Teach and practice idioms with this HUGE resource!
50 pages, including an open-ended option - this idiom resource is perfect for supporting English learners or for practicing challenging idioms with your learners! Clear, legible fonts and limited clip art make this an excellent and flexible resource for multiple grade levels and students.
You get:
50 pages of idioms to practice with students!
Please note, as I am based in the U.S., these idioms are reflective of American English. However, many of these idioms are used in other dialects of English as well.
Teach about bees with this nonfiction mini unit and guided reading book at 2 different reading levels. Included cloze, writing, and vocabulary activities as well as mentor texts support students’ understanding as they work through this mini unit!
You get:
2 versions of a nonfiction guided reading book about bees (7 pages each)
teacher note sheet for each version
a pre-teaching worksheet for accessing prior knowledge
18 word cards related to the texts for word sorts and building background knowledge
2 mentor texts, one about the life cycle and one about bees in general
life cycle anchor chart and cut-and-paste worksheet
cloze worksheet
describe the picture writing pages
journal prompts
sentence writing lined pages
and more!
Please note - I work with kids at lots of levels, so I’ve created and included pages at multiple levels of support. Great for differentiation!
A complete vocabulary-building unit for English learners! Use these emergent reader books, cloze reading activities, vocabulary builders, and labeling pages to help your ESL/ELL students learn house vocabulary terms.
You get:
32 full-color vocabulary flashcards, including both nouns and verbs
4 labeling pages
2 cloze reading pages
2 unique vocabulary matching pages, each with 2 levels of differentiation
2 beginning sounds sorts, each with 2 levels of differentiation
2 vocabulary sorts
2 read and match sentence comprehension activities
2 emergent reader books with embedded high-frequency word practice
A vocabulary unit for English learners! Poems, an emergent reader book, speaking task cards, sentence writing practice, labeling, and so much more are all included in this unit of study for parts of the human body, designed for beginning to intermediate ESL students at the elementary level.
You get:
-2 posters with labeled body parts
-24 color flashcards
-12 speaking task cards
-2 poems at different reading levels
-6 labeling pages, great for differentiation
-1 read and find the matching picture
-2 scrambled sentence pages (cut and paste)
-2 sentence writing pages
-1 emergent reader book
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Perfect for guided reading, this nonfiction text about sea turtles includes writing, cloze, sentence puzzles, and more to build students’ reading skills and confidence.
You get:
-2 versions of a nonfiction book about sea turtles (easy to differentiate!)
-a draw and write page for accessing prior knowledge
-4 vocabulary cards related to the text and to sea turtles
-2 guided reading pages with the complete text of each book for running records or fluency practice
-1 cloze printable
-2 sentence puzzles
-1 paragraph sort
-2 writing pages
-1 compare and contrast page
-1 conjunction sort page
Work on oral language with this fun freebie! These speaking task cards are the perfect way to get your students talking. Work on specific question types or general oral language skills, or use these as fun writing prompts! Great for back to school, end of the year, summer school, and more!
You get:
12 unique task cards - 24 total (2 levels of differentiation - with sentence stem and without sentence stem for answering the question)
Build background knowledge about hiking with these fun and easy-to-print early reader books! These fun books are written at four different levels for easy differentiation.
You get:
4 levels of an 8-page early reader book
Are your students lost when you give directions? Do you need to repeat yourself 20 times before kids know what to do? These visuals are for you!
I made these visuals to support my young English learners in their regular classrooms. This is such an easy way to help kids understand what to do, so they can focus on the content and not on trying to remember whether to glue or tape first!
You can use this product so many ways. Stick velcro dots on the back of each one and list each direction in order, put magnets on them and hang them up during an activity, place them around your centers to remind students what to do in which order, or even create your own poster using the cards that are most helpful to your students. You can even use these to help teach newcomers about classroom directions!
