ESL Kid Stuff
Directions: Left / Right / Forward / Back
Move to the left! Move to the right! Kids will definitely get moving with a instructional activity on directions. They review left, right, forward, and back before playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey and singing some songs about movement.
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Roaming Robot
Look up! Turn left! This activity on giving and following verbal directions will excite your learners. A "finder" leaves the room while you and the class hides an object. When they return, students must use words on the cue cards...
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Matching Directions
Which of these shapes is pointing the same way? Pre-readers examine five rows of familiar objects. The first item points to the right for each, and they must determine which of the subsequent items in each row points the same direction....
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Matching Directions
These abstract shapes are pointing in different directions and young scholars determine which ones are oriented the same way. For each of five starting shapes they examine a set of four identical figures pointing in various directions,...
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Left and Right Worksheet - Shapes
In this positions of shapes worksheet, students practice recognizing left and right by coloring the 4 shapes according to directions.
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Coloring Apples
In this coloring worksheet, students color the apples on the left tree red and the apples on the right tree green. Students trace, then practice printing upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter Aa.
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Moving Left to Right
These animals need to find their homes! Young scholars help them by drawing lines from each animal on the left to its habitat on the right. There is no guessing to be done here, though; pairs are directly across from one another. They...
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East Asian Fiction and Non-Fiction Books
Readers explore East Asian culture and literature with a book folder project. Before beginning the project, learners record three beliefs they have about East Asian culture. They then select two books to read and create a display for the...
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Left and Right Worksheet - Pairs of Shapes
In this position of objects worksheet, students practice recognizing left and right by following the coloring directions for the items in each of 6 boxes.
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Left and Right Worksheet - Colored Shapes
In this positions of objects worksheet, students practice recognizing left and right by circling the shapes according to the directions for 6 exercises.
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Reading and Writing in the Right Direction
Beginning writers practice writing and reading from left to right using green and red dots. You'll need notecards with a green dot on the left side and a red dot on the right side. Do your learners understand that print moves from left...
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Left and Right Worksheet - Vehicles
In this positions of objects activity, students practice recognizing left and right by circling the vehicles according to directions for 5 examples.
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Left and Right Worksheet - Animals
In this positions of objects worksheet, students practice recognizing left and right by circling the animals according to directions.
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Giving Oral Directions
Student practice giving directions. In this giving oral directions instructional activity, 2nd graders play Simon Says, identify differences between clear and unclear directions, and practice giving someone else directions in the room....
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Put a _____ above the ______
Starting with a grid with a red start in the middle, young scholars fill in more symbols as they follow directions. Ideally, you would want to project the instruction sheet and give each student their own grid. Then, you fill in the...
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Left and Right
In this left and right worksheet, students follow directions and color items in a picture certain colors if they are on the left, and others if they are on the right.
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Delightful Directions
First graders identify and demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the environment. They identify the directions on a map as east, west, north, and south. Finally, 1st graders play a direction game, move to...
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Giving Directions
In this spelling worksheet, learners locate 20 misspelled words in a conversation about directions. Students underline the errors and write them correctly above.
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Pirate Treasure Hunt
First graders name the directions North, South, East, and West on a map. They work collaboratively in small groups and create a treasure map using directions as clues.
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Left and Right
In this left/right activity, students follow directions at the bottom of the page and color various items on the left and right various colors.
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Left and Right: Worksheet 2
For this left/right worksheet, students follow directions at the bottom of the page and color various items to the left and right of other different colors.
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Prepositions of Direction
For this prepositions worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences that are missing prepositions of directions. Students fill in the blanks for 12 sentences.
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Left and Right Worksheet - Animals
In this positions of objects worksheet, students practice recognizing left and right by circling the animals according to the directions for 5 exercises.
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Giving Directions
Students explore communication by participating in language description activities. For this directions lesson, students practice using communicative terms and prepositions of places to direct a classmate to an exact location. Students...