A mystery object guessing game is an amazing way to help students practice asking and answering WH questions. This activity includes mystery bag labels and a question chart to help ask questions and reveal the contents of the bag. This is a super engaging speaking activity that is ideal elementary level english language students.
For most language learners, asking questions is often much trickier than answering them. This low prep resource gives great practice for both.
What will students do?
Bring a mystery object to school
Classmates will formulate questions to try to discover the contents of the “mystery bag”.
What’s included in this download:
Mystery bag labels (print 4 to a page)
Question chart to help students formulate open and closed ended questions
Color and B/W printing options
What’s needed the the activity?
a bag to put the mystery objects in
These house and furniture vocabulary flash cards can be used as feature rooms of the house and kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room furniture. All text is EDITABLE. A vocabulary list in included in the preview. I call them more than flashcards because they are so versatile and are a must have for online & in person language teachers.
Use them for/as:
vocabulary building, drilling
memory games
task cards with the NO TEXT version and included answer sheet
Features
Easy to read font for emerging readers or learners that are new to the English language.
What’s included:
30 House & Furniture Flashcards with English Text (READY TO PRINT pdf file)
30 House & Furniture Flashcards with Editable Text (PowerPoint file)
Flashcards print 6 to a page
In this set you’ll find the following words/images:
bathroom, bedroom, dining room, garage, kitchen, laundry room, living room, nursery, office, front yard, backyard, entry, door, window, armchair, sofa, lamp, television, toilet, bathtub, mirror, cabinet, shower, dresser, chair, stove/oven, fridge, bed, bunk beds, bookshelf,
This food and drink vocabulary mini-book is an easy-to-assemble vocabulary building activity designed help your students learn and practice basic foods and drink vocabulary in English. The best part: it prints on one sheet of paper and requires minimal assembly (just folding and one simple cut).
What’s included:
1 Food Vocabulary Mini-Book Template with words (Color or B/W)
1 Food Vocabulary Mini-Book Template without words (Color or B/W)
Assembly directions for teacher
This clothing vocabulary mini-book is an easy-to-assemble vocabulary building activity designed help your students learn and practice basic clothing vocabulary in English. The best part: it prints on one sheet of paper and requires minimal assembly (just folding and one simple cut).
What’s included:
1 Clothing Vocabulary Mini-Book Template with words (Color or B/W)
1 Clothing Vocabulary Mini-Book Template without words (Color or B/W)
Assembly directions for teacher
These classroom vocabulary identification word wall posters make a great classroom bulletin board display for 24 different useful vocabulary words. Each poster shows an image and word. It’s a great way to passively build vocabulary for ELL’s / ESL and EFL classrooms. A MUST HAVE for English teachers and young learners! This word wall poster set provides a clear, easy to read visual reminder that can be used to help with reading, writing & speaking! (Includes school supplies and useful words : teacher, students, bus, restroom, listen, speak, write, trace, cut, read, write
What’s included:
24 Hexagon shaped posters (7″ x 7″ when cut out)
Color and B/W printing options
Each visual has an image and vocabulary word
The unique hexagon shape allows you to assemble your display any way you want.
These posters are designed to be printed on US letter size paper or A4. Print, laminate and they are ready to use!
Which picture doesn’t belong and is the odd-one-out? These 40 discussion cards are a great speaking activity for finding similarities and differences between basic vocabulary items. There are 4 objects on each card and your students must explain which one doesn’t belong to the vocabulary set and why. It’s a great small group or whole class vocabulary building activity and gets everyone speaking and listening. Helps with critical thinking and reasoning skills in L2. The objects are very basic and there is really no one right answer. As long as the student has a reasonable explanation as to why the object is different, it’s correct! This can also spark debate among students which is great for speaking practice!
What’s included:
40 different cards with 4 images on each card
Storage Box Labels
Recording sheets to write down answers (if using as task cards)
This is a lifelong tool: Print, laminate, cut and use FOREVER!
If your students need practice building sentences, this Safari Escape activity focuses on word order in sentences and questions. Your students will participate in the story of the missing glasses while completing 7 different types of grammar tasks related to sentence building and word order. Each correctly completed task will unlock the next task. All 7 tasks completed correctly will win them a prize! Printable prizes for completion are included (Safari themed bookmarks and homework passes).
Great for review!
Created with young learners in mind - no complicated instructions, locks or codes.
Each completed task requires a teacher signature to “unlock” the next task!
