School Unit Flashcards for Elementary English Language Learners

This ENL teacher resource is included in the School Unit for Elementary English Language Learners-Starters:    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Theme-for-Elementary-ESL-1707072

It is also listed at this store:   https://www.bilingualmarketplace.com/products/school-theme-for-elementary-esl-1

School Unit Flashcards

Students will Identify and name classroom items using the school unit flashcards.

Use the flashcards to teach the new words. Have your students talk about classroom objects. Develop fluency with interactions with the flashcards and the students. 

Have your students repeat after you show them the card. Tell them to find an object that is the same to the flashcard and show it to you as they name it.
Teacher: pencil!
Students: here! Pencil!

Introduce the target language and structure using the flashcards: What’s this? /It’s a __.
Hand in a flashcard to each student and have them ask using the  question words: What is this? to the class.

No statements. Say a wrong sentence on purpose when you show a flashcard. Students will say NO! and the right sentence. Teacher: It’s a book! Students: NO! It’ s a crayon.

Ask to be questions and get short answers.

Ask Is this a pencil? Yes, it is. (Have your students put their thumbs up)
No, it isn’t (students put their thumbs down)
There is this set of flashcards for you or your students to use for yes or no.

Mime. Tell your students to mime each school word.   Show a flashcard as students identify the classroom object and use the new classroom supplies heard.

Teacher: What is this?
Students: pencil! (mime writing with a real or imaginary pencil)
Use this set of flashcards to ask about colors.
Teacher: What color is the glue?
Students: blue!
Teacher: It’s blue glue.

Attach the school objects flashcards on the board and draw a grid around them. Drill all the words as you point to them. Name a letter number combination and the students will say the word.
Teacher: A2!
Students: sharpener!
Teacher: What color is the sharpener?
Students: orange.

Here is a set of pens in different colors to just review and drill: What color is the pen?

Have your students sort all the cards by color on the board or on a table. There is a flashcard in every color.

If you like this set, I do have more like these here: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/08/school-theme-for-kindergarten-holistic.html

You can do a very extensive sorting with the school items in each color.

Introduce his and her using these children flashcards holding a school item. Students should identify possession.Divide the board into his and her to place each flashcard.
Ask questions:
Teacher: What is this?
Students: It’s a ruler.
Teacher: Whose ruler is this?
Students: It’s Tom’s.
Teacher: It’s his ruler.
Continue with more examples.

There is a set of worksheets to review this grammar concept.

Whose? Show a flashcard and introduce: Whose pencil is this?
Students: It’s Zoe’s!

Extra Activity. Place several flashcards on the board and have the sudunts come up and label the school item that each child has.

There is a worksheet to complement the grammar structure.  Use the flashcards for the students to write more questions and answers using the worksheet as a model on their notebooks.

Another set of flashcards to use his or her/ Whose. Example: Who is this?
Students: Luke.
Teacher: What is this?
Students: a crayon.
Teacher: What color is the crayon?
Students: yellow.
Teacher: Oh! Luke’s crayon is yellow.
Teacher: Whose blue crayon is this?
Students: It’s Jo’s.
Teacher: Is Abby’s crayon pink?
Students: Yes!

Wrap up activity: Close the class by having them out away the objects that you show with your flashcards.

Teacher: Put away the sharpener! The students that put away the sharpener can line up to leave or just go. Keep going until you dismiss the class. You can add color to what the they have to put way. Teacher: Put away the yellow pencils!

  School Unit Small Cards

All the flashcards come in a smaller format.
Group drawing activity. Hand in small pieces of paper to your students. Students will start drawing the word that you say, show the small card just in case. When you say, STOP, students will give their piece of paper to the students next to him/her to continue drawing. And then when you say STOP again, they have to turn in the paper and have them write the word. Students will laugh when they see the complete drawing. They can stand up and show their drawing to the class and say what it is:  It’s a ruler.

Love this simple and interactive game.  Use it to help reinforce the new vocabulary, as in my example, the school unit words.

Print all the small cards from the unit and the templates for the tic tac toe, all X and O. Play continues until one student or team gets three marks in a row wither horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Students can play multiple rounds by changing the small cards with the school items to new words.

Practice spelling with the letters included in the resource.

Next blog post will focus on the School Unit Worksheets included in the resource available at the TPT store. Take a look.   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2023/07/school-unit-worksheets-for-elementary.html

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Colors Unit for Elementary English Language Learners

 Colors Unit for Elementary English Language Learners

This English teacher resource is for teaching starters or Elementary English Language Learners. It comes with flashcards, small cards, worksheets, games and a flap book with a focus on promoting communicate language. This is the unit for the students to identify all the 11 basic colors that would be used along all the book series that you choose.

