The Universe and Our Solar System

(TESOL Materials--CLIL)

Google Drive HERE

* Nova's Big Space Trip--created from this chat here (Made using Google Gemini Storybook)

* Pip's Big Space Trip--created from this chat here

* Kahoot: Solar System and universe

* Quizlet: The Universe and the Solar System

* Guess the Planet Quiz

* Slideshow: slides, pub (I used this for doing a board race)

* Flippity Quiz Show: docs, pub--playable link

[Note: This vocabulary is based on the vocabulary from The Universe and Our Solar System p.144-145 of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas.  But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

Word Family -ig | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

I used this video in my classes to help students learn the -ig word family.  

Neighborhood Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--Places)

Google Docs Folder HERE

* Leo's Big Walk--created from this chat here (Made using Google Gemini Storybook)

* Slideshow: slides, pub (The slideshow is based on the above storybook)

* Write the First Letter: docs, pub

* Coloring Sheet: docs, pub

* Lesson plan: docs, pub

[Note: These are all materials that I used to supplement the lesson 22 The Neighborhood p.58-59 from Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific choice of vocabulary in the storybook is influenced by that lesson.   But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on place vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

Target vocabulary: house, apartment building, street, street sign, address, 

Sidewalk, corner, streetlight, stop sign, fence, park, bench

Content objective: learn the names of objects in the neighborhood

Language objective: practice spelling and letter sounds

Stage Name	timing	Procedure
Expectations and Learning Target	10:25- 10:30
Lead-in	10:30-10:35	Slide 1 on the slideshow.  Elicit from students what the slide is.  (Or if necessary, give answer).  Ask students what things are in a neighborhood.  Students talk briefly with a partner.  Then whole class feedback.
Present Vocabulary (language from a text)	10:35-10:45	Gemini Storybook  (on slideshow).  Read through the storybook.  As the target vocabulary comes up, check with students to ensure they are noticing it.
Clarification and practice	10:45-10:55	Write the first letter.  Clarify the animals on the sheet with students, and sound out the first letter of each word.  Students write first letter on the sheet.
Time allowing	10:55 to end	Display page 58-59 on the white board.  Get students to find and circle the target vocabulary.  (Students can circle on their photocopy as well.) Coloring sheet

Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

(Graded Readers)

I don't remember this book from my own childhood.  Although according to Wikipedia, it predates me, so it's possible I may have encountered it in elementary school and just forgotten about it.  (The author, Arnold Lobel, was also the author of the Frog and Toad books, which I definitely remember from elementary school.)

Anyway, I found this book in the school library, and found it worked very well with beginning readers.  The words were simple and easy to read, and I thought the story was also good.  (Although my students were somewhat unimpressed about the story, but I thought it was good.)

I designed this Kahoot game for review after we had finished reading the book: Mouse Soup

 

The 50 States

(TESOL Materials--CLIL, Places)

Google Drive HERE

* 50 States Song

* Quizlet: 50 States Map

* Label the 50 states printables

* Animaniacs SING-ALONG

* slideshow: slides, pub (I used this for doing a board race)

* Kahoot: 50 U.S. States

* Fifty States The United States Song Alphabetical Order (Official Video) Fifty States of America Map | Patriotic Song

* 50 States ♫ Rhyming and In Alphabetical Order ♫ Children's Song by The Learning Station

* Name that state quiz

[Note: This vocabulary is based on the vocabulary from pages 24 and 25 of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas.  But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

Word Family -og | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

I used this video in my classes to help students learn the -og word family.  

Phonics Song 2

I use this video to help some of my students practice the alphabet and basic phonics.

Grassland Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--Animals, Places)

Google Docs Folder HERE

* A Day in the Grassland--Created from this chat here (Made using Google Gemini Storybook)

* Slideshow: slides, pub

* Write the First Letter: docs, pub

* Coloring Sheet: docs, pub

* Lesson Plans: docs, pub

[Note: These are all materials that I used to supplement the lesson The Grassland p.122-123 from Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific choice of vocabulary in the storybook is influenced by that lesson.   But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

Target vocabulary: watering hole, grass, flamingo, lion, hyena, leopard, hippopotamus, zebra, elephant, giraffe, spots, stripes

Content objective: learn the names of the grassland objects

Language objective: practice spelling and letter sounds

Stage Name	Procedure
Lead-in	Slide 1 on the slideshow.  Elicit from students what the slide is.  (Or if necessary, give answer).  Ask students what animals they think live in the grassland.  Students talk briefly with a partner about grassland animals .  (If students have no ideas, you can use slide 2 to help.)  Then whole class feedback.
Present Vocabulary (language from a text)	Gemini Storybook.  Read through the storybook.  As the target vocabulary comes up, check with students to ensure they are noticing it.
Clarification and practice	Write the first letter.  Clarify the animals on the sheet with students, and sound out the first letter of each word.  Students write first letter on the sheet.
Time allowing	Display page 122-123 on the white board.  Get students to find and circle the target vocabulary.  (Students can circle on their photocopy as well.) Coloring sheet

