Family adjectives and body parts for ESL

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Adjectives can be used for describing the family members, but let’s start with young and old. Contrast the youngest and the oldest of this family, the babies and the grandparents.

Teacher: Who is she ?

Students: The baby !

Teacher: She is young!

Teacher: Who is she ?

Students: Grandma !

Teacher: She is old!

Sort the flashcards as young or old.

Teacher: Point to the brother. Is he young or old?

Students: Young ! He is young.

Teacher: Who is the oldest?

Students: Grandpa is the oldest.

Teacher: Who is the youngest?

Students: The baby is the youngest.

Teacher: Who is the older, Mother or sister?

Students: Mother is the older.

Teacher: Who is the younger, father or brother?

Students: Brother is younger.

More adjectives  for family members can be introduced related to the hair, such as long-short, curly-straight, and color. State that for describing hair it is length, style and color. Play as a game by drawing a grid on the board and placing the flashcards in random order.

First ask questions.

Teacher: Look at A3! Who is she?

Students: Grandma!

Teacher: What color is her hair?

Students: gray.

Teacher: Is her hair long or short?

Students: short.

Teacher:  Grandma has short gray hair.

Then, say a letter and number combination and have students say the adjectives.

Teacher: B2!

Students: Cousin! Short straight black hair.

Or try the opposite.

Teacher: short straight and blond hair

Students: C2!

Then, do the male hair which is easier.

Teacher: Who is Number 3?

Students: Brother!

Teacher: Tell me about his hair.

Students: He has short straight blond hair.

Teacher: Guess! He has short curly gray hair

Students: Grandpa!

Sort the family members in tall and short.

Teacher: Who is tall?

Students: Father! Mother! Grandma! Grandpa! Uncle! Aunt!

Teacher: Who is short?

Students: the babies! The cousins! Brother and sister!

Have the students order the family members from the tallest to the shortest.

Ask questions.

Teacher: Who is the tallest?

Students: father!

Teacher: Who is the shortest?

Students: the baby brother!

Teacher: Who is taller, the brother or the sister?

Students: the brother!

Teacher: Who is shorter, mother or grandma?

Students: grandma!

Looking at all the flashcards together. I thought of reviewing this and these would be good. Model sentences.

Teacher: This is the sister.

Students: This is the uncle.

Teacher: These are the grandmas.

Students: These are the cousins.

Review body parts using the flashcards and worksheets.

Here is a set of worksheets to review the facial features of the family members suing adjectives. They can be used to complete as you dictate, the students can complete and then present to the class as a speaking opportunity.

Make the students use the adjectives big or small to complete the family member’s faces.

Teacher: Sister has small green eyes, a big nose, a small mouth and big ears. Her hair is short curly and blond.

More Worksheets to review adjectives for describing hair.

Play Guess WHO ? game. Give the template to a pair of students. Have them color the hair and/or eyes. Student 1 will ask the questions and student 2 will pick a family member to be guessed.

Student1: Does the person have brown hair?

Student 2: Yes!

 Student1: Does the person have straight hair?

Student 2: NO!

Student1: Does the person have curly hair?

Student 2: Yes!

Student1: Does the person have short or long hair?

Student 2: long!

Student1: Is it the aunt?

Student 2: Yes!

Play BINGO! I made a Bingo worksheet. Have the students color in any way they want, that will be the Bingo sheet. The Bingo cards are for you, color them like mine. Place them in a bag and start calling bingo.

Teacher: Sister has blond hair.

The students that have the sister with blond hair can cross her hair out.

The winner is the one that crosses out all the hair and eyes from these three family members.

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Family member’s name, face and emotions for ESL

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Family members have a name.Use the possessive adjectives to introduce them.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: Mother!

Teacher: What’s the mother’s name?

Students: Patricia. Her name is Patricia.

Continue with all the family members.

Family members have facial features. 

Use the flashcards to describe the parts of the face.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: Mother!

Teacher: Look at the mother! She has curly black hair. She has black eyes.

                      

Insert each flashcard into a clear plastic sheet and using dry erase markers have the students label the facial features.

Students will understand how to use adjectives to express emotions.

I made a set of worksheets that can be done in a group to color in the facial features and the emotions. Each student can do one family member and then present to the class.

Or, they can exchange with other students in the group and read. The teacher can start a question and answer session.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: The aunt!

Teacher: What’s her name?

Students: Her name is Lucy.

Teacher: Does she have brown hair?

Students: Yes, she does!

Teacher: Does she have blue eyes?

Students: No, she doesn’t. She has green eyes.

Teacher: Is she happy or sad?

Students: She is happy!

I also added a smaller set just in case you needed it.

After the little faces are done, you can sort the family members by hair color.

                                          

                                     Or sort by eye color.

Family Unit Pocket charts can be used for reading purpose and have them work in pairs to complete the reading task.Use these to ask yes/no questions: Is this Father?

If you do not have a pocket chart, try making the sentences on the desk or a mat.

Make it fun to read using a pointer. I had this old one from the Dollar Tree store.

I found these dry erase cutouts and use it for writing the sentences in the pocket charts.

                       

You can make your own sentences for the pocket charts. I used these strips that I had from the Dollar Store.

Or cut the words and have the students make the sentences.

To end this part of the Family Unit I made a game board.

The golf balls are the markers for each student, I placed a clip behind each ball. The cards are light green (female) or dark green (male) depending if landing on the dark or green part of the game board. Students move along the board as they answer the questions correctly.

               This resource is part of the Family Unit BUNDLE:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6704385

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Family Flashcards and Worksheets for ESL students

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Flashcards are great for introducing vocabulary. There are many things that you can use them. I made three sets of families. Two in English and one in Spanish. There are lots of dual language teachers that need resources and let’s see if these are helpful.

Grids are useful for students to focus on the new family vocabulary. Do it on the board by drawing a grid and placing the family members in random order.

Teacher: Who is in B2?

Students: Father!

Teacher: C3!

Students: aunt!

Point to the flashcards and ask Yes/No questions.

Teacher: Is this the brother?

Students: No, it isn’t!

Teacher: Is this the cousin!

Students: Yes, she is.

Show the students the flashcards upside down and have them identify the family member.

Sort the family members into male or female or boys and girls.

Worksheet 1. First, dictate a color to each family member box.

Teacher: Number 1 is pink.

Teacher: Who is in Number 1?

Students: The cousin!

Then, students complete the sentences.

I see that many teachers love using the notebooks for doing more thing beyond the worksheet. I would cut out each family member and then do a writing practice.

                                         

                                              Worksheet 2.

Writing cards. There are times when we have students that are not quite writing in their own language and a lot less in a new one. Tracing makes it easy for them to get related to the new vocabulary words.

More writing opportunities. Magnetic letters are fun and easy to use. I added a bigger size cards for the family members. Have the students write each word by looking at the writing sheet.

I found this idea and gave it a try. I buy lots of duct tape for many things, but I never thought of using it for writing purpose. I placed a strip of duct tape on top of a page of a notebook. Students can write the words as many times they want and erase it easily. Remember to use a dry erase marker.

Far are the days where the worksheets were put into a folder. I suggest dictating a color for each family word. Cut all the words and pictures from the worksheet and have them glue each picture and word on the notebook.

         

                 The worksheet can be used to play a matching game.

This resource is part of the Family Unit BUNDLE:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6704385

                                     

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