Zoo Animals Unit CUTOUTS for Kindergarten ESL

 This is the next blog post for the ZOO unit on the use of cutouts for teaching  ESL Kindergarten English Language Learners. Newcomer teacher will find this material handy for their English classes. Most EFL Book Series include this relevant topic.Click on the Link to the complete resource:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-26-8078353

Zoo Animals Cutouts.

 Elementary Teachers can promote literacy behaviors by providing children with inviting and stimulating play environments which include carefully chosen manipulatives and authentic props.

Create your zoo animal 3D scene. It can be used for dramatic play where your students can assume the role of a zoo animal and act as that animal, such as making the sound or the movement. Imagination is all that your students need. The scene is great for the students identify the zoo animals and describing their location.
Ask questions: Where is the monkey?
Students: It's on the tree.

Where is the lion?
Students: It's behind the tiger.

Take a look on how to use the scene for speaking in class.

Feed me box. This activity can lead for students to interact. There are several zoo animals to pick from to make your feed me box. I use recycled cereal boxes for this. This kind of game is perfect to improve speaking in a fun way without the anxiety.

Teacher: What is this?
Student: It's a giraffe.

Teacher: What do giraffes eat?
Student: (picking the leaves cutout) Leaves!

Labeling is an easy activity to do with the cutouts. It connects print (a word) to a zoo animal picture. It helps to review vocabulary.

Teacher: Is this an elephant?
Student: yes, it is.

There is a set of cutouts letters to write zoo animals words. Use it with the cutouts, the worksheets, or the flashcards.

A mini unit to review the family members with BEARS!

Starting with flashcards, it only comes with mother, father, brother, sister and baby. The flashcards can be cut into strips and it turns into a puzzle.

The small cards can be good for copying the words using letters of the alphabet.

The gameboard is easy to set up for fun and easy review of the family bears.

Another game is BOWLING. Cut and paste the family members onto soda or water bottle. Start playing with a small ball. Students will say the family member word that is knocked. Good use of real English.

The finger puppet is a new idea that I tried. I found an old glove and cut the fingertips and glued the family members templates. Turned out easy to make. Students can express ownership and the family relationship using the pronoun my.

Student: This is my father! This is my mother!

Worksheets for extra practice. This is the bear house with the family members to cut and paste. You can also review the parts of the house.

Have the students color the parts of the face on each bear. 

Teacher: color the nose red!

Students can also create a mask for role play.

All these printables can be used by parents for in home-learning.

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