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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson The Perfect Gift
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with this simple, comprehensible input English lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Andy wants to find the perfect gift for his mother's birthday. But somehow, his gifts don't work out. Can he find the right gift to show his love for her, or will she be disappointed? There are three targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:
This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in this English Comprehensible Input Lesson:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the story
• Comprehension question worksheet
• "Who said it?" worksheet
• Story retell worksheet
• Answer key
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson Mark is Hungry
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with this simple, comprehensible input English lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Mark is a squirrel, and he's hungry. And while his refrigerator is full, it doesn't have his favorite food - bread! How can he fill his stomach? Can his friends help him? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:
This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in this English Comprehensible Input Lesson:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the story
• Comprehension question worksheet
• "Who said it?" worksheet
• Story retell worksheet
• Answer key
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson You Smell Bad
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with this simple, comprehensible input English lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Annette loves cheese. She REALLY loves cheese - so much that she smells like cheese. Her boyfriend Peter doesn't like cheese at all. How can Ingrid reconcile her love for cheese with her love for Peter? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:
This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in this English Comprehensible Input Lesson:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the story
• Comprehension question worksheet
• "Who said it?" worksheet
• Story retell worksheet
• Answer key
Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson The ugly pants
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with this simple, comprehensible input English lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Mark loves his red pants, but all of the other kids laugh at him when he wears them. So he tries other pants - but they still laugh. Could the problem be something other than his questionable fashion choices? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:
This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in this English Comprehensible Input Lesson:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the story
• Comprehension question worksheet
• "Who said it?" worksheet
• Story retell worksheet
• Answer key
Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson It hurts!
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with this simple, comprehensible input English lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Dad is watching the kids while mom's at work, but they keep ending up getting hurt. Will they make it through the day, or will disaster strike? Find out in this CI video lesson for German learners. There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:
This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in this English Comprehensible Input Lesson:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the story
• Comprehension question worksheet
• "Who said it?" worksheet
• Story retell worksheet
• Answer key
Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson The Bad Chef
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with this simple, comprehensible input English lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
The chef is bad - really bad. He puts too much salt on EVERYTHING. He's sad and customers are angry. But is there a simple solution? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:
This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in this English Comprehensible Input Lesson:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the story
• Comprehension question worksheet
• "Who said it?" worksheet
• Story retell worksheet
• Answer key
Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson The Invisible Man
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with this simple, comprehensible input English lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Jerome is in love with Sophie. But there's a problem - he's very, very small. So small that SOphie can't see him and doesn't know he exists. Can he find a way to get Sophieo notice him and go out with him on a date? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:
This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in this English Comprehensible Input Lesson:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the story
• Comprehension question worksheet
• "Who said it?" worksheet
• Story retell worksheet
• Answer key
Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson Bundle #1
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with these simple, comprehensible input English lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story. The target structures for the lessons are:
Mark is Hungry: is hungry, some bread, he looks for, there is only
The Invisible Man: in love with, doesn’t see him, he buys, smaller than
The Perfect Gift: the perfect gift, he wants to give her, in his pocket
The Bad Chef: a bad chef, he puts, too much salt, you are
Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the stories
• Comprehension question worksheets
• "Who said it?" worksheets
• Story retell worksheets
• Answer keys
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ESL Reading and Listening Story Lesson Bundle #2
By Frenchified
Make learning English fun with these simple, comprehensible input English lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.
Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story. The target structures for the lessons are:
The Ugly Pants: he gets dressed, ugly, I don’t understand, on sale
You Smell Bad: smells bad, I don’t love you anymore, a lot of cheese, she puts
The Big Dog: ate, she asks, doesn’t believe her, he was hungry
It hurts!: my ____ hurts, I broke my, you should, you were doing
Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.
Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:
• Links to the videos both with and without the text
• A printable pdf version of the stories
• Comprehension question worksheets
• "Who said it?" worksheets
• Story retell worksheets
• Answer keys
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By 1st Grade Salt Life
Letter Sounds RTI- This is a great RTI tool for students struggling with letter-sound relationships. It is 25 day (5 week) intervention letter sounds program, great for distance learning. This can be done individually or in a group as large as 8. Each week focuses on 5 letters (week 5 includes 6). This is broken down into several components for each day for learning letter sounds!
Please look at the preview for an in-depth look at this packet. **The flashcards and the pre/post test have been changed to a more student friendly font (manuscript). Please use the Q & A if you have questions about this product!
