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This is a fantastic ELL vocabulary bundle for distance learning. Use these digital activities to teach your newcomer ELL students their first 200 words and phrases in English. These interactive ESL notebooks and ESL games will get your newcomers speaking and practicing their new words. Are you looking to spend your time getting to know your new EL students rather than creating a digital curriculum from scratch? Would you like an engaging, interactive digital vocabulary curriculum for newcomer E

*NOW DIGITAL NOVEL STUDY* Now includes Google doc version compatible with Google classroom along with PDF and Word document versions of this Novel study. Full answer key included! Includes vocabulary support for every chapter and comprehension questions. This novel study is a great companion for the book In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III. The comprehension packet includes vocabulary words with a crossword puzzle and comprehension questions for each chapter. Use this novel st

Are you trying to figure out how to engage brand new EL learners during distance learning or hybrid scheduling? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach over 100 vocabulary words to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate ELD of students with these engaging interactive assignments! The 5 unit bundle includes:5 digital student workbooks 1`1 Teacher Slideshows to introduce the vocabulary words 12 Interactive games with audio narration of each question Dice Games fo

Are you trying to figure out how to engage brand new EL learners during distance learning or hybrid scheduling? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach Opposites and Seasons & Weather vocabulary to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate ELD of students with these engaging interactive assignments! This product includes:#1) Opposites Teacher Slides #2) Seasons & Weather Teacher Slides #3) Interactive Digital Student Workbook#4) Opposites Game#5) Seasons + W

Are you looking to spend your time getting to know your new EL students rather than creating a digital curriculum from scratch? Would you like an engaging, interactive digital vocabulary curriculum for newcomer English learners? I'm a public school EL teacher so I know how you feel! I spent my last months of summer crafting these units for brand new EL students so you don't have to! This bundle includes: Unit 6: Verbs #2 + Food #1 ( full unit available now!) Unit 7: The Body + Opposites #2 ( f

Are you trying to figure out how to engage brand new EL learners during distance learning or hybrid scheduling? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach Basic Phrases and School Supplies to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate ELD of students with these engaging interactive assignments! This unit includes:#1) Basic Phrases Teacher Slides #2) School Supplies Teacher Slides #3) Interactive Student Workbook #4) Basic Phrases Game #5) School Supplies Game All do

This novel study is for the hilarious book Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. I created this novel study for a guided reading group of 3rd graders. They loved this silly book! The focus of the comprehension packet is on using text evidence to support answers. Each chapter of the book focuses on a different character from this wacky school. Students will answer comprehension questions and complete a graphic organizer for each character to help determine character traits. Two

Use this to explore how character traits can be inferred from thoughts, feelings, words, and actions.

Are you trying to figure out how to engage brand new EL learners during distance learning or hybrid scheduling? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach Around the School and Numbers, Time, & Calendar to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate ELD of students with these engaging interactive assignments! This digital unit now includes:#1) Around the School Teacher Slides #2) Numbers Teacher Slides #3) Time and Calendar Teacher Slides #4) Interactive Digital

This product includes two crossword puzzles that accompany the hilarious book Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Pre-teaching vocabulary is a great strategy to help students with comprehension. I created this specifically for my group of intermediate and advanced English language learners! This resource will support guided reading groups, read aloud, or whole class instruction with the book. *****Note: This crossword is included in my novel study for this book. Do not purchase if you have

Are you trying to figure out how to engage brand new EL learners during distance learning or hybrid scheduling? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach Emotions & Feelings and The Alphabet to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate ELD of students with these engaging interactive assignments! This unit now includes:#1) Emotions & Feelings Teacher Slides #2) The Alphabet Teacher Slides #3) Interactive Student Workbook #4) Emotions & Feelings Game #5) Alphabe

Your students will love this novel study! It is a companion for the hilarious book Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. I created this novel study for a guided reading group of 3rd graders. They loved this silly book! I updated my other novel study using Google docs for use in Google classroom. I am doing this with my students during the online learning in 2020 and they are accessing the text through Epic! The focus of the novel study is on character analysis, monitoring compr

This digital journal is like 3 products in one! Students can share more about themselves and their home cultures in the About Me section. They can record new words they are learning in the Personal Dictionary and cognates section. The end of the journal includes blank free writing pages for your students to fill with their thoughts! Over 50 pages for your students to write and share! This was created in Google slides. It is possible to download the file in PPT but some formatting and functio

Are you having trouble getting your newcomer EL speaking during online learning? I was struggling with that too, so that's why I created these digital group games to practice colors, shapes, and verbs in Google slides! Students roll a digital die and move the game pieces along the board. Students must say the target vocabulary word or phrase they land on. For an extra challenge, you can ask them to use the vocabulary in a sentence. My students really get excited and light up every time I intr

Would you like to grab several of my favorite novel studies at an amazing discount?? You'll get the complete novel studies for My Father's Dragon, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, and In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse! These novels work really best with 3rd-4th grade elementary learners but could be appropriate for advanced 2nd grade readers too!

Use this peer review recording sheet to help guide students as they give constructive feedback on their peer's writing. This was developed for an expository essay assignment but could be used with any essay topic. The questions will help students reflect on content, organization, paragraph unity, audience, and conventions. Peer review is an excellent way to empower students as they participate in the revision and editing stages of the writing process. This is a great way to encourage student ow

Would you love to spend your time actually getting to connect with your students rather than building an EL curriculum from scratch? Are you looking for an engaging, digital, interactive vocabulary unit for newcomer English learners? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach Animals and Clothing vocabulary to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate the ELD of students with these fun interactive assignments! Unlike other products, this was created and designed for

Would you love to spend your time actually getting to connect with your students rather than building an EL curriculum from scratch? Do you get new students who don't speak English without notice during the school year? Are you looking for an engaging, digital, interactive vocabulary unit for newcomer English learners to ease your stress and make planning simple? I know how that feels because I'm a public school ELL teacher too :) I spent my summer creating a digital curriculum for my students d

Are you looking for a digital interactive vocabulary curriculum for newcomer English learners? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach Verbs and Basic Food vocabulary to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate ELD of students with these engaging interactive assignments! Unlike other products, this was created for distance learning or a hybrid model with interactive workbook activities. This unit includes:#1) Verbs #2 Teacher Slides #2) Food Teacher Slides #3

Are you looking for a digital interactive vocabulary curriculum for newcomer English learners? These interactive Google Slides assignments will help you teach Body and Opposites vocabulary to brand new WIDA level 1 ESL students. Accelerate ELD of students with these engaging interactive assignments! Unlike other products, this was created for digital learning with interactive workbook activities. This product now includes:#1) Interactive Digital Student Workbook #7#2) Opposites #2 Teacher