Thanksgiving and the Face Unit for Kindergarten ESL

 This resource is included in the face Unit-Holistic English Series #6. LINK:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Face-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-6-6057570

Introduce Thanksgiving to your ELLs as a way to learn about American culture and traditions. Thought to combining Thanksgiving with the face unit to help students review the vocabulary.

Link the parts of the face with Thanksgiving characters using the flashcards.

Use the flashcards to help the students identify the parts of the face.

Make your pointer using the turkey provided. Plan activities that describe Thanksgiving characters' faces (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth). Encourage ELLs to point to the parts of the face.

Teacher: What are these?

Students: the eyes!

Repeat the vocabulary related to Thanksgiving asking more questions: What color is her hair?

Students: black!

Just like this!

Have the students draw the facial features on the flashcards. Place each one in a clear plastic sheet and use magnetic board marker and have the stduents listen and draw: Draw the nose!

Take a look!

Use the small cards to make the lesson Interactive and Fun. Cut the cards vertically and have the stduents putting the characters together and naming them once they are done.

Print the Face unit worksheets to practice the new words on the pilgrims or Native Americans. Students can be creative and express themselves as they draw the parts of the face and then decorate the headband on the Native Americans. They can also do a show and tell activity.

Cut and paste the parts of the face provided to actively connect the images.

Each student’s worksheet will be unique, as they cut and paste the facial parts from magazines on each Thanksgiving characters.

This resource has even more material to check out:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2024/02/easter-and-face-unit-for-kindergarten.html

You're invited to explore more teaching resources and ideas for elementary English language learners by visiting my blog: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/. Discover engaging activities, lesson plans, and creative strategies tailored to young learners!

Gingerbread Family For Kindergarten ESL

 This resource is included in the Family Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #8. LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-8-6126315

Plan a lesson with the Gingerbread family to provide a fun and familiar theme to captivate your students' attention.  It will support cultural awareness in the classroom.

 Print the Gingerbread family Flashcards to review the key family-related vocabulary.

Use the flashcards for comprehension checks.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: Brother!

Teacher: Yes, the Gingerbread brother!

Lay out the family members flashcards on a table, shout out a word of a Gingerbread person, and have students race to slam the correct card. The student that slams first will keep the card. The winner is the one with the most flashcards.

Play pass and say! Students stand in line, one next to another. One student grabs a flashcard, says the name and passes it to another student. Students keep going until all the cards have been passed until the last student.

Incorporate the practice of key vocabulary related to the face as a way to enhance their communication skills.

Show the different parts of the face or body of the Gingerbread person using a pointer and have the students name them: What’s this?

Students: The mouth!

Paste the small cards on cardboard and create a poster for your class to serve as decoration and as a visual aid.

Print double cards and have students play memory.

Integrate literacy by using the pocket charts to write the family words using the gingerbread letters in the resource.

Playing games encourages cooperation.

 Gingerbread Family Board Game

 Print the templates, find the dice and prepare the player pieces. Each player rolls the dice and moves forward along the simple path. Depending on where they land, they will say the family member's name: Gingerbread Dad!

The first player to go to the finish space wins.

The cup game is perfect to encourage collaboration, to build listening and speaking skills as players describe the family members. Tape the words onto cups. Students will place the cup on top of each person.

This is a hands-on activity. Cut a large opening for the “mouth” where students can insert the family cards. Students then need to say the word and "feed" the Gingerbread Person.

Create your own set of finger puppets for the Gingerbread family

Show each puppet one by one. Students can name them.

Students can create their puppets. Many of them will feel more comfortable speaking through a puppet. Ask them to move a puppet and say: This Gingerbread Mom.

 

 

Worksheets can provide structured practice. Students will color the word of the images of Gingerbread family members as you dictate:

Color the word mom blue!

Students color each family member in the same color.

Worksheets allow students to practice in a fun way. They will follow the path to matching grandpa to grandma. When that is done, say a command and students do the action accordingly.

Teacher: Circle Gingerbread Mom.

If you need extra support for not translating, use the commands flashcards that I have included in the resource, such as circle, underline and check.

 

 I do have a lot more commands in this resource. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Commands-Flashcards-1816475

Celebrate with Christmas in July!

