Family & Halloween-Themed Learning Experience 🎃for Elementary ELLs

 This resource is included in the Family Unit resource:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Activities-for-Elementary-ELL-1804475

Have fun teaching elementary English language learners with a unique blend  of culture, creativity, and language learning of Family and Halloween themes! 🎃👻 The kids are not only expanding their English vocabulary but also embracing cultural traditions.

I do have the Family Flashcards to use as Vocabulary Introduction. I am not adding them to this resource, but you can get them here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-8-6126315

Let’s jump into the Posters for each Family and introduce them using the words, Vampire, Frankenstein, Ghost as their last name: This is Brother Ghost.

And introduce more family members: That’s Sister Ghost.

Teach or review Halloween words like "house," "ghost," "tree," "bat," and more.

Have the students describe the family members using the Halloween Family posters. Example: 

Family Small Cards.  Sort them by family members and even make a Family Tree.

Play Go-fish with the small cards. Print the set of small cards. Ensure each family member is repeated at least 2-4 times, depending on the number of players.
 Deal 5cards to each player and the remaining cards go in a draw pile in the center.
The goal is to collect a complete Halloween family.
The first player starts by asking another player for a specific card they need to make a complete family. For example, "Do you have 'Father Vampire'?"
If the player being asked has the card, they must give it to the player who asked.
If the player does not have the card, they say, "Go Fish!" and the asking player must draw a card from the draw pile.
If a player makes a family, they place the cards face up in front of them and ends the game as a winner.

Playing the game video: 

Use the finger puppets for Role-Playing where students practice conversations.

 

Print the template and have the students color and cut the Halloween Family members. Tape for securing the puppets to fingers

You can use the puppets for speaking like this.

Worksheets are a good practice.

 If you want to do a writing activity, just have the learners describe the posters.

Check this other resource using the same clipart to complement this resource at my other blog for Kindergarten English Language Learners: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/10/family-theme-for-kindergarten-holistic_19.html

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Present Continuous Worksheets for Elementary English Language Learners

 This resource is found here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Present-Continuous-for-Elementary-ESL-4403402

Using the Worksheets to teach the Present Continuous tense will reinforce the grammar concepts taught. Provide structured practice to help solidify students' understanding and recall of the tense.

Students can work on their own at their learning pace with these vocabulary worksheets.

Includes a mix of writing, reading such as sentence matching pictures with the idea to cater to the different learning styles that you might have in class.

These worksheets are designed to progressively increase in difficulty, allowing students to build their skills gradually. Choose the worksheets that are appropriate for your learners. There are: Fill-in-the-Blanks, Prompt-based Construction, Yes/No Questions, Wh- Questions, Negative to Affirmative Worksheets.

Different kind of worksheets will keep your students motivated and interested. Find matching the picture to the corresponding verb worksheets.

Make it more complex by having the learners write complete sentences for each picture.

Support your ELLs with worksheets to take home to complete on their won.

See how confidence in using the Present Continuous tense grow as your ELLs complete the diverse worksheets.

Expose your students to same material and practice exercises, leading to a more uniform learning experience.

Learning proper spelling maintains grammatical consistency.

Check the blog post for the Present Continuus Small Cards:

https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-resource-is-found-here-httpswww.html

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Pets Unit Numbers 1 to 20 for Elementary ELL

 This resource is included at this LINK:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pets-Unit-for-Elementary-ELL-Starters-10780015

Students need to be comfortable with numbers as they are a core part of basic vocabulary for this level. Learning them helps expand the students' English lexicon. In class you use numbers for instructions (e.g., "Turn to page 10," "Circle number 15"), so understanding numbers is crucial for following directions.

Have the worksheets with numbers 1 to 20 printed for each student. They will read and color the dogs accordingly.

There is another worksheet with the numbers to do the matching.

Another matching mat activity, great for individual or small group work. You can also cut all the cards and there you have a memory game.

I just had to do this Number wheel that I saw on Instagram, not easy to create it but I finally got it.  Print the 3 wheels, cut and pass a butterfly clip to hold them together. Students will match the dig, the numeral and the word. Fun and easy to play with.

Check the blog post to see more of this resource:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/01/pets-unit-flashcards-for-elementary-ell.html

Find more ideas and resources for the pet unit at my Pinterest Board:

https://www.pinterest.com/ei98srl/esl-animals-unit/esl-pets/

Present Continuous Small Cards for Elementary English Language Learners

  This resource is found here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Present-Continuous-for-Elementary-ESL-4403402

Handling and manipulating the Present Continuous small cards can make learning more interactive and engaging for the learners.

 

Cards can be used in sentence construction. Students pick a card and form a sentence using the Present Continuous tense, such as "She is doing homework."

Divide a large piece of paper or board into a grid with rows and columns. I used ABC and 123, you can make yours to suit your needs. Glue the small cards.

Students can a write sentence per grid- A1- He’s jumping rope.

Students can do Acting.  B2: DRINK! I am drinking coffee!

You can ask questions:  B1- Is she playing the guitar or the violin?

Students: She’s playing the violin.

Play BINGO. Students write 5 verbs or sentences from the grid. You call out the words or sentences. The first student to cross them out, wins.

Visual and tactile learning aids can help students better remember the structure and usage of the tense. Prepare a word display in an inflexible order. Just print the templates and assemble the display. I glued only the vertical spots on the horizontal structure. To put it together questions, just message me. Learners will move the strips to write the correct sentence to each small card.

Students can also write the sentences formed on their notebooks.

Find the use of the flashcards for teaching Present Continuous blog post:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/07/present-continuous-flashcards-for.html

Go check my other blog for younger students to find more resources and ideas.

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/