You get:
33 visuals/classroom direction cards
Some directions included: sit/stand, write your name, turn in your paper, work by yourself, work together, listen, read, watch, look, write on the board, share with the class, ask a question, etc.
A huge unit packed with language-building activities, each differentiated for multiple reading, writing, and language levels! This unit is designed for Pre-K, K, or 1st grade English learners and has so many activities to build academic language and prepare EL students for the mainstream classroom - perfect for small group or whole group instruction!
You get:
8 flashcards/vocabulary words with visuals (great for a word wall!)
6 oral language question cards with visuals and sentence starters
3 scrambled sentences
9 number/math clip cards - great for practicing the language of math and simple counting, adding, and subtracting skills
4 onset-rime puzzles with consonant blends
1 graphing sheet
4 writing pages for themed narratives
6 differentiated sentence writing pages
6 differentiated opinion writing pages
1 concept mapping page
2 stretch the sentence pages (example included)
2 unique emergent readers, each with 2 versions included!
Build the vocabulary of everyday routines and actions in this print-and-go leveled unit! These differentiated activities allow you to use this unit for English learners at multiple grade levels in elementary. Perfect for newcomer English learners!
Included:
-flashcard visuals to teach the new words
-6 speaking task cards appropriate for newcomers
-emergent reader
-scrambled sentence word cards
-pre- and post-test
-cloze for more advanced or older learners
-vocabulary matching
-draw the words
-5 pages to practice writing
Focus vocabulary: take a bath, get dressed, go to school, brush your teeth, make the bed, wake up, etc.
Print-and-go emergent reader PLUS 3 unique activities designed to teach U.S. money!
Use this resource as an introduction to U.S. money or to help students understand the value of different coins and dollar bills. Perfect for newcomer ESL students and young learners, or for special education students learning life skills!
A complete unit aligned to ELPA21 learning standards! This English learner unit is designed for young ESL students to develop their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in English. Lots of language building activities are included, as well as activities to build language and skills for the mainstream classroom!
You get:
•Flashcards - 20 flashcard visuals
•Speaking task cards – 12 question cards!
•Describe the picture task cards
•Counting and number task cards
•Puzzles – scrambled sentences, word puzzles, and vocabulary puzzles!
•Beginning and ending sounds and writing activities – ideal for supporting classroom literacy!
•Concept mapping – expand expression and build vocabulary through writing and drawing!
•Word and number writing activities
•Books – 2 levels of emergent readers with options for tracing words
37 differentiated writing pages for pre-K, K, or 1st grade learners! Clear visuals are included with labels on every page to support English learners and young writers. Get your students writing with these engaging and ready-to-go printable writing pages! Perfect for writing centers or writing practice.
You get 37 pages in all, including:
18 flashcards or word wall cards with color visual aids
2 blank writing pages for general writing activities
6 different opinion writing pages, each with 3 levels of writing support
3 supported sentence writing pages, each with 4 levels of writing support
3 single sentence writing pages with color and number words
3 print-and-go emergent readers with interactive elements included! This 37 page resource includes three printable emergent readers that get kids reading, writing, and interacting with pattern texts. Fun and easy to use!
You get:
Colors and Numbers: Pattern book with number and color words (ex. Here are two red fire trucks.)
All Different Sizes: Pattern book focusing on comparatives and superlatives (ex. This is the tallest boat.)
Can This Fly?: Pattern book with simple sight word questions, including sight word practice at the end (ex. Can a boat fly? No!)
Build language, literacy, and comprehension with this fun resource!
A new set of cut and paste activities to support English learners! Perfect for newcomers and young learners, these cut and paste activities have two levels of differentiation to support the varying needs of your students. Get your ESL students reading and writing their new vocabulary words with these print-and-go activities!
