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Appreciating African Languages
Second graders say "hello" in at least one language spoken in Africa.
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How Many? How Much?
First graders recognize and learn the value of coins. For this instructional activity on money, 1st graders read the book Monster Money by Grace Maccarone, discuss the role of money in society, identify various coins, and explore making...
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Talking Duck
Students study how animals communicate through their senses and signals. They investigate how animals survive using their communication skills and create a commercial based on the research.
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Greetings, How's it Going?
For this conversational greetings worksheet, students verbally greet classmates and then practice 8 of the conversation topics listed.
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"Just a Little Bit Different": Inclusive Classrooms, Inclusive Schools
Learners explore visible and invisible differences, those of language, religion, dress, ethnicity, gender, etc. with their classmates. They play Bingo with a created list of classroom differences. Afterward, they write a short paper...
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Peace Corps Challenge Game - Traditional Greetings
Students study the cultural greetings that exist around the world. In this cultural traditions instructional activity, students discuss how people greet each other. Students then research the various greetings different cultures use....
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"Ready? READ!"
Students encounter how to decode words to comprehend text better. They read and re-read to become better and fluent readers. Students read in pairs to increase fluency. They incorporate "Book Talk" round table discussions over text with...
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Languages Around the World
Students discover languages of the world. In this global languages lesson, students use the Internet to discover and translate common phrases in various languages.
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Hello, How Do You Do?
Students role play proper greetings and etiquette in formal and informal work and social situations. Students compare and contrast introductions and conversational conventions in their native country and in the United States by writing...
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Phone English Exercise
Don't hang up! Give me a call back! The specialized vocabulary used on the phone in a business setting is the focus of an exercise that asks learners to match the meaning of phone words or phrases. An answer key is provided.
ESL Kid Stuff
Christmas Lesson 1
Little ones sing Christmas carols, complete craft projects, and play word games while learning new vocabulary in part one of two-part ESL lesson series.
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Expressing Feelings
Students practice pantomime movements. In this body awareness lesson, students discover how to convey emotions through physical movements. Students practice conveying happiness and sadness through physical movement.
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Dependent Upon Clauses
Students say and write simple and compound sentences addressing the clauses that are used. In this sentences lesson plan, students try and speak with simple sentences only to see if they can talk without clauses.
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The Science Behind Phone Systems
Students, in groups, discuss the origin of voice communications. In small groups students research the science behind innovations related to voice communications up through today's satellite systems. They make models or demonstrations.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Using Adjectives and Adverbs
In this adjectives and adverbs worksheet, students read 10 sentences and choose words or phrases from the word bank to rewrite the sentences. Students plan a short presentation about a holiday destination they have visited.
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Homonyms
For this homonyms worksheet, students read 10 sentences and choose one of the homonym pair words ;to best complete the sentence.
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Culture Ads
Students examine cultural differences in picture books. In this cultural diversity lesson, students identify cultural differences in picture books about children from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and minority...
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ESL Adverb Activity
In this ESL adverb worksheet, students read about adverbs, watch the Grammar Rock adverb video, fill in words to the song and read a list of adverbs.
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Music in Kindergarten
Students in kindergarten are introduced to various forms of music. As a class, they listen to the differences between singing and speaking. They practice matching pitches and using a good singing posture. They sing a song to end the...
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Total English Elementary: Why Don't We...?
In this social skills practice worksheet, students list 3 ways to make a suggestion, respond to 2 questions regarding how one answers the telephone, read a telephone dialogue with a partner, and record information their partner gives to...
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Teaching English: Litter Activity
In this litter/pollution worksheet, students read a poem titled "Litter," then complete a chart matching meanings given to words in the poem, complete short answer questions, answer true/false questions and write their own poem.
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Value: Right Conduct Politeness
Young scholars explore the positive aspects of being polite. They listen to a story and identify phrases that are examples of having good manners. Students sing a good manners song. Afterward, they play a ladder game and complete...
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Present Continuous vs Present Simple
In this present continuous and present simple instructional activity, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with words in the present continuous and present simple tense and match questions to answers. Students complete 3 activities.
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A Day in the Life from Several Perspectives
Seventh graders role-play the role of people in different cultures throughout Europe. After the role-play, they discuss the main characteristics of culture and identify where they were seen. They discover how the government of certain...