domingo, 13 de octubre de 2019

Halloween Activities for the ESL student

Another Halloween again! I prepared this resource with many things. Hope you like it. 


Let’s start with Halloween Flashcards!


 Picture Dictionary. Hand in the 3 pages for making the picture dictionary. It is a good idea to do this in groups. This is a cut and paste activity.

I love tracing cards. It is a spelling activity that can be done using the clear plastic sheet. Just as some native language students learn to trace words in Preschool some ESL learners benefits from tracing.

I made another set of tracing cards that can work as coloring cards. Practice coloring the body parts and/or the clothes.

I made a smaller version of the tracing cards to create an accordion book.
First, I glued one card onto another.
Then, I folded all the cards into an accordion.
I traced the cover onto cardboard to make the other part of the book. I glued the first page onto the cover and the last one onto the cardboard.
Just a worksheet to place all the words in ABC order.

Spelling Bingo is always a fun game to play. Use the small cards or the Big Flashcards to call the Bingo words. Students just write a playing word in each part of the spinner. They have to cross out the word that is being called if they have it.

If Spelling Bingo is not enough. Try Spelling Scrabble. I added the Scrabble letters. I printed them onto Halloween colored paper, I chose orange and purple. I did my example using the puppets, you can use any of the small cards in the resource.

I also made worksheets with all the Halloween Characters without the face parts and for the students to color the clothes items.
Teacher: This is Dracula. He has green eyes, a small nose and funny mouth
Students draw as indicated.
You can also dictate how he is dressed or have them color the clothes and then describe his clothes.
Students: Dracula is wearing a black and red cape, gray pants and brown shoes.

I made all the characters into puppets using toilet paper rolls. Here are just a few and made a haunted house, it comes in two pages which you will have to glue to make a big one. I printed mine onto orange cardboard and colored the door, the windows and roof to review parts of the house.
Teacher: What color is the door?
Students: It’s brown!
Use the puppets to review the words.
Teacher: Who is he?
Students: He is the Mummy!
Teacher: Who is she?
Students: She is the Witch!

I also used the puppets to do prepositions practice.
Teacher: Where is the Devil?
Students: She is in front of the Haunted House!
 Teacher: Where is Frankenstein?
Students: He is behind the Haunted House!
Teacher: Where is the Witch?

Students: She is in the Haunted House!

Or have the students write about where the characters are.

A game board for those minutes of free play!

I taped an opened clip behind each game piece to make it stand as a marker.

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jueves, 3 de octubre de 2019

Clothes that Family Members Wear for ESL learners


Place several of the family members flashcards on the board and ask questions.
Teacher: What is the cousin wearing?
Students: He’s wearing a cap, a t-shirt, shorts and shoes.
Teacher: What color is his cap?
Students: It’s blue and green.

Make a grid on the board and play GUESS WHO ? with the class. 
Students: Is he or she wearing pants?
Teacher: YES!
Students: Are the pants yellow?
Teacher: NO!
Students: Are the pants green?
Teacher: YES!
Students: Is it B2, the grandpa?
Teacher: YES! 

More activities with the flashcards for speaking purpose.
Teacher: Who are wearing a dress?
Students: Mother! Cousin! Sister! Aunt!
Teacher: Who is wearing shorts?
Students: Brother!

I made some labels to use with the flashcards. I made labels for the body parts and the clothing.

Clothes and family Bingo game. I don’t know how I came up with doing a Bingo game involving clothes and family. But it looks good.

There are more than 40 worksheets to give one to each student.

Have them label the family member and each clothing item. They can also color only the clothes. I think gluing the worksheet on the notebook will lead to more activities.

Then, grab your Bingo calling cards. The student that crosses out all the clothing items is the winner.
Take a look!

Since the worksheet is on the notebook, students can write a short text.
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lunes, 23 de septiembre de 2019

Family in the House for ESL learners

LINK:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Flashcards-worksheets-and-more-for-Elementary-ESL-students-4841832 

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Watch the video of the complete resource:

Review the rooms in the house with the flashcards.
Familie Family in the house flashcards

Use the House and the family flashcards to make a grid that can look like a house on the board.
Teacher: Who is she?
Student: She’s Mother.
Teacher: Where is she?
Student: She’s in the bathroom.
Teacher: Is uncle Tom in the bedroom?
Student: Yes, he is.
Teacher: Where is Brother?
Student: He’s in the dining room.
Teacher: Who is in the living room?
Student: The cousin is.
Say a place and the students say the family member and then do the opposite.
Teacher: kitchen!
Student: Grandma!

Model and have students make plural sentences.
Teacher: The cousins are in the bathroom.
Student: The brothers are in the bedroom.
Teacher: Who are in the dining room?
Student: The aunts!
Teacher: Where are the babies?
Student: They are in the living room.

I made this craft house to use for speaking purpose using prepositions.

It comes in two parts to make a bigger house to display to the class.
Use it to make sentences with prepositions. Assemble one or several houses for the class.
Teacher: Put the brother in front of the house. Put the uncle next to the house. Put the mother next to the house.

I opened the windows and doors to review more prepositions.
Teacher: Where is the cousin?
Student: He is behind the window.
Teacher: Where is the cousin?
Student: She is in the house.

Students can make sentences: Brother is in front of the house. Mother is next to the house. Grandpa is between Mother and Grandma.

              Print the Rooms in a house to use with the family members.

I made a house out of file folder. It is easier to carry around and play.  
Label the rooms in the house. (LABELING)


The family members are in the house. Dictate where the members are.
Teacher: Aunt is in the bedroom. The cousin is in the bathroom. Grandma is in the living room. Father is in the dining room. The baby is in the kitchen.
Ask questions:
Teacher: Where is the cousin?
Student: She’s in the bathroom.
Teacher: Who is in the living room?
Student: Grandma is.

I made small word cards to make sentences.
The video!

                                            A worksheet for many activities.
The house can be colored by room.
Teacher: Color the bathroom blue. Or it can be colored by objects in the house. Dictate where to place the family members in the house. Do this as a listening activity.
The house can be colored by objects in the house.

It can be done as a writing activity on the notebook.

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