You get 20 unique vocabulary sets and 42 total pages of printable activities, including:
•Body words
•Face words
•Pets
•Ocean animals
•Rainforest animals
•Pond and wetlands animals
•Action words (2 unique sets)
•Health words
•School supplies
•Sports words
•Spring words
•Winter words
•Park and playground words
•Desserts/sweet foods
•Food words
•Drinks (extra version for regional language variation with the word soda/pop)
•Bathroom words
•Kitchen words
•House words
Modeled after my best-selling Cut and Paste Vocabulary resource, these new vocabulary sets are a great addition to your EL resources and are perfect for EL centers, special education students, independent morning work for newcomers, and so much more!
Reading passages, oral language activities, scrambled sentences, and more for 5 famous women!
Women included in this product:
Malala Yousafzai
Billie Holiday
Amelia Earhart
Sarah E. Goode
Marie Curie
In this product, you get:
2 levels of differentiated texts for each of the 5 women
5 comprehension pages with writing included (1 for each woman)
11 scrambled sentences (2-3 for each woman)
6 question cards - great for either oral language or as writing prompts, each with a sentence starter and visual support included
1 writing page - great for a final activity, research extension, or bulletin board!
This engaging unit is aligned to ELPA21 learning standards and is perfect for teaching your elementary English learners! Designed for K-2 ESL students of all language levels, this unit includes tons of visuals and incorporates speaking, listening, reading, and writing in multiple ways to support English language acquisition.
In this unit, you get:
30 flashcards to support independence and teach vocabulary
6 speaking task cards
3 pages of visual supports (U.S. money, checks, credit cards, and grocery items)
Scrambled sentences
Oral language survey
Graphing page
Cut and paste vocabulary (2 levels of differentiation)
Compare and contrast
Understanding new words (3 levels of differentiation)
4 writing pages
At the Grocery Store early reader (2 levels of differentiation)
Food early reader (3 levels of differentiation)
Perfect for all ESL levels, from newcomers to advanced!
Perfect resource for preschool, kindergarten, or 1st grade students! Teach new English words using clear visuals and introduce students to writing with 6 unique, simple emergent readers. Great for newcomer English learners or for teaching kindergarten students how to write and trace words!
Each emergent reader comes with a set of vocabulary cards in full color to support language acquisition! Books include:
-My School Words
-At School (actions/activities)
-My Colors
-My Shapes
-My Body (body parts - ex. nose, ear)
-My Feelings
All words are traceable and great for helping young learners with their beginning writing skills!
Tip: Use these books as a writing center for kindergarten students at the beginning of the year! They can use the visuals (flashcards) independently at the center, and they get a book to take home!
Get your newcomer English learners writing! Great daily writing practice for the classroom teacher or ESL teacher to use with newcomer English learners.
In this resource, you get 49 writing pages with sentence stems and visual supports on each page, plus 6 blank writing pages for kids who need extra space or more practice. There are three different levels of writing pages to differentiate for ELs at different grade levels or who may need more or less support for their writing.
Topics include:
-actions
-likes/dislikes
-foods
-animals
-school objects
-winter objects
-outdoor objects
-emotions
-weather
-clothing
…and more!
This resource is specifically designed for newcomers and struggling learners, so I often use it in place of other activities during writing workshop so that students are still writing and practicing skills in English with a more appropriate resource. This has been one of the most helpful resources for my beginning ESL students at all levels!
An easy way to practice and learn collective nouns! These 30 task cards include collective nouns for animals, people, and things, such as:
a herd of elephants
a flock of birds
a pack of dogs
a colony of bats
a pride of lions
a swarm of insects
a school of fish
a crash of rhinos
a litter of kittens
a pair of shoes
a forest of trees
a flight of stairs
a crowd of people
an army of soldiers
a family (of people)
a bouquet of flowers
a stack of papers
…and more! Several cards with endangered animals are also included to combine with an endangered animal unit, as well as some of the more common collective nouns!
These cards are aligned to CCSS L.2.1.A and ELPA21 2-3.10 - great for ESL (English learners) and 2nd grade standards!