Common Core Standard
ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3a
Demonstrate basic knowledge of letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or most frequent sound for each consonant.
This product is part of the ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE!
ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE
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1st Grade Salt Life
ELA/ELL/ENL/ESL Lesson 2, Nice to Meet You! Presentation Slides, Homeschool
By Cheryl Bennett
Lesson 2 for young readers, as well as students learning English for the first time, is a ready to go, NO PREP lesson. Several vocabulary words are review from Lesson 1, Hello! Students will see new vocabulary words in a story, a list format, and practice sentences. There are even a few sentences with multiple choice questions with the answers.
This resource is a great resource for teachers who need a ready-made presentation.
How can I use these slides?
-Read the slides to students.
-Don't be afraid to read it more than once, maybe even more than one day.
-When students are ready, let them read it back to you.
-Read some sentences and stop so students have to read words you leave out.
-Use the questions provided as a bell ringer or an exit slip.
Students will be able to talk and ask about:
Vocabulary Targeted Includes:
Also, check out Lesson 1, Hello!
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When Question Breakdown - Speech Therapy - Seasons - Months - Holidays
By The SLP Curriculum
This resource serves as a great way to teach speech language therapy students or English language learners different ways to answer WHEN questions. The explicit instruction of Seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall), Months, and Holidays is essential for children to be able to answer certain WHEN questions, while also providing opportunity for vocabulary development, sequencing, categorization, and complex sentence production. These visual aids, task cards, sentence model strips, sorting worksheets, and coloring worksheets will walk you through the instruction of beginner WHEN questions step-by-step.
Included in this resource:
Task Cards/Flash Cards can be used to drill WHEN questions that elicit Season, Month, and Holiday responses. They can also be used as memory games or paired with motivating board games. These task Cards include:
Seasons Flash Cards
Winter:
Spring:
Summer:
Fall
Holiday Flash Cards
Month Flashcards:
No Prep Worksheets
Teaching Visuals
Teaching Materials:
Excellent Resource for Mixed Groups
Grammar: Naturally elicit past, present, and future tense verbs.
Vocabulary: Practice labeling seasonal objects and actions. Produce synonyms and antonyms of verbs.
Wh- questions: Ask who, what, where, when, why questions about seasons, holidays, and months
Sequencing: Sequencing Seasons, Holidays, and Months.
Sentence production: Elicit full sentences with details using task cards and sentence visuals.
Categorization: Categorize by Season, Time, Holidays.
Following directions: Follow directions containing sequential and temporal concepts such as before, after, while, earlier, later.
** Perfect resource for Teacher Observation or Speech Therapy Observation**
When Question FREEBIE - Morning, Afternoon, Night - NO PREP - Time of the Day
By The SLP Curriculum
This resource serves as a great way to teach speech language therapy students or English language learners how to answer WHEN questions. The explicit instruction of time of day (Morning, Afternoon, Night) and time on a clock is essential for children to be able to answer certain WHEN questions, while also providing opportunity for vocabulary development. These visual aids, task cards, sentence model strips, sorting worksheets, and coloring worksheets will walk you through the instruction of beginner WHEN questions step-by-step.
Included in this resource:
NO PREP coloring worksheets for younger students.
Sentence Frames for guided production of complete sentences.
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Where Question FREEBIE - Inside & Outside - WH- Question NO PREP Speech Activity
By The SLP Curriculum
This resource serves as a great way to teach speech language therapy students or English language learners how to answer WHERE questions. The explicit instruction of INSIDE or OUTSIDE is essential for children to be able to answer certain WHERE questions, while also providing opportunity for vocabulary development. This coloring worksheets help with repeated practice of the wh- question "where" that is often difficult for our students.
Included in this resource:
Where Question Information Sheet
NO PREP coloring worksheets for younger students
Follow The SLP Curriculum for start-to-finish resources!
Is your student stuck on Before and After? Try this!
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When Question Bundle - Teach EVERY type of WHEN Question - Speech Therapy
By The SLP Curriculum
This Ultimate WHEN Question Bundle walks you through how to teach every type of WHEN question. Target Wh-Question language comprehension Goals by answering When Questions in the following ways: Time of the Day, Time on a Clock, Seasons, Holidays, Months, Days of the Week, Dates, Year, Cause & Effect, and more. Teaching scripts are included for the concepts that are tricky to explain. Teaching visuals can be paired with engaging task cards that were designed to elicit natural production of answers to all different WHEN questions.
