School unit flashcards for ESL students

I updated the school unit flashcards. I thought that adding more words and using nicer clipart would be a bonus for teachers. Many of you have bought it and now you will have both versions. If there are words that you would like me to add, let me know.

More than 250 flashcards for the classroom objects on this resource and just a few tips on how to use them in class. You can use my flashcards or the ones that come with your book series.Link: 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Theme-Flashcards-for-ELL-836917

Teaching school objects vocabulary with flashcards helps elementary ESL students recognize and use everyday classroom words. Visual flashcards support pronunciation, speaking, and vocabulary development through interactive activities.

Fun Ways to Teach School Vocabulary! Use the Visual flashcards to help students learn school supply vocabulary. Plan Interactive games & activities. It is a great back-to-school resource!

Introduce School Objects with Flashcards

Use the flashcards to present the school objects vocabulary.These are  designed to introduce and reinforce essential words in an interactive way. Whether you're teaching in a classroom or online, these colorful flashcards will make learning school vocabulary engaging and effective.

Check the flashcards:

Watch the video using the flashcards.

Practice “There Is / There Are”

Flashcards with visuals that provide clear context. If your students are a little more advanced review there is and there are. Divide the board in two and write the phrases. I used pencil and books.

Teacher: There is a pencil. There are books.

Students can find more flashcards to make more examples.

Label Vocabulary Categories

Flashcards  that are perfect for whole-class activities, small group instruction, centers, and independent practice.

I always find labeling fun. You can do one the board as an example. 

Label the body parts, clothes and school objects.(Labeling)

Teacher: name the body parts.

Students: mouth! Eyes! Leg!

Teacher: name the clothes.

Students: dress! shoe!

Teacher: name the school objects.

Students: lunch bag! backpack!

 Improving their speaking skills in a natural way. Then, assign red for body parts. Ask students to name all the body parts and you circle them. Do the same for clothes and school objects.

Students can do the same using the flashcards. I placed the flashcard into a plastic sheet to go on paperless. Have the students use a blue whiteboard marker for labeling the body parts as they practice pronunciation.

Then, use a black whiteboard marker for labeling the clothes and the school objects.

Play Alphabet Vocabulary Game

Flashcards 3. Select a letter of the alphabet and have the students say all the words that start with the letter. As they name the word place the flashcard on the board. Then, have the students do the same on their notebooks with another letter. I chose letter P for this example.

Order Flashcards Alphabetically

Flashcards 4. Order alphabetically. Write the letters from A to Z on the board and the students find the flashcards to place under each letter.

Flashcards 5. Classroom Monsters. Give a flashcard on a plastic sheet to each student and have them create a monster. I did this one with scissors. I added hair, eyes, nose, mouth, shoes. I guess students are more creative than me, but it will work to show the students the task before they start their own. Students can show their work to the class.

Student: This is my scissors monster. It has black hair. Its eyes are blue and big. It is happy. She is wearing shoes.

Sort Flashcards into Categories

 Sorting the flashcards into categories. I wrote these categories on the board. Students find the flashcards for each category.

Play Grid or Naming Games

Flashcards 7. Name the flashcard. Make a grid on the board using the flashcards. I did this simple one as an example for you.

Teacher: C3!

Students: pencil case!

Flashcards 8. Related words! I placed the pencil case flashcard in the middle of the board. Have the students name all the things that a person can find in a pencil case. As they name the words, place the flashcard or write the word. This is like doing a mind map.

Flashcards 9. Use puzzles when working with the little ones.

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School people, workers and places

This is the school subject resource:     https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Subjects-People-and-Places-for-ESL-4548123

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Teaching school people and places vocabulary helps elementary ESL students describe who works in a school and where they are. Using questions and interactive activities allows students to practice speaking and communicate in real-life situations.

Introduce School People with Flashcards

The most important part of school is the people! The school workers.

I made several flashcards to use for the speaking part of the lesson plan.

Hold up a flashcard and show it to class, say the word and have your students repeat back.

Practice “Who” and “Where” Questions

Place a school place flashcard and a school person flashcard. Have the students make sentences stating where they are.

Teacher: Who is he?

Student: He is the Principal.

Teacher: Where is he?

Student: He is in the Principal’s office.

Teacher: Who is in the bathroom?

Student: The janitor is in the bathroom.

Teacher: Who works in the library?

Student: The librarian works in the library. 

Tell students that you are interviewing a flashcard person. 

Make a model and have students help with more questions. Then, assign each group of students a teacher, worker or students in the building to interview them, even in the native language and having to translate later. Put up all the interviews in a class book for everyone to read.

I made a set of flashcards with no words.

Mind Map

Pick a flashcard to provide an example for a writing activity as in a mind map.

Tell the students that you have selected this flashcard and will create with the class a mind map. Start asking questions and write key words. Students can also add key word or ask questions to class to get more words.

Teacher: Who is she?

Student: She is the science teacher.  (write science teacher)

Teacher: Where does she work?

Student: she works in the science lab. (write science lab)

Then have students do their own writing using the set of flashcards. When they have finished have the students work in pairs and complete each other writing with more words.

Place another flashcard on the board and write the WH questions words on the board.

Have the students write questions and you have to answer.

 Model the first question and place flashcards as answers.

Teacher: Who are they?

Student: They are students. 

Student: Where are they?

Teacher: They are in the cafeteria.