Find it by clicking here:      https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Colors-Theme-for-Elementary-ESL-3629423     

It is also included in a bundle:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elementary-English-Language-learners-teaching-Units-Starters-BUNDLE-11215540

      

Color or colour? Well, that’s up to you. I included grey, just in case. Start introducing the colors vocabulary.Then have the students identify and name colors.

Colors Unit Downloadable Flashcards

Give your students exposure and fun practice with the Monster Colors flashcards.Ask your students if they know any color word in English. Show the flashcards and see how many colors they can name.

Ask Yes/ No questions using the colors flashcards. Have students nod their heads when they answer with yes and shake their heads when they answer with no.  Teacher: Is it blue?

Students: Yes, it is. /No, it isn’t.

Use the worksheet to practice the structures.

Practice asking and answering questions. Attach the color flashcards to the board. Draw a grid around them. Point to each flashcard and have the students say the color word. Say a number and letter combination and have the students guess which color it is.
Teacher: B2
Students: black!

Color Unit Small Cards.

Easy to print and handy to have for multiple games. Here is one. Just cut the word from the picture and have the students match them.

Students can show each other a small card and ask questions to describe the color: What color is it?

Colors Unit Worksheets

Worksheets can be printed for extra practice on any grammar or vocabulary that your students need to work on.

Have the children listen and point to the color word you say. They should repeat the color word.

This is a read and color set of worksheets that cater to the need of your specific students. Have the students read the color listing aloud when they are done.

Use the worksheet as a cut and play kind of worksheet. Students will cut all the strips and place on their desk. Say: Show me orange! They will find that strip of paper and show it to you as they repeat the word.

Write the correct vowel letter worksheet and color. Check the spelling.

Do a listening, color and write the word kind of worksheet. It’s a multiple skill activity.

A worksheet to associate words with colors to help reinforce the connection between the written word and its meaning. Students will write the vowel.

Practice patterns with this simple worksheet that you can do as a listening activity or as a show and tell patterns.

Colors Word Search Worksheet.

Coloring is an engaging activity for young children. Have fun with this coding worksheet.

A nice worksheet to color each word in the corresponding color.

Express preferences using the Favorite color worksheets.

Practice asking and answering questions about the favorite color. Display the color flashcards around the classroom. Have the students to run to their favorite color flashcard and stand next to it. Ask them: What’s your favorite color?

Students: It’s red!

Ask: What’s your favourite colour? and encourage different students to answer. Then, they can complete the worksheet. Use your color flashcards or small cards to name several colors and the students with that color mentioned  in their worksheets should stand up. Write the amount of students that stood up on board, so you can start a graph.

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.

There is the questionnaire worksheet. Use it for the students to walk around the classroom and ask questions and write the response. Place the worksheets into a plastic sheet device so you can use it several times. An activity that will promote peer interaction and communication.

Questionnaires are engaging, students have to walk around and ask the questions in English. After completing the survey, students can share their favorite colors with the class.

Here is a video with all the worksheets in this resource:

Colors Unit Games

Play a colors board game. Print as many as you need and set up the board game. Students should be able to understand and use the color vocabulary as they play.

Color Word Bingo

 Bingo is a vocabulary game with a focus on memorization and listening comprehension.

Use any of the color word worksheets to create 2 Bingo grids to use any time during any of your lesson. Students will cut and paste the colors splash and words randomly. As they play, they have to recognize the color words being called. You can be the caller or have any other students be it, using the color flashcards or small cards.

Unscramble the color words and match game. Just print, cut and have your students start putting together the color words.

Take a look!

Word Asssociation game. Use this set of cards for many games that you have your students play on their own with very little supervision.

-       Match the words to the color splotches

-       Memory

-     -  Match it up: hand in one card to each student in the class. At your signal, students walk around looking for their match. If they find someone with the matching card, they stand together and say: Match up!

 

                         

Color Unit Books

A flap book to wrap up this unit. Include this simple book in your lesson plan to build confidencein reading skills,

Print both pages for a student or a group of students.

Students will assemble the flap book by stapling the vertical side of the two pages and cutting the strips of the flap book. They have to read and color the splotches.

And a more classic Color Monster printable book.

The resource doesn't end here!! Go to the next blog post and see the rest.

https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/06/colors-unit-paintbrushes-for-elementary.html

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