School Subjects for Elementary ESL

Here’s the link to the resource for Teaching English in the Primary School:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Subjects-People-and-Places-for-ESL-4548123

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School subject flashcards.

Start by introducing the School Subjects.Students should be able to name all the vocabulary learned in the unit.

I made a larger set using pictures for older kids.

Do your favorite subject brainstorm words on the board as an example. Tell your students that your favorite subject is ART. Than start writing words that relate to that subject. Have students help you, add some drawings as well.

I also made a worksheet for students to do their art work.

Review the days of the week. Hand in the card in random to seven students that will come to the front. They have to arrange themselves in order.
Ask questions. Teacher: What day is it ?
                           Student: It’s Monday!
                           Teacher: Tuesday, come to the front. Show your card.
Teacher: Ursula, What is your favorite day of the week ?
Ursula: It’s Wednesday. (the students with the card shows it to the class).

Then have the students place the cards on the board in order as a heading. Hold each subject flashcard and ask questions.

Teacher: When do you have Geography?

Students: We have Geography on Thursday. (place the flashcards under Thursday) Continue with all the flashcards.

Teacher: When is the Math class?

Students: It’s on Monday.

Have students create their own timetable on their notebooks. They show and tell to the class.

 Students: The Spanish class is on Tuesday.

Have students express their likes and dislikes for the school subjects. Place all the subjects on the board and as they express their preference write their name.

Students: I like Geography. I don’t like Math.

Contrast easy and difficult.

Teacher: Do you like Science? Raise your hand if the answer is yes !

Students: YES!

Teacher: Science is easy for you.

Teacher: Do you like Science? Raise your hand if the answer is NO !

Students: NO!

Teacher: Science is difficult for you.

Game:  What is the subject ?

Write the list of the subjects that you are working on a piece of paper. Place the subjects can in a can. I suggest that you make puppets which are easier to pull out. Tell the students that they are going to pick a card or puppet from the can. Have the students line up as they hear the subject word.

Teacher: Biology! Math!

Check that they are lined up correctly as you collect all the subject cards or puppets.

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Telling the time for ESL Learners

Here is the link to all the telling the time resources:    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Telling-the-time-for-ESL-4532035

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Start by reviewing the numbers 1 to 60 perhaps. Check my blog post with many ideas for a nice practice.  https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/01/numbers-1-to-100-for-esl-learners-part-2.html

As for my experience I teach both the analog and the digital clock. I made both in flashcards. Leave a comment as in which one you teach the most. 

Make sure that students understand the hands of the clock.

Start with o’clock. Place a random flashcard on the board.

                       Teacher: It’s one o’clock.

                       Students:  It’s one o’clock.

Have the students try with the other flashcards.

Then, place the flashcards in random places around the classroom.  Say a time and have a student go find it.

Teacher: (Patricia). It’s twelve o’clock.

Make a reference to the digital clocks.

Have the students match the digital clocks to the analog clocks.

Continue with more time telling flashcards.

I made a bigger analog clock to place on the board and write the vocabulary next to each number or the digital numbers. Students will create their own clock and words with a smaller worksheet.

Write different times on the board and have the students come to the front and put the corresponding flashcard.

Hand in the worksheet for multiple listening practice. Insert the worksheet into a clear plastic sheet for next use.

Or cut them and place contact paper on each one to write the time.

               And another worksheet for writing practice.

Listening is another skill that show be reinforced for teaching the time.

On the art side of the lesson plan include creating a clock. It will be fun to do an analog clock. Have them decorate their clock as they wish using glitter, sequins and any other decoration. Students can glue the printable onto construction paper, cardboard or fun foam. After cutting the clock hands, they can attach them using a butterfly clip.

Have the students play in pairs using the clock they made.

Student A: It’s a quarter to three.

Student B: (demonstrates using his clock)

           Or do a label the clock. Either digital or analog.

A game. Hand in a small clock and a slip of paper to each student. Have them write the time on the slip of paper. Get all the slips of paper and small cards.  Divide the class into two groups, one with the clock cards and another with the slips of paper. At your signal, students stand up and walk around finding the correct pair.

Dictation using the flashcards. Grab all the flashcards that you want to review and without showing them, dictate to the students the time. They write them down on the down on their notebooks. Then place them on the board and have the students correct their work.

        Match the digital clock and the analog clock cards.

              A worksheet that is game board. Play with dice.

After all this, model a small role play and then have students practice in pairs.

Teacher: Excuse me, What time is it ?

Student A using his clock: It’s three o’clock.

Teacher: Thank you.

Student A: You’re welcome.

Take extra time for teaching: Morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, midnight. Use the flashcards and the digital cutout clocks. You might want to point out Good morning! And I defined some hours. Usually morning starts at sunrise and night starts at sunset but it varies depending on the country.

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Present Continuous part 2. Worksheets and more.

This is the second part of my other blog post. LINK: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/02/present-continuous-flashcards.html

Link to the resources: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Present-Continuous-Flashcards-and-more-for-Elementary-ESL-4403402

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Activity 1. Where are they? What are they doing? NY and Paris

Place the New York City and Paris flashcards on the board. Have them relate to the cities and ask questions.

Teacher: Where are they?                                       

Students: They are in New York City.

Teacher: What are they doing?

Students: They are dancing in New York City.

Continue with all the cards and write the verb under each flashcard.

Then, there is a worksheet for each city.

I had the students relate a picture to a sentence and write the corresponding number, but using a different color for each sentence and picture.

Then, I had students cut each sentence and paste it next to each picture.

Activity 2. Review these flashcards about what people are doing at the airport.

After the worksheet is done, students can cut each picture and sentence, glue on their notebooks and write more sentences to describe the picture.

More worksheets.

Activity 3. Cutouts. Use the cutouts for speaking.

Teacher: I am eating an apple.

Students: You are eating an apple.

Students model and say sentences using the other cutouts.

or use the flashcards for helping the students make complete sentences with words that I am sure they already know.

Here is the complete list of words.

Activity 4. Community Helper Sentence Association. This game was always a favorite between my students. There 54 cards and sentences

.Students match a picture card to a sentence slip.

Use the pocket chart to match the sentences or students can match the cards on their notebooks.

Activity 5. Spelling with flashcards. Place your flashcards on the board. Write your spelling rules and have the students use the flashcards to find more examples for each rule.

Have the students cut a picture of a person doing something and letters to form the verb and its Present Continuous spelling.

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