Why wait until December? These printable Christmas in July activities are perfect for bringing holiday fun to your classroom during the summer. Whether you're planning a Christmas in July unit for PreK, looking for engaging Christmas in July worksheets, or searching for festive Christmas in July coloring activities, this resource has everything you need to make learning fun for young learners.

LINK: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2023/12/christmas-houses-for-kindergarten-esol.html

Family flashcards, small cards, cutouts for kindergarten ESL, go to the blog post:    

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/10/family-theme-for-kindergarten-holistic.html

There is a Family Unit BUNDLE available here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6704385

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Clothes unit and the Face Vocabulary for ELLs

 This resource is included in the Clothes Unit. CLICK here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Clothes-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-12-6483533

Combining vocabulary topics is a powerful way to help preschool ESL learners build confidence and deepen their understanding of English. By connecting clothes vocabulary with previously learned face vocabulary, students can make meaningful connections and use language more naturally.

In this Clothes Unit for Preschool ESL, these activities integrate facial features and clothing vocabulary to create engaging and interactive lessons. This approach helps learners review, reinforce, and expand their language skills in a fun and effective way.

These activities are part of a complete teaching unit that includes flashcards, small cards, worksheets, games, and crafts — everything you need for low-prep ESL lessons.

 Clothes with a  Face Flashcards

Clothes with a face Flashcards includes depicting different facial features (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth). These include different items of clothing: jeans, shoe, boot, sock, hat, skirt and shirt in different colors. Flashcards can be used to form simple sentences: It’s a yellow hat!

Interactive Flashcard Activities (TPR + Movement)

Incorporate actions into the flashcard activities. Show a card with a face and have students can touch their own faces and name the parts.

Teacher: What is this?
Students: a shoe!
Teacher: Look at the eyes! Touch your eyes!
Students: eyes!

Creative Drawing with Flashcards

Flashcards are a dynamic and engaging tool that can hold the attention of young learners. What about placing the card inside a clear plastic sheet and having the students color and draw the parts of the face. My example is with a boot, but students can do it with any other flashcard and show their work.

Using flashcards for drawing activities encourages creativity while reinforcing vocabulary, take a look!

Small Cards & Word Building Activities

There are the small cards for printing purpose and for using with small groups. Enhance literacy skills for kindergarten English language learners by building clothing words. Ask students to use the magnetic letters to spell out the word that matches the picture.

Worksheets (Face + Clothes Integration)

Print the Worksheets that integrate facial features and clothing vocabulary. Reinforce vocabulary recognition as you dictate how to color the parts of the body: Color the eyes green!
Teacher: What’s missing?
Students: the ears!
Teacher Draw and color blue ears.

 Worksheets that combine facial features and clothing vocabulary help reinforce learning through structured practice.

Worksheets activities like coloring support comprehension and vocabulary retention.

A pair of dice and a worksheet work for fun. Have the dice ready as they are easy to assemble Students throw the dice and color as the dice land. In this example: a purple boot.

When all the items are colored, have the students describe them to you. They can cut the items and create a small closet. Add chenille behind the items to hang and an opened clip to the items that stand.

Games (Face + Clothes Integration)

The goal of this game is to connect all the dominoes by matching the images with another correct picture.

Print, cut and have the domino tiles ready to play. Mix the tiles and distribute them among the players.  One player starts by placing a domino on the table. The next player must place a domino that matches the image on either end of the first domino. By matching pictures to pictures, students reinforce their understanding of the clothing vocabulary in a playful context.

Using pocket charts is an interactive and visual approach that helps reinforce vocabulary while engaging students in hands-on learning.

Students match the picture cards with the correct word cards. Have students take turns selecting the correct word card and placing it next to the corresponding picture.

Students practice forming phrases.

Students can complete sentences.

I would love to hear about how this resource is working in your classroom. If you’ve had the chance to use it, could you share with me some insights or examples of how you’ve integrated it into your lessons?

Clothes flashcards for preschool ESL students are part of the complete pack, here is the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2021/01/link-to-12th-resource-for-your-english.html

See you at my other blog for Elementary English Language Learners and find more ideas, resources for the clothes unit. CLICK here: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/