long/short tail, big/small ears,

Print the labels for the fries’ containers that you have previuusy gathered. Glue onto the containers and open them up for the activity.

Sorting activities are great for language practice, as students need to communicate their reasoning for why they sorted the zoo animals based on their physical characteristics.

 This promotes speaking and listening skills, as well as vocabulary usage when the students discuss where to put the small card. Here is an example of long tools and short tail.

 Students: The lion has a long tail. The rhino has a short tail.

Take a look:

Sorting activities can be easily adapted to meet the diverse needs of ELLs in the classroom. Pair students accordingly to have a fun and smooth game.

Student1: The gibbon has long arms.
Student 2: the racoon has small arms.

Provide clear instructions and model the sorting processes.
Teacher: The rhino has short legs!
The flamingo has long legs.

Sort the zoo animals with ears into big and small.

Finally, give feedback to your students about their sorting choices.

Here’s the sorting into long or short tails.

Find all the links to my blogs and social media.

https://linktr.ee/HolisticEnglishResources

Food unit Small Cards for Elementary English Language Starters

 This resource is part of the Food Unit for Elementary English Language Starters. It can be used by Grade K/3 English teachers.

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

Promote active learning with the small cards, which are a smaller version from the bigger flashcards. With this teaching tools students will engage in different activities or games that you will plan to improve the retention of the new vocabulary from this unit. Just dropping several ideas to use them.

Print your small cards that perfect for paired work in class.

Set the conditions for learning by using this kind of activity. Sorting is still a valuable teaching tool that I bring from Kindergarten to the Primary and Elementary grades. Sorting the food into food and drinks will provide another way to practice the vocabulary. Have them explain why they put a card into any category. They can do this on the board or a table to reinforce the key langauge.

Students will use their ability to classify or categorize the food unit cards encouraging their critical thinking.

Personalizing/Personalising activities for your students makes it more relevant to them. They have the opportunity to connect what they are learning to their own experience, thought or likes, making the activity more engaging. Place all the small cards on a table for them to go pick the ones that they would plan a meal for themselves. They can take them to their desk, draw the items and write down the food in their meals. They can come up front and show their meal and have the students say if they liked it or not.

Inspire Communication with this activity. It is kinaesthetic option that involves some action. Hand in the picture food small cards to a group of students and the order ticket to the other half. The students with the small cards should be at their desks with the cards facing down. The students with the order tickets should stand up and walk around looking for the items to complete their order, asking questions: Do you have a hamburger? If the student has the card, they have to give it to the student.

The first student to complete the order ticket comes to the front and will take fist place. Students will stand in the corresponding order. Give specific feedback as you highlight the correct question that you hear: Pete, I heard you ask correct questions, very good!

Love this simple and interactive game.  Use it to help reinforce the new vocabulary for the food unit words. Print all the small cards from the unit and the templates for the tic tac toe, all X and O.

This resource is included in a bundle:

 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elementary-English-Language-learners-teaching-Units-Starters-BUNDLE-11215540

Go to my Pinterest account: https://www.pinterest.com/ei98srl

Family unit Small Cards for the ESL

     This resource is included in the Family Unit for Elementary English Language Learners-Starters.  First grade and ELL Teacher can find this material useful.

 Click here:     https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Activities-for-Elementary-ELL-1804475

Develop all the confidence needed to be a successful English Language learner. The small cards are helpful to identify family members and other people.

Use the family unit small cards to create an opportunity for your students to extend the vocabulary learned as they organized the cards alphabetically. You might have taught the letter names by now. If not, show them how to put the family words into alphabetical order and say them as they make a line with the cards.

Use the family unit small cards for personalisation of the new vocabulary. Have your students express their own opinion on the text as they describe their mother or any other significant people for them that you assign.

Teach your students to use adjectives to describe the family member when they write texts.

Do this color code spelling activity. Students will choose a color for the vowels and another one for the consonants. Have them write the words accordingly. Have them notice that there is a pattern in the ending of these words: father, mother, brother, grandmother and grandfather.

Students will have to start their thinking and categorizing skills to sort the family members cards by hair color.

Create families. Students will use their reasoning and their problem- solving skills as they classify and organize the people into families. Have them explain their grouping.

Use this tic tac toe game to review grammar points. This kind of games foster communication. Prepare your board game with the printables provided in the resource. It can also be played on the board. One team can be x or o. Place the family members small cards on the spaces on the game. The first team will choose a person on a square and make a correct sentence using the chosen family member. It can be This is Mother/ Mother has blonde hair/

If the sentence is correct, the team will place the X or O on that square and take away that family member. If the sentence is incorrect, the family member will still play on the board.

The first team to make three X or O in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row will be the winner team. 

Follow me at my other blog for Kindergarten English Language Learners, there is also a family unit for you to check!   www.eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com

Go to my Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/rosamelia_eslteacher/