Backpack-School Unit activities for elementary ESL

 This resource, for any 2nd grade Elementary School learner, is found at this link at the TPT store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Theme-for-Elementary-ESL-1707072

This material helps students reinforce common classroom object names (e.g., pencil, eraser, notebook) in the context of a backpack.

All your students learn in different ways, but most of them are visual learners. Use these classroom objects flashcards for any class level. Practice speaking in complete sentences. Place the flashcards in a real backpack. Model a sentence and the have a student pick a card and describe it: "I have an eraser in my backpack."

Use the manipulatives like the small cards included to make vocabulary learning more concrete. Cut the word out of each card to play match to each picture.

Reinforce Vocabulary with worksheets for recognizing classroom objects. Students match classroom object pictures to their correct word labels in the backpack mind map worksheet

Develop Writing Skills to encourage students to write simple sentences on the worksheets, and practice spelling.

Reinforce basic grammar by helping students understand and correctly use "Yes, I do." and "No, I don’t."

Worksheets allow students to practice at their own pace as in this reading comprehension activity.

Spelling Bingo is a fun and interactive way to help students practice spelling classroom object names. Give your students a bingo board worksheet. There are two boards. You can use one just for writing a classroom object word. Place your calling cards into the backpack container that you can make using the templates. Students will cross out the words they hear, the first one to do so wins.

Another version is to print the blank template into different colored sheets and have the stduents complete the bingo board writing a color and a word. Place all the cards into the calling cards backpack container and start playing. The first player to cross off all the correct items on their bingo card shouts “Bingo!”

Make sure to pick the games that are right for the students that you are planning with. Make sure that you understand the games and that you know the rules to use with them.

Here is a 28-tile word-picture domino set for your School Unit Game using the words: notebook, pencil case, eraser, crayon box, glue, book, scissors. Each tile has a word on one side and a picture on the other. The goal is to match the word to the corresponding picture.

Students make crosswords using the letters tiles. Play in teams.

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Town Worksheets for elementary ESL

 This resource for ESL-Bilingual Teachers is included in Town Flashcards at this Link:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Town-Flashcards-for-Elementary-ESL-3713783

Worksheets provide structured practice and reinforce town vocabulary and concepts.

Support Independent Learning by allowing students to work at their own pace, helping with retention. This is an easy matching the buildings to the words.

If done as a whole class dictate the color of each building.

Worksheets can be used for speaking! Take a look.

Enhance Writing and Reading Skills doing the reading comprehension worksheets.

Use the worksheets for Easy Assessment to check student understanding and track progress of the correct grammar of the expressions: there is/ There isn’t.

There is a worksheet for Labeling the Town Map, it comes with a blank map where students draw buildings on the streets. As an extension for advanced students, they can write simple sentences (e.g., "The restaurant is next to the library.").

Another worksheet will work on Prepositions with Town Buildings.

This worksheet helps students practice asking and answering questions using places in town with the correct prepositions and sentence structure.

Guided Worksheet Practice where students look at the pictures and complete the sentences using the correct place.

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Birthday Unit and the Face

  This resource for Bilingual Education is included in The Birthday Unit:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Birthday-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-5279726

Connect Two Vocabulary Themes with this teaching material: the face parts (eyes, nose, mouth, etc.) while reinforcing birthday-related words (cake, balloon, gift, etc.).

Adding labels to the flashcards makes it easier for learners to process and recall information.

Encourage Speaking Practice. Students can describe the flashcards using full sentences. Write these on the board.

Encourage students to use adjectives to write a short text using the small cards as prompts.

Students in will work in pairs. They write questions about the pictures and then exchange with their partner to answer with orally or on their notebooks.

Teacher gives instructions for coloring the worksheets (e.g., “Color the cake’s eyes blue”). Then, students will answer the worksheet.

Give students the worksheet with a blank template of a birthday party bag. They have to complete their birthday character and write a short description.

The worksheets will strengthen their ability to connect words to images by matching sentences and review numbers at the same time.

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St. Patrick’s Day and the House Unit

 This resource for any ESL Elementary School teacher is included here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rooms-of-the-House-Unit-for-Elementary-ELL-10395114

This resource combines the vocabulary from the house unit with cultural elements of the St. Patrick’s Day holiday, making learning more engaging.

 Help your students reinforce house-related words in the context of a holiday theme, exposing students to traditions while learning English.

Use the flashcards with beginners for word recognition and more advanced learners will start sentence building. Place a house flashcard on the board and have the students match the roof, door, window.

Teacher: This is the roof.

Student: This is the door.

Encourage speaking through interactive activities. Have the students describe a house on the flashcard. Write the sentences provided by them.

Place the flashcards in a grid form. Give specific details about a cards and students have to guess the location.

Teacher: It’s a green house. It has an orange roof, a shamrock window, a purple and yellow horseshoe door.

Student: 2c

Place different St. Patrick’s Day house flashcards on a board. Have students position the boy, girl, or leprechaun next to, in front of, behind, or on the house. They must describe the scene using prepositions (e.g., "The leprechaun is in front of the shamrock house.").

Students draw two small cards (a house and a character). I placed the cards onto a toilet paper roll for easy handling. They will create a short text using those elements.

Students cut out the house and character images and glue them into their notebooks and create a scene, then write a short description.

Develop Reading Comprehension with this worksheet where students practice following instructions by reading and completing short sentences and coloring specific details.

A few more worksheets to choose the ones for your specific students.

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Town Small Cards for elementary ESL

This resource for ENL teachers is included in Town Flashcards at this Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Town-Flashcards-for-Elementary-ESL-3713783

The small cards can be used for pair work, small group games, or individual practice, making lessons more engaging. Smaller size makes them more portable and convenient for teachers with limited storage space

Play "Listen and Number the Building".

Students will listen to name or descriptions of different buildings and number correctly the small cards using the number cutouts. Place the small cards with buildings on the streets.

Teacher: The restaurant is number 3!

As a variation students can play in pairs: One student describes, and the other numbers the buildings.

Look at the video:

Town Map Placement Game

Students will listen to location-based cues and correctly place their small town cards on a the designated space at the streets. Lay out the printable streets. Distribute the Small Cards.
The teacher calls out location instructions: "Place the park next to the school."
This kind of activity reinforces prepositions and directions in a hands-on way.

Just Like in this video!

Guess the Building!

 Students will listen to clues and guess the correct town building from the small cards or flashcards. Place the small town unit cards (e.g., hospital, school, park, supermarket, etc.) on the streets templates. Select a Game Leader who will be the clue giver. The leader secretly picks a building card without showing or telling the others. The leader describes the building without saying its name. The other students listen carefully and raise their hands or call out their answer. This game Improves listening and critical thinking as students analyze clues.

Video example:

Encourage speaking and writing as you ask questions:

Teacher: Where is the library?
Students: It is between the post office and the pet shop.
Students can also write the questions and answers on their notebooks.

Take a look!

Make sentences using the expression There is.

Students can describe locations using the cards.

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