Tic Tac Toe Game for Elementary English Language Learners

 Love this simple and interactive game.  Use it to help reinforce the new vocabulary, as in my example, the school unit words. A game that total beginners or students with English form pre-school can play with no problem.

Print all the small cards from the unit and the templates for the tic tac toe, all X and O for playing noughts and crosses as some know it.

Cut all the small cards.

Create your own grid. Draw a grid on a piece of cardboard of 9 spaces arranged in 3x3.

All the units from the Bundle to teach Elementary English Language Learners have the same small cards to implement the game. So, it is just preparing it once and play it throughout the teaching of any unit.

Here is the link to the bundle: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elementary-English-Language-learners-teaching-Units-Starters-BUNDLE-11215540

 Once students know how to play, they can do it alone in groups of two or more.

Place the small cards that you have used for the unit with the vocabulary, in this case the school unit.

Explain that one student (or two) will be team X and the other team O. They will place their mark on the grid by correctly naming the school item small card or using it in a sentence, etc. that is in chosen space. If the answer is correct that student or team will place the marker on that space covering the word.

Play continues until one student or team gets three marks in a row wither horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Students can play multiple rounds by changing the small cards with the school items to new words.

Here is the same game with the numbers 1 to 20 small cards. Find more here: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2023/08/numbers-1-to-20-small-cards-for.html

 

The family unit tic tac toe. Check the blog post: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2023/09/family-unit-teaching-tips-for-small.html

So, hope you will make you own game! I would love to see it. Here’s my email: ei98srl@gmail.com

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Worksheets for Elementary English Language Learners

 Worksheets fall into the practice part of a lesson plan. use them to expand the language syllabus.Sometimes we just need more because of the students in our classroom in that moment. Text books just come a limited quantity of activity book pages, so here I present a set of lots of worksheets for each unit for you to choose the ones that you think you learners will benefit from.

Here is an example of the worksheets available for the greetings unit. There is a presentation page.

I placed them into clear plastic sheets and into a folder.  This way it will save you money on printing a set for every student. You can just have several sets available.

Students can grab the folder, write on the worksheets using a dry erase marker and then erase the answers after you have checked it for another student to use them.

The worksheets can help with assessment as a way to prepare for an upcoming test with almost all the type of questions and tasks.

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Toys Unit Book for the Elementary English Language Learners-Starters

 This resource is included in the Toys Unit for Elementary EL to get rich and flexible material, at this  LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toys-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-1865563

Simple printable books can be engaging for your students. They will actively color the teddy bears and cut /paste the texts or just write their own texts for their peers to read. It is a creative process to connect the language learned.

Students can take the book home to read with their parents.

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Toys Unit Games for the Elementary English Language Learners-Starters

 This resource is included in the Toys Unit for Elementary English Language Learners. Find more optional teachinmg material here: 

LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toys-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-1865563

Printable Toys unit games are a fun addition to your resource library. They are engaging and motivating for your students. Students are usually interested to actively participate in the different games available.

The board games are just print and assemble the markers. This kind of games involve strategic thinking. Students will have to describe where they land in order to move on the board.

 Print a worksheet for each student and a set of cards for each group for the descriptive sentence game. Students will have to create as many sentences as they can and draw a representation on the space provided. Award points to longer sentences. This activity contributes to language fluency as they practice constructing sentences. This is an opportunity for the students to gain confidence in using the new language.

The letter tiles are an interactive learning activity. Students can actively form words or crosswords. Print one or two templates for each group. They will learn to cooperate while putting the letters in words in order.

This toys unit quilt con contextual understanding for the students to match the pictures to the corresponding words. It is a good practice for the retention of the new vocabulary.

Sentence and picture association game is fun to use as a grammar reinforcement practice. It is a cognitive skill builder when children match descriptions with visual representation. 

There are grammar sentences available, but students can write their own. A

Many ways to play this toys unit word association game. It can be simple matching the word to the picture, memory and any other to practice turn-taking.

What about having the players construct sentences using the word or picture that are in a pile as they come up.

Pocket charts can be used for almost anything that your students need. Have the practice sentence construction and reading as the match the sentence to the picture.

More resources for the toy’s unit

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Toys Unit Worksheets for the Elementary English Language Learners-Starters

 This resource is included in Toys Unit for Elementary English Language learners-Starters found at this  LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toys-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-1865563

Worksheets can be used for differentiationand provide extra practice. Tailor to meet the needs of each student in class with this variety of worksheets. The worksheets can challenge and support all your learners during your practice part of the lesson plan. Here is a video with the worksheets included in the resource to give you a variety of exercise types to practice the skills that your students need the most.

There is a set of toys unit vocabulary words that will allow your students to practice and reinforce the new content. Here is one with words for the students to draw around them to give meaning. Drawing help to deepen the understanding of the new words. It requires critical thinking as to how to represent it visually.

More repetition as students write all the words into the letter shapes that the words start with. This process enhances comprehension and reinforcement of vocabulary retention. Send it for homework.

Read and match worksheet. Basically, a reading comprehension worksheet to exercise critical thinking to analyze the incomplete words and make a connection.

Another reading comprehension worksheet set that will promote higher thinking skills in your learners. Here is an example for the students to identify the colors of the objects.

Expand the worksheet to other themes. Have the students cut the teddy bear and glue onto their notebooks or paper and label the parts of the face.

Review the numbers 1 to 10 and the teen numbers with the robots.

There are several worksheets for answering questions using grammar knowledge.

The favorite toy worksheet can lead to a speaking activity. When all the worksheets are done, have the children walk around and find another student or group of students with the same favorite toy. Then, graph the results.

Teacher: How many trains are the favorite ?

Students: five!

The favorite toy worksheet can lead to a speaking activity. They will draw their favorite toy and write a short text. When all the worksheets are done, have the children walk around and find another student or group of students with the same favorite toy. Stand together. Then, graph the results.

Teacher: How many trains are the favorite?

Students: two!

Questionnaires are a very effective instructional tools to have your students communicate. Encourage them to survey classmates even the shy ones.

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Toys Unit small cards for the Elementary English Language Learners-Starters

 This resource is included in Toys Unit for Elementary English language Starters located in this LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toys-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-1865563

Use the toys unit small cards for interactive learning for small group activities. Use these to encourage conversation, games and collaborative learning.    It is a great way to present vocabulary using visuals.

Found this activity for spelling practice to help memorize the key vocabulary. Print the template for each student. Have them throw the dice and count the letters in each word. Then, they write it under the corresponding dice. Students can even look up for more toys words and complete the columns.

Another die idea. Make two dice using the cards. I found a shoe box and managed to make the dice cutting up the cards.

Take a look at my die!

The idea is to throw the die and complete the spelling bingo printable. Then, start playing as you call on the words and the students tick them all to shout BINGO! It is a fun and easy way to have the students write the new words and memorize them.

Another easy idea for the students to work individually or in pairs, is to cut the word out of each card and have them match to the picture.

Guess! Place all the small cards in a stack in the middle of a group of students. They will take turns to guess which is the top card before turning it. If he/she could guess, then keeps the card. If not, the card goes to the bottom of the pack. The winner is the one with the most cards.

Use the templates for the tic tac toe and create your game:

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