Student: When are they eating?

Teacher: In the afternoon.

Student: What time are they eating?

Teacher: twelve-thirty.

Student: What are they eating?

Teacher: They are eating lunch.

Sortiing flashcards

Have the students sort the flashcards into places,jobs ,subjects and objects.

Place several places in school flashcards on the board and have the students ask questions using Where ? and answer by placing the corresponding person under each flashcard.

Student 1: Where is the janitor?

Student 2: He is in the cafeteria. 

For extra vocabulary practice have the students describe in detail the flashcards using There is and There are.

School subjects vocabulary helps students describe their daily routines, talk about their schedule, and communicate about school experiences.Go to the blog post: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-subjects-for-elementary-esl.html

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School Places, Subjects and Time for ESL

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LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Subjects-People-and-Places-for-ESL-4548123

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Teaching school places, subjects, and time helps elementary ESL students describe their daily school routine using real-life language. By combining vocabulary and speaking activities, students learn how to talk about where they are and what they do during the school day.

Introduce School Places and Subjects

Use the school places flashcards to teach the new words.

Place all the school places flashcards on the board to introduce to the class. Have them say which ones are in their school.

Teacher: Cafeteria!

Students: YES!

Teacher: Gym!

Students: NO!

Hand in the School places flashcards to several students and have them come to the front.

Teacher: Where are you?

Students: I am in the music room.

Teacher: Where are you?

Students: I am in the Science Lab.

Play a game. Hand in the school places flashcards to all the students in the class. They can’t show it to anybody.

Teacher: Maria, are you in the library ?

Maria: No, I am not. I am at the playground. (shows it to the class).

Then, it’s Maria’s turn to ask another student the question. The game keeps going until all then cards are shown to the class

Have the students identify the school subjects and where they take place in their school.

Teacher: Where do you have Art?

Students: in the art room!

Teacher: Where do you have I.T?

Students: in the computer room!

Have the students make more sentences.

Talk about where the places are using prepositions and the flashcards.

Teacher: Where is the Library?

Students: It is next to the water fountain.

Teacher: Where is the water fountain?

Students: It is between the library and the playground.

Have the students write similar sentences of their school setting.

Practice “Where Are You?” Questions

Place this set of flashcards on the board and ask students questions.

Teacher: Where is she?

Students: She is in the Library.

Teacher: Where are they?

Students: They are in the cafeteria.

Have the students write these sentences on their notebooks.

Play a Speaking or Board Game

I also made another game board for this specific grammar point.

Each player gets a student card as a marker. I placed a clip behind each one to make them stand. The first students throws the die and He/She has to answer: Where are you ?

Teacher: Where are you?

Students: I am in the computer room.

Create a School Timetable

Now ask students where they are and at what time.

Teacher: Where are they at twenty to nine?

Students: They are in the computer room.

Teacher: Where is he at eleven o’clock?

Students: He is in the Science Lab.

Place the noun flashcards on the board and ask students questions.

Teacher: Where is the palette?

Students: It is in the Art room.

Place the art room flashcard on or next to the palette. Continue with the rest of the nouns.

Connecting nouns with school subjects helps students understand vocabulary in context. It improves memory, supports speaking, and helps learners organize language meaningfully.Go to the blog post: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-subjects-and-nouns.html

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School Subjects and The Time

Link to the School Subjects product that keeps growing: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Subjects-for-ESL-4548123978

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Teaching school subjects and time helps elementary ESL students talk about their daily schedule and routines. By combining subjects, days of the week, and time expressions, students can use English in meaningful, real-life situations.

Students should be able to relate to the key or target language from this School Subjects and Nouns unit.

This is the link for the TIME cards and more.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Telling-the-time-for-ESL-4532035

Create a Timetable with Subjects and Time

Start by creating a timetable on the board with the words that they already know from previous lessons such as the subjects, the days of the week and the time. Use the flashcards.

Ask questions:

Teacher: When do you have Math?

Students: On Monday and Wednesday.

Teacher: What time do you have Math?

Students: at 9 o’clock.

Teacher: You have Math on Monday and Wednesday at 9 o’clock.

Have the students make sentences as you assign a subject.

Marcos: When do you have Music?

Students: I have Music on Tuesday at a quarter past one.

Ask and Answer Questions About Schedules

Where are you? Have the students where they are and other people at a specific time using the analog clock.

Teacher: Where are you at 10:25?

Students: I am in Math class.

Teacher: Where is Lily at 11:40?

Students: she is in Writing class.

Teacher: Where are James and Frank at 1:30?

Students: They are in P.E.

School starts and ends.

 Introduce the words start and finish using the flashcards.

Teacher: What time does school start?

Students: It starts at 8 o’clock.

Teacher: What time does school finish?

Students: It finishes at half past three.

Build Full Sentences with Time Expressions

Use the flashcards on the board to make more examples for sentences. Have the students make more sentences on their notebooks.

Play a Timetable Game Board

And for more practice make a game board.

 I found this cute clip art for game boards. It reminded me of Monopoly. I made a basic board ,each color on the board has its own cards to complete the task in order to move to other end.

If the student lands on the green space, he/she reads the question on the green space and answer looking at the first green card on the pile.

And so on.

Teaching people and places together helps students understand how language is used in real-life situations. It allows them to describe where people are and what they do, improving both vocabulary and communication skills. Go to the blog post:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/school-people-and-places.html

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