Thanksgiving and the Body Unit

This resource is included in the Body Unit-Holistic English Series # 11. Link to the resource:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Body-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-11-6416731

                                                      

The turkey theme aligns with Thanksgiving. This resource offers a multi-faceted approach to language learning. It encourages active participation through spinners, flashcards, and interactive activities, ideal for keeping kindergarteners focused.

The turkey flashcards introduce and reinforces vocabulary in a meaningful, playful way.

Describe the turkey’s body parts: This is the turkey’s head!

Call out a body part, and have students point or touch it on the board.

Students match the body unit flashcards from the resource with the turkey flashcard to reinforce vocabulary and visual recognition. Provide the turkey flashcard on the board. Have students match flashcards on the correct body part (e.g., "wing," "beak"). This is a way to build word-to-concept association and fine motor skills. Introduce the new body parts: beak, waddle, wings, feathers.

Use the pointer to name all the parts of the body of a turkey.

Review the concepts of up, and down with physical actions using the flashcards to reinforce understanding.

Show a flashcard and have the stduents do the action like the turkey: hands up!

Point out the difference between left and right. Use the flashcards and then have the students raise their left leg and right leg as you show the turkey’s flashcard.

Turkey Body Puzzle. It encourages problem-solving and sequencing. Just print the worksheet and dictate the color of the body parts on the turkey: Color the wings green!

Then, when the turkey is colored, have the stduents cut along the lines and assemble the turkey.

Another worksheet to label the parts of the body on the turkey.

Print and create the spinner, using a butterfly pin and a clip. Spin the spinner, name the body part it lands on, and give a direction: "Point to the wing" on the turkey flashcard. Or call out a command, like "Touch the beak the turkey."

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Circus Unit Counting Balls with a Clown for Kindergarten ELLs

 This resource is included in Circus Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #27.  At this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Circus-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-27-8156815

The resource will focus on an image of a clown juggling. Make counting practice interactive with the activities. Teachers can introduce new vocabulary words like "juggle," and review "clown," and "ball," while also using terms like "count," promoting both mathematical and everyday vocabulary.

By counting the balls, students can practice their counting in a hands-on way. Reading the written number words on the flashcards strengthens literacy skills. Print and create a big reader circus ball using the template.

Teacher: What number is it?

Students: eight!

Flashcards are great for reviewing the numbers 1 to 10 on the board. Place the flashcards in random order. Have the learners come and write the numeral next to each one.

Play a race game. Divide the class into two teams. Say a number from 1 to 10. The first student from each team will run to the board and slap the flashcard as they say the number. The team will win a point as they have participated correctly.

Writing number words using the small cards and plastic plates along whiteboard markers encourages students to focus on spelling patterns and sounds.

Enhance Fine Motor Skills using play dough. This supports the development of fine motor skills needed for writing. Have the students make balls with play dough to match to the picture. Ask questions: How many balls are there?

Student: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven!

Use this worksheet to have learners follow spoken instructions. They should listen carefully and understand directions, which is essential for language development. Listening to the words and coloring helps students recognize the vocabulary.

Teacher: Number five is yellow.

This worksheet set reinforces number recognition by connecting numerals with quantities and words.

There are cut-out balls to place in the clown’s hands. It allows young learners to develop their fine motor skills, which is essential for writing and other tasks.

Games encourage students to interact and communicate with their peers as they match numbers, numerals and words.

Use the cards from the game to play Throw the Bean Bag!

Make puppets using all the cards and play even more games.

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Turkey and Color Crayons for Thanksgiving teaching ELLs

 This resource is included in the School Theme for Kindergarten-Holistic English Resources #3. You can find it here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-3-5977653

The turkeys are festive linking to Thanksgiving, making the activity memorable and enjoyable. The color-focused activities help young learners expand their color vocabulary.

Flashcards appeal to visual learners by associating each color word with a turkey holding a crayon.

Hide flashcards around the room and let students find them. When they find a turkey, they call out the color of its crayon, reinforcing color recognition and making the activity a fun treasure hunt.

Show a turkey small card, and have students call out the color of the crayon the turkey is holding. Then, have them look in their pencil case for a crayon in the same color.

Worksheets reinforces the understanding through hands-on engagement. Give your students repeated exposure to color words.

Pocket charts matching cards. The turkeys holding crayons provide a fun visual connection to each color, making it easier for ELL students to identify and remember words through association.

The Board game provides a fun, low-pressure environment where students can practice color vocabulary, helping them learn through enjoyable interactions. Students will name the color on the crayon that each turkey holds in order to move along the path.

A domino!

Print and create a group book. After students color each page, practice reading together as a class, emphasizing the sentence structure “I can see a ___ crayon.” This reinforces sight words and sentence patterns while associating colors with the vocabulary.

Pair students up and have them read their completed books to each other, practicing fluency and helping each other recognize color words.

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Halloween Sharks for Kindergarten ESL

 This resource is included in the Sea unit for K-2 English Language Learners at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sea-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-29-8348964

Using sharks dressed up for Halloween adds an element of fun and excitement that grabs young learners’ attention, making lessons more engaging and motivating.

Introduce new vocabulary related to Halloween using the sharks. Flashcards with the Halloween-themed sharks help students visually connect words with images. Cut the flashcards into 2, 4 or 6 pieces and have the stduents put all the puzzles together. There 7 sharks.

Colorful visuals of sharks in costumes help ELLs make associations between words and images. Use the ghost reader to help your stduents say what shark is there on the small cards and to read the word on it. Assemble the reader by adding a craft stick.

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Teachers can adapt the activities to suit varying language proficiency levels, ensuring that all learners are engaged at their pace. There is a board game with all the sharks.

Using Halloween sharks ties in with the holiday theme. This is a worksheet that can be transformed into a matching activity.

 Another worksheet where the students will dress up the shark into a Halloween character.

Use the pocket chart cards to appeal to both visual and kinesthetic learners.

Teachers can use the pocket chart to help students build simple sentences, such as "It’ a witch.", giving learners a fun way to practice grammar and vocabulary.

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