How old are you? Numbers 1 to 10 review

I am reediting the whole Birthday unit from 2015. And let's talk about age.

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First, review the numbers 1 to 10 or more numbers depending on the grade level. The big flashcards are easy to play with. I also made a smaller size set of cards for smaller groups of students.

Place all the flashcards on the board. Each flashcard has a different color. Ask questions.

Teacher: What color is number five?

Students: purple!

Teacher: What number is brown?

Students: seven!

Bring 10 students to the front of the class. Hand in the number flashcards in order. Stand behind the student with the number three flashcard.

Teacher: What number is this?

Students: three

Teacher: What number is before 3? (stand behind flashcard number 2)

Students: two!

Teacher: What number is after 3? (stand behind flashcard number 2)

Students: four!

Make spelling fun using the bottle caps. The template is free. Link:

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The numbers worksheet is for extra practice.

 Idea 1. Dictate a color for each number.

Teacher: Color number three purple!

After they are done coloring and cutting all the cards,play show me!

Teacher: Show me Number eight! What color is it?

Students: brown!

Idea 2. Have the students color each number as they wish but using all 10 colors. The students must have colored  the 10 numbers in each one of the 10 colors. Have them cut the numbers as cards before playing. Say a color and a number and the students who have them stand up or make a small group.

Teacher: red number 6! 

                                            Another worksheet!

When the worksheet is done, have the students cut all the questions and the number pictures and glue them on their notebook.

More resources and ideas on how to teach Numbers, check my other blog post: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2018/02/teaching-numbers-1-to-20-to-esl-ellsefl.html

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Christmas Activities for ESL

Krasner (1999) recognized the necessity for language learners to develop not only linguistic competence but also an awareness of the culturally-appropriate features of the language

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I made a Coloring and a Writing book. Students read the incomplete sentence and looking at the picture write the missing word. Students can color the picture as you dictate.

Teacher: Look at the elf! His hat is yellow and green.

A foldable accordion book. Students trace each word to create the book. You can choose the vocabulary. Then trace the Elf hat onto red or green cardboard to assemble the book. 

Half card game. This a fun game that many students love. Cut all the cards in half. Have the students match each half to make a complete card on their desks as a group challenge.

As a speaking activity, hand in a half card to each student. They all stand up at your signal and walk around the classroom finding their other half and stand together. Shout stop! At any given moment. The winners are the students that got together correctly.

Labeling clothes and body (labeling). Have the students label the Christmas Characters cards. They come in color and black/white version.

More vocabulary practice with the picture and word matching cards.

A final review of Prepositions or Positional words.A set of small flashcards to review each preposition.

Teacher: Look at the reindeer! The reindeer is between the boy and the girl.Or the reindeer is between the elves.

A  Prepositions or Positional words game.The sentence association game which is fun.

There is a set of cutouts to glue onto a file folder.

Students can sort the cards.

A  Prepositions or Positional words book.Print and assemble the book or use the file on the tablets.

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Simple past tense with town and prepositions for ESL

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After reviewing the prepositions as seen on my last blog post let’s get into the simple past tense. Review the places in town with the flashcards.

I made smaller flashcards for speaking purpose. The flashcards are with people at a town building.

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Teacher: Where was she?

Students: She was at the library.

Simple past tense with days of the week. Write questions and answers on the board using the long cards and the flashcards.

Teacher: Where were you on Monday?

Students: I was at the supermarket!

Simple past tense with past time expressions such as last night, last month.

     Simple past tense with  the most common yesterday.

      Simple past tense with the parts of the day.

            

              Simple past tense with the specific days or dates.

                        

                           Simple past tense with the seasons.

                  Simple past tense with the months of the year.

Nothing better than fun practice. I found a similar idea on the www.mailbox.com, There are several cards for writing sentences. This can be done in a group. Students pick four or five cards and make sentences on their notebook. The students are reminded to use more words in their sentences.

I divided a clear plastic sheet in four using duct tape as I was able to place 4 cards in one sheet.

This snakes and ladders game is for fun and for speaking. Students have to fill in with was or were/wasn’t-weren’t or use for the simple present.

Students make sentences with this printable and write them on their notebook. They can write questions and answers.

Even though some teachers say that worksheets are old fashion, I like them.

And I like to do more with more them than just filling in the blanks. Observe that I cut all the worksheet and paste on the notebook by matching the drawing to the sentences.

Or add the questions and answers for each drawing.

                      Another example.

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