The bundle includes Task Cards, No Prep Worksheets, Visuals, & Sentence Strips for the types of WHEN Question answers:
This resource was designed as a start-to-finish guide to teach all WHEN questions. Amazing resource for mixed groups and speech therapy/speech pathology observation. Wonderful ESL/ENL product to teach ELLs English Language Learners. Perfect for mixed speech therapy groups.
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives - Sorts and Games
By Miss Clever Cookie
Sorting activities and games to teach comparatives and superlatives.
* 1 Kinetic activity - sort by rule
* 1 Colour by rule sheet
* 6 Find the path sheets - sort by rule
* 1 Board game
* 1 Tic Tac Toe sheet
List of Materials and Instructions
1. Grammar Overview
2. Adjective Sorting Game
2 ways to play:
* a sit-down activity - print out, cut up
Children draw an adjective from a receptacle and place it on the right plate.
* a kinetic activity (great for lively classes) -print out two sets, cut up, laminate
3. Colour by Rule worksheet + key
4. 6 Find the Right Path worksheets + keys
5. Board Game
You need counters and dices. To be played in pairs or small groups. If you teach a larger group, print out a few of them.
3 ways to play:
* pupils say the comparative and superlative of the adjective
* pupils form a comparative / superlative and add a suitable noun
* pupils form a sentence
If they make a mistake or don't know, they lose their turn and have to return back to the square they previously stood on.
6. Tic Tac Toe
To be played in pairs. In order to write their Xs and Os, pupils have to write the
comparative and superlative on the line. If they don't know, they have to choose a different square. If they make a mistake, they lose their turn.
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Adjectives BUNDLE - Opposites (Antonyms) Comparatives Superlatives EFL ESL
By Miss Clever Cookie
Teach adjectives through these LOW or NO PREP games and activities! This BUNDLE contains
♣ 72 flashcards
♣ I Have, Who Has
♣ Crosswords
♣ Puzzles
♣ Board Games
♣ Memory Game
♣ Word Search
♣ Tic Tac Toe
♣ Colouring Sheets
♣ Mazes
♣ Kinetic Activity
♣ Quiz Game
♣ Grammar Overview
List of OPPOSITES included in this product:
* big - small; * thick - thin; * old - new; * long - short; *good - bad; * black - white; * noisy - quiet; * fast - slow; * light - dark; * hard - soft; * hot - cold; * strong - weak; * full - empty; * rich - poor; * difficult - easy; * happy - sad; * dry - wet; * beautiful - ugly; * straight - curly; * high - low; * healthy - sick; * lazy - hard-working; * narrow - wide; * tidy - messy; * safe - dangerous; * useful - useless; * dirty - clean; * cheap - expensive; * left - right; * stupid - clever; * first - last; * dead - alive; * polite - rude; * naughty - nice; * right - wrong; * fat - thin
COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES used in this product include:
short and long adjectives and irregular adjectives
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Clothes I Have Who Has? and Picture Dictionary (British English)
By Beth Hammett
Celebrate grandparent with these 25 Grandparents' Day activities that use critical thinking and writing skills for elementary students. Includes extra resources (books, media, and more) and many varieties of writing activities: Favorite memories Top Ten Reasons My Grandparents are #1 Coupons Camp Grandparents One word that describes you Why I love you The Limo is here You hung the stars and moon Top Ten Games Just calling to say Things I learned from my grandparents Grandparents Day Poem/song Our discoveries Three wishes and more.... Help students appreciate and celebrate grandparents. Say "thank you" to grandparents anytime of the year with fun, educational, make and give writing activities that can be cherished forever.
By Beth Hammett
Basic, simple, easy-to-follow rules with examples that cover writing concepts of: Numbers Dates Money Time Includes: Tips for using and writing numbers, dates, money, time Peer Workshopping Activity for student/peer essays Activities/comprehension checks for numbers, dates, money, time in sentences Answers to sentences Great for centers, flipped classes, homeschool, small/whole group, ELL/ESL, adult learners, beginning writers, test prep, assessment, and quick brush up on skills. Easy to use and follow!
By Beth Hammett
Play with Palindromes includes 13 fun palindromes that read the same forward as backward. Uses visual images, an optional word bank, and fill in the blanks to play the palindromes game. Word Bank includes: mom tenet radar eve noon kayak level racecar stats eye dad redder SOS Extra Resource slide includes online links to palindrome books, lists, YouTubes. Fun learning activity! Use to explain, review, and assess.