Prehistoric Animal Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--Animals)

Google Drive HERE

* Mateo and the Dinosaurs--created from this chat here (Made using Google Gemini Storybook)

* Pip and Koda's Big Discovery--created from this chat here

* Slideshow (partially completed): slides, pub

* Kahoot: prehistoric animals

[Note: This vocabulary is based on the vocabulary from pages 130 and 131 of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas.  But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

Rainforest Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--Animals, Places)

Google Docs Folder HERE

* The Hidden Treasures of the Green Forest--Created from this chat here (Made using Google Gemini Storybook)

* Slideshow: slides, pub

* Write the First Letter: docs, pub

* Coloring Sheet: docs, pub

* Lesson Plans: docs, pub

[Note: These are all materials that I used to supplement the lesson The Rain Forest p.120-121 from Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific choice of vocabulary in the storybook is influenced by that lesson.   But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

Target vocabulary: turtle, jaguar, bat, owl, parrot, dragonfly, moth, spider, ant, orchid, fern, moss.

Content objective: learn the names of the rainforest objects

Language objective: practice spelling and letter sounds

Stage Name	Procedure
Lead-in	Slide 1 on the slideshow.  Elicit from students what the slide is.  (Or if necessary, give answer).  Ask students what animals they think live in the rain forest.  Students talk briefly with a partner about rain forest animals .  (If students have no ideas, you can use slide 2 to help.)  Then whole class feedback.
Present Vocabulary (language from a text)	Gemini Storybook.  Read through the storybook.  As the target vocabulary comes up, check with students to ensure they are noticing it.
Clarification	Slides 14-25: elicit the name of the vocabulary from students.  Confirm by displaying name on the slide animation.  Drill pronunciation
practice	write the first letter: with students, sound out the first letter of each word.  Students write first letter on the sheet.
Time allowing	Display page 120-121 on the white board.  Get students to find and circle the target vocabulary.  (Students can circle on their photocopy as well.) Coloring sheet

Desert Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--Animals, Places)

* Tico's Desert Discovery--Created from this chat here (Made using Google Gemini Storybook)

* Slideshow: slides, pub

* Write the First Letter: docs, pub

* Coloring Sheet: docs, pub

[Note: These are all materials that I used to supplement the lesson The Desert p.116-117 from Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific choice of vocabulary in the storybook is influenced by that lesson.   But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

Steps for Learning -ug Words

(TESOL Worksheets--Steps for Learning CVC Words, -ug Word Family)

Google: docs, pub

[Notes: This is an example of a Steps for Learning CVC words worksheet using the -ug word family.  It links to material that I've previously posted on this blog here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.]

1	Watch Youtube video
2	Introduce words and sounds and pictures
3a	drill words: receptively
3b	drill words: productively
4a	match words to pictures
4b	match the words to pictures memory game
5	write words: copy them
6	write words: whiteboard practice
7	write words: match to picture
8	2 word combinations: introduce
9a	2 word combinations: drill them receptively
9b	2 word combinations: drill them productively
10a	2 word combinations: match words to picture
10b	2  word combinations: match words to picture memory game
11	2 word combinations: copy the words
12	2 word combinations: match combinations to picture
13	2 word combinations: write the combination matching
14	2 word combinations: whiteboard practice
15	2 word combinations: write the combination
16a	read longer sentences/ story on slides
16b	read the longer sentences/story on worksheet
17	Longer sentences: Match the sentences to the picture
18	longer sentences: copy the sentence
19	Whiteboard practice
20	longer sentences: write the sentence
21	introduce contrasting CVC family
22	contrasting CVC family: drill words
23	contrasting CVC family: match the cards to the pictures
24	contrasting CVC family: whiteboard practice
25	contrasting CVC family: write the words
26	Contrasting CVC family: longer sentence/story
27	Contrasting CVC family longer sentence story: Match the sentences to the pictures
28	Contrasting CVC family: write the sentence/story: whiteboard practice
29	Introduce consonant clusters and digraphs
30a	consonant clusters and digraphs: drill words receptively
30b	consonant clusters and digraphs: drill words productively
31a	consonant clusters and digraphs: match words to pictures
31b	consonant clusters and digraphs: match words to pictures memory game
32	consonant clusters and digraphs: write words: copy them
33	consonant clusters and digraphs: write words: whiteboard practice
34	consonant clusters and digraphs: write words: match to picture
35	consonant clusters and digraphs: read longer sentences/ story
36	consonant clusters and digraphs: Match sentences to the picture
37	consonant clusters and digraphs: longer sentences: copy the sentence
38	consonant clusters and digraphs: longer sentences: write the sentence