Body Unit Flashcards for Elementary ESL

 This resource is included in the Body Unit for Elementary ESL. It can be used by Elementary Education teachers and Early Childhood as well.Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Body-Theme-for-Elementary-ELL-1836555

Introduce the basic body vocabulary to enable your students to help them express themselves when talking about their own body and others.

Print the body flashcards. These are an effective and engaging teaching tool to introduce and reinforce the new vocabulary. They feature clear and colorful images to illustrate each body part to be easily recognizable for your esl elementary students.

Place your flashcards on the board and have the students identify and recognize the parts of the body.

 Add an interactive element into your flashcards lesson plan for your students to talk about the parts of the body. Ask your students to touch or point a specific body part on any monster flashcards I made this pointer by adding a wiggly eye to a craft stick. Students will say the word as they point to each one:hand!

Word Labeling. Place a boy or girl flashcard on the board. Write the name of each body part with your students. Say sentences to describe the girl.

Teacher: She has a head!
Students: She has two legs!
Students will follow simple instructions.
Teacher: Touch your head! (showing the flashcard)

Print the Monsters flashcards and place into clear plastic sheets and have the students label all the parts of the body.

Count all the body parts using the flashcards. Students will use the numbers to describe the body.

Teacher: What are these?
Teacher: How many fingers? Count.
Students: ten!
Students: Hands!

Guide the students to count more body parts such as toes and eyes. Then, have the students say how many body parts they have: I have two eyes.

Divide the board and write the numbers 1 and 2. Have the students sort the flashcards into count many body parts we have.

Students: one nose. Two shoulders, two legs and two knees!

I just wanted to include these monster flashcards with different amount of body parts.
Ask: How many eyes?
Have the students sort the flashcards into How many body parts.

Have the students count the parts of the body on each monster. Students will describe the physical chracteristics of the monsters using the verb has: The monster has four eyes.

Students can describe their body parts as you will model on the board using the flashcards of the boy and girl. Emphasize the demonstrative pronouns this and these to the singular and plural part of the body. Provide simple sentences examples.
Teacher: This is my head.
These are my hands.

There are several flashcards that provides a visual representation of the most common adjectives to describe people and their physical appearance.

Teacher: This is Mary. She has long blond hair. She is tall and thin.
Does she have long or short legs?
Students: long legs.

Model how to use the descriptive adjectives young and old in sentences to describe people using the flashcards.
Teacher: He is old. He is young.
Students: He is tall and thin. He is short and fat.
Now, show the flashcards and have the students mime themselves with the adjectives.
Teacher: You are tall! (students will stand on their toes) Continue with the rest of adjectives.

Teaching the adjectives left and right introduce directional vocabulary. Sort the flashcards on the board and have the students express the spatial concepts: This is the left ear! This is the right leg.

Use the body parts as the subject of the imperatives provides a clear and relatable context to introduce flashcards.

Have your students do the action as you say and show the action: Touch your head!

Imperatives with hand and finger. Pair this body part to encourage your students to combine the physical action with the commands. Have the students mime the action with their hands: play tennis!

Teacher: Draw with your hand!

Students will mime the action and repeat the verb.

What body part do you use for performing a verb? Sort the flashcards on the board. Students will follow the instructions using that part of the body.

Add variety to the activities planned with the flashcards. This kind of games add excitement to learning the new language. This is a listening activity.

Describe a Monster: My monster isn’t short. She has one eye, two arms, five legs and five feet.
Students: C3!!!

Students will take turns describing a monster for the class to guess.

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Zoo animals Printable folded book

 This resource is included in the Zoo Animals for EFL at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Flashcards-for-EFL-3611842

Useful for Docentes de ingles.

This printable booklet that students create is very cost-effective tool for your class. It can be easily reproduced as a set for each group of writers and use the animals that you are interested in. Use it as a supplemental material for your curriculum.

Print the pages provided in the pdf download.

The printable book provides the flexibility in terms of the students choosing the animals that want to write about. Have them research and write simple facts about their animals in the provided space. Then, fold along the lines.

Use the smaller space to glue one animal section to another and make a big book for the class to read.

This kind of activity will encourage active participation to complete the class book supporting each other into gluing and writing the text, reading for verification.

It can be this long; it will depend on the animals to choose for your class. If you need any other animal, just let me know. I would love to see your book!

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Zoo animals Games

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It is useful for first grade English Teacher.

Here are several printable games designed to target vocabulary, grammar, spelling and more. Use these to have your students practice and reinforce the four skills in a fun setting.

Zoo animals board game. The players will navigate through the board and answer the questions on the cards of the color they land on. Assemble the game pieces to be used as markers. This kind of game helps improving their speaking skills in English

Zoo animals’ domino for vocabulary building. These dominoes feature words and pictures to associate. Player must match either the picture or the word on their tile to one end of the tile already played. This is a visually stimulating and interactive learning experience for English language learners.

Guess what animal! This is a listening comprehension game in which the players will practice listening to the questions the player 2 asks to guess the animal picked by player 1: Is it yellow?
Player 1: Yes, it is.
Player 2: Does it have a long tail?
Player 1: Yes, it is.
Player 2: It’s a lion!!!

Players use deductive reasoning and critical thinking skills to identify the animals.

Letter Scramble.  The students will unscramble all the printed letters and using the zoo animals’ small cards to write the correct spelling of the words. Students can also male words in a crossword style.

Zoo Animals Verb puzzle. This is a collaboration and teamwork activity. They will need to communicate in English to complete all the verb and picture puzzle items.

Expand the activity by having the students write sentences using can, present continuous or asking questions.

Zoo Animal Picture mat.  This activity requires players to match words with pictures. It will stimulate cognitive development such as critical thinking.

Zoo animals move.  Match the verb to the picture. It can serve as a form of assessment, for you to check if the players have understood the vocabulary. They will place the zoo animal word and the verb on each picture.

Students can make their own mat by coloring and cutting all the words and glue them on a file folder.

Here is the list of the verbs movement to complete the activity.

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Zoo animals Worksheets

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The zoo animal worksheets can be used:

·         as a review

·         to reinforce previous units or themes such as the body.

·         Assess the understanding of the new vocabulary and the structures.

·         Identify student’s progress and check what to provide extra practice.

There are two worksheets with a combination of reading, coloring and completing with the words to give meaning to the text. The animal on the worksheet will help ELLs to grasp the meaning to complete sentences.

Make a pointer to show the important aspects to complete on the worksheet. You can also use the pointer to ask questions: What's number 1?

There is a set of many vocabulary worksheets with a variety of activities.

Check matching the word to the pictures.

Find fill-in-the-vowel and a word search to keep your students interested and to aid to the different learning styles that we usually have in class.

Label the parts of the body of the zoo animals on each worksheet.

Writing short paragraph worksheets with facts for each zoo animal.

This is a worksheet to review what zoo animals eat. Use the guide that comes in the resource. Check the activities for the zoo animals eat:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/04/zoo-animals-eat-activity.html

Zoo animal worksheets to challenge the students to construct grammatically correct answers.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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