Jellyfish at School

 This resource is included in Sea Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #28 at this link:

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I love to cross the different themes to provide opportunities for reinforcement of key vocabulary from another unit. Integrating the school unit either the sea unit keep the curriculum dynamic, fun and engaging for your young learners.

Start by printing your Jellyfish at school flashcards to build more vocabulary and overall learning.

Ask your students what each jellyfish has and write the school word on the board.

Point and speak. I made this pointer with a fun foam piece that I had.
Ask questions: What’s this?
Students: It’s a jellyfish.
Teacher: What color is the jellyfish?
Students: It’s yellow.
Teacher: What does the jellyfish have?
Students: a crayon.

Here's the video with the speaking part: 

Small cards with Jellyfish at School. Use these for various interactive activities. Here is one in which students will match the school objects to the ones the jellyfish have.

Teacher: pencil! Find the jellyfish with a pencil.

Student: The purple jellyfish has a yellow pencil!  Students will place a fun foam piece to identify and cover the small card.

A video to see how to use the find and match: 

Four worksheets to do a color by the jellyfish. There are short phrases with the instructions in English, reinforcing vocabulary and language comprehension.

Pocket charts. Use the resource to track student achievements. Have them match the school item word to the school item that the jellyfish has in each picture.

Provide tailored learning as creating sentences for students that are ready,

Or model  several sentences for your students to create their own using the pocket charts cards and use their creativity.

Printable book. Making books individually or in groups will allow students to express their creativity even though there is a short paragraph with the colors. But, provide an outlet for them to complete the drawing as coloring the ocean and more items to each page.  They can also say more sentences to write to the story.

A video reading a book.

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The frog at the Beach

 This resource is part of the Beach Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #30.  Click here:  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beach-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-30-8461749

It is also available as an individual resource:    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-frog-at-the-Beach-11346019

More activities for the Beach theme.

Let’s start with a printable book. This kind of book is very cost effective as a supplementary material for ELLs.

It comes with colorful frogs at a beach that will provide visual support for the new vocabulary comprehension and facilitate the understanding of the text in each page.

All the pages feature a repetitive text sentence: The frog is at the beach. This can help students to anticipate and predict words. This repetition aids in memory retention and builds confidence in reading.

The book is tailored to the beach topics and vocabulary relevant to the students, making learning more engaging and meaningful. There are 6 beach balls that I glued onto wood sticks to make puppets that re a remind to as questions about each picture. In this case, the question on the beach ball is: What is this?
Point to the sun: What is this?
Students: the sun!

Provide hands-on experience after reading the book. There is a worksheet with a frog and a beach ball. Use it as listen and color activity: color the frog green!

Differentiate instruction by providing easier activities to meet the diverse needs of your kindergarten learners, such as creating these buckets to fill with beach items. They will color their buckets in the worksheet and the items found at the beach worksheet. Then, cut and place an envelope the bucket to hold the items that will fill up the bucket: the coral is in the bucket!

Hope this is an activity that you would include in your lesson plan for this next vacation. I would love to see how you did it!

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Easter Monkey and Candies

 This resource is included in Zoo Animals Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #26, just click here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-26-8078353

There is this Monkey celebrating Easter.  The monkey happens to like candy and there is a bunch of them. Review the words form this zoo unit and introduce the new vocabulary for the Holiday. Start with the flashcards or the small cards included.

Create a Celebration banner for your classroom and have the students identify all the candy that each monkey is holding. Creating the banners serves as a visual aid to help your students and even more your visual learners better understand the new vocabulary

There are several worksheets to review the colors. Use the worksheets as a form of assessment to identify where your students might need extra support.

Once your children have colored all the marshmallow bunnies, the peep chicks and the eggs, have them cut all the items. There is a set of different sequences strips for your students to replicate and say the words.

A game to review the vocabulary words using the cracked egg puzzle.

Prepare a flip matching book. There is a colored version and a black and white one to suit your classroom needs.  The book is very interactive and engaging.  Students’ attention will be captivated as you match the monkey to the candy.

Teacher: The monkey has an egg. (flip through the pages) Look! Here is the egg.

Encourage your learners to participate flipping through the pages and find the same images that the monkey has and name them.

 

A basket craft to wrap up the lesson. This craft is great for cultural understanding and making it relevant.  Create the basket with all the candies learned from the lesson.

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The frog at St. Patrick’s Day

 This resource is part of the resource Pets Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #16. Go to this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pets-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-16-6837926

Generate cultural awareness between your students by showing this unique Holiday.

Start with the flashcards using the frog, which they know from this unit but dressed up with the holiday outfits and has the items used of the celebration. The flashcards are versatile and brings a flexibility for their use. Use them for the students to play individually or in small groups. Adapt to the learning preference of your students present in your class.

If the students are using the flashcards individually place them in a clear plastic sheet and give them dry erase markers to write the word and trace the image.

Use the flashcards on the board. Place the frog in the middle of the board and create a mind map by having your students helping you. Ask questions and write the word next to the body or face part.

What is this?
Students: eye!

Do sorting with all the flashcards. Introduce the activity and have them finish the sorting process.

Teacher: look at the frog! What is he wearing?
Students: hat, shoes!
Teacher: He’s wearing a green hat and green shoes/boots.

A simple game! Stick the flashcards around the classroom. Hand in a clover card to each student. Instruct them to go to a flashcard and place the clover on it. Teacher: Go to the frog that has a green hat and green shoes!

Do some practice and review with this set of  ST. Patrick's worksheets. Build math competence as the ability to to use numbers.

Integrate multiple language skills: listening and speaking, allowing your students to practice the numbers 1 to 10 in a Holiday context.

First, have the students draw the coins in each pot using a yellow marker. Then, dictate the color of each number: Color number three green!

Finally, students will color the coins with the number word and cut them. Paste where it belongs. Ask questions: What color is pot number 9?

Students: orange!

Make a poster either individually or as in a group and use it for class decoration for the Holiday. Each student will color an item and them create the poster using their imagination.

Even more worksheets for activities!

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Easter and the Transportation Unit for the Kindergarten English Language Learners

 This resource is part of the Transportation Unit-Holistic English series #23. Find the link here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Transportation-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-23-7677315

Here is a set of Easter characters in cars flashcards. Use them to facilitate repetition of the new words and review the ones they already know.

Reinforce the vocabulary with this activity.

Have a race with the Easter cars flashcards! Yes, punch holes and make a necklace for each car flashcard. Give one to the students playing. The learner will be that racer in that car.

Then, have them race in the yard or class from one place to another. Place the winner flashcard and the 1^st,2^nd,3^rd place on the board. I put them on a plastic clear sheet to write the winner’s names on them and erase for more races to fit in the time limit.

Easter Cars Small Cards ready to print to add flexibility to your lesson plan. They can customize to suit your student’s learning needs. Play old simple memory game.

Cut the small vertically and you have a set of puzzles. The cards include a picture of the Easter characters in the cards to allow your students to discuss and describe them to put together the puzzle.

A few worksheets to complete the lesson. Students will engage in the review of key language, recalling words from the unit.

There is one for the 1^st,2^nd and 3^rd place as you did with the race in class. The others can be listen and color the Easter characters.

To wrap it up, here is a door hanger for Easter that your students can create and take home, but there is one that you can print for your classroom and set the mood for the Holiday. Craft activities are great for your students to engage in a conversation with peers and the teacher to create their art.

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