Students will complete these tasks:
Sentence Scramble - Make as many sentences as you can using the included mixed-up sentence strips
Word order in questions
Adverbs of Frequency
Subject/Object Pronoun Gap-Fill
Wh-Question Words - Read the answer and choose the correct question word
Action Verbs - Present continuous sentences (positive/negative)
Find the mistakes - Subject/Verb agreement, plural nouns, spelling errors
The last activity is an ALPHA-NUMERIC secret code which will solve the problem
Also included: (Color and B&W of each page is included)
Teacher Answer Key
Student Lock Sheet
Hint Cards
Prizes: Bookmarks & Homework Passes
Step by Step instructions
Need an easy Valentine’s Day gift card for your students? This printable lollipop card is the perfect low prep (and low cost) way to make students smile. Just personalize with your name, print, punch two holes and add a lollipop of your choice!
What’s included in this download:
Valentine’s Day gift card - lollipop template
This resource is editable in PowerPoint (you can only edit your name)
What’s needed:
card stock
scissors
hole punch
lollipops
This opposite words activity is an easy-to-play antonym vocabulary card game that students love. It’s a fantastic way to practice 80 ANTONYMS and opposites with your students in groups or as a center activity. My students absolutely love playing this game!! It’s great for improving listening skills as students must actively listen for the word and then figure out who has the correct antonym card!
This activity can be used two ways:
Go FISH Game
Memory Match (opposites)
BONUS: Use the cards as Task Cards (write the antonym on the provided recording sheet)
What’s included:
80 Antonym Go Fish Cards
Box Labels (For easy storage)
Answer Recording Sheet
Directions
Show and Tell speaking activities are a great way to increase student speaking time. Use the monthly topics or edit to create your own. Each month includes 3 Show and Tell topics to choose from and a graphic organizer to write down ideas about the presentation. Students love this type of activity and are always enthusiastic to share special objects with their classmates.
Use this resource to:
promote student led speaking
brainstorm ideas for a short presentation
get to know classmates and practice asking questions
What’s included:
12 monthly Show and Tell Topic Sheets (non-editable .pdf)
Each sheet includes 3 pre-filled topics and a graphic organizer
12 monthly EDITABLE topic sheets (topics and graphic organizer are editable in PowerPoint)
Color and B/W printing options for all pages
Directions
Playing charades is the best way to practice the present progressive verb tense in young learners classrooms. This WINTER version is a great way to practice identifying actions and nouns related to the winter season! Kids love acting out these WINTER action verbs while their classmates guess which verbs they are miming. These colorful cards were designed for use in ESL and EFL classrooms, but they are also an ideal activity for primary grades as well. This exercise is a great way to get students moving, use all that excess energy in a positive way and practice this important verb tense at the same time.
What’s included in this download:
32 different phrase cards with an action verb and a winter themed action or noun (Ex. You are slipping on ice)
Cards print 8 to a page
Color and Less Ink Version Included
Students love creating their own personal Valentine’s Day mailboxes to collect Valentine’s on their desks! This easy to use template makes an incredibly adorable Valentine’s day activity! (Students can personalize the mailboxes however they want.
What’s included in this download:
2 page mailbox template
Teacher assembly instructions
What’s needed:
2 pieces of card stock per mailbox
colored pencils/markers/crayons
scissors
glue
1 brad
tape
Looking for extra ways to practice PAST TENSE IRREGULAR VERBS with your students. These multi-use cards can be used 3 ways and are a fantastic way to practice 48 of the most commonly used past simple verbs with your students in groups or as a class activity. Great for improving spelling, reading and listening skills.
This activity can be used three ways:
Slap It Game
Memory Match or matching Cards (Present to Past)
Task Cards (write the past tense of each verb on the answer sheet)
What’s included:
48 Past tense verb cards
48 Present tense verb cards
Answer Recording Sheet & Teacher Answer Sheet
Box Labels & Directions
Verbs included:
become, begin, break, bring, build, buy, catch, come, do, drink, drive, eat, fall, feel, find, fly, forget, get, give, go, have, hear, know, leave, lose, make, meet, pay, run, say, see, send, sing, sit, sleep, speak, swim, spend, stand, teach, take, tell, think, understand, wake, wear, win, write
This plural noun GO FISH card game and task card set is a fantastic way to practice 40 different singular and plural nouns with regular endings s, es, and drop the y add ies. It includes two different activities. A “GO FISH” card game and a set of multiple choice task cards. Ideal for small groups and centers.
This task box contains 2 different activities:
Go FISH card game
40 Plural Noun task cards
Bonus - Go FISH cards can be used as a memory match or sorting activity
What’s included:
72 noun cards (36 Singular / 36 Plural)
40 Task Cards to practice s, es, ies endings
Answer Recording Sheet & Teacher Answer Sheet
Box Labels & Directions