Engaging ELLs

Wordless Movies are great for English Language Learners! A wordless movie are movies that don't have any words and tell their story through the illustrations. Piper is a 2016 computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Written and directed by Alan Barillaro. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards, making it the first Pixar short film to win an Oscar since For the Birds. I’ve created worksheets and activities to accompany the shor

How To Use This ProductStoryline Online is a wonderful resource where actors read beloved stories. Henry Holton Takes The Ice is written by Sandra Bradley, illustrated by Sara Palacios , and read by Ray Romano. Link to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I31vI7152ewLink to watch on Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/henry-holton-takes-the-ice/*Please note videos can be taken down at any time.* This teaching resource is appropriate for students in Grades 2-4

How to use this product Storyline Online is a wonderful resource where actors read beloved stories. Lotus and Feather is written by Ji-li Jiang, illustrated by Julie Downing and read by Michelle Yeoh. Link to watch Lotus and Feather on Youtube: https://youtu.be/8bpXikqUvXw Link to watch Lotus and Feather on Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/lotus-and-feather/ *Please note videos can be taken down at any time.* This teaching resource is appropriate for students in Grades 2-4

Product Description Storyline Online is a wonderful resource where actors read beloved stories. Carla's Sandwich is written by Debbie Herman, illustrated by Sheila Bailey and read by Allison Janney. Link to watch Carla’s Sandwich on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aceEquCtYLink to watch Carla’s Sandwich on Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/carlas-sandwich/*Please note videos can be taken down at any time. This teaching resource is appropriate for students in G

Wordless Movies are great for English Language Learners! A wordless movie are movies that don't have any words and tell their story through the illustrations. Geri's Game is a 1997 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava. I’ve created worksheets and activities to accompany the short film. Keep in mind that YouTube can take down videos at anytime. Included in this packet:  Building Background— Chess  Who, What, When, How Question Worksheet

Storyline Online is a wonderful resource where actors read beloved stories. Trombone Shorty is written by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and is illustrated by Bryan Collier and read by Angela Bassett. Link to watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QitquEL48CoLink to watch on Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/trombone-shorty/*Please note videos can be taken down at any time. This teaching resource is appropriate for students in Grades 3-5. This product requires

ring the heartwarming Pixar short Lava into your classroom with this engaging, standards-aligned activity packet designed for grades 2–4! Perfect for English Language Learners and early elementary readers, this resource builds skills in comprehension, emotional literacy, writing, and science. With a strong emphasis on CCSS-aligned activities, students explore themes of hope, connection, and natural phenomena through listening, art, discussion, writing, and poetry. Great for sub plans, literacy

This hands on project is a great way to get your students interacting with prepositions in a fun way. Your students will become chefs– creating their own preposition pizza! Students will cut out the triangles and circles. Students will have to match the word to the corresponding picture. Students can then share their pizza with their classmates. A fun craftivity reinforcing the concepts of prepositions! Check out my preposition packet where you can get the Pizza Craftivity as well - https://ww

This "Famous First Line" poster set will be the perfect addition to your classroom library! In this file you well get 20 famous first line posters. Each poster is available in black and white or in one watercolor option. I think this product looks great printed on colored cardstock in black and white! The Famous First Lines are all from books either from Hispanic Authors or about famous Latinos/Latinas. The books range from picture books to chapter books. This poster set was designed to capture

Product Description Storyline Online is a wonderful resource where actors read beloved stories. When Pigasso met Mootisse is written by Nina Laden and read by Eric Close. Link to watch When Pigasso met Mootisse on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EldIXkzI0dY&vl=en Link to watch When Pigasso met Mootisse on Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/when-pigasso-met-mootisse/ *Please note videos can be taken down at any time. This teaching resource is appropriate for stu

This "Famous First Line" poster set will be the perfect addition to your classroom library! In this file you well get 20 famous first line posters. Each poster is available in black and white or in one watercolor option. I think this product looks great printed on colored cardstock in black and white! The Famous First Lines are all from books either from Asian Pacific American Authors or has characters that are Asian Pacific/American. The books range from picture books to chapter books. This po

A great hands on way to reinforce Community Worker vocabulary! Visual support is great for ELL learners. Directions: 1. Have everyone choose one set of colored game pieces. (Each player needs to be a different color.) Decide who will go first. 2. Stack the playing cards face down. 3. When it is your turn, take one card from the stack. Read the sentence out loud, filling in the blanks. You can see if you are correct by checking answers on the answer key card. 4. If you answer co

How To Use This Product: Product DescriptionStoryline Online is a wonderful resource where actors read beloved stories. Remember to Dream, Ebere is written and read by: Cynthia Erivo and Iilustrated By: Charnelle Pinkney Barlow Link to watch Remember to Dream, Ebere on Storyline Online: https://storylineonline.net/books/remember-to-dream-ebere/*Please note videos can be taken down at any time.* This teaching resource is appropriate for students in Grades 2-4. This product requires no preparati

Styoryline Online is a wonderful resource where actors read beloved stories. Turkey Trouble is written by Wendi Silvano and illustrated by Lee Harper and read by Marc Maron. Link to watch turkey Trouble on Storyline Online: https://storylineonline.net/books/turkey-trouble/ *Please note videos can be taken down at any time* This teaching resource is appropriate for students in Grades 2-4. This product requires no preparation. This product is aligned to Common Core standards and includes questions

Preposition practice makes perfect! Activities included: I have, Who has? Game (2 versions, 1 with just pictures, 1 with pictures and words) Preposition Pizza Craftivity Preposition Matching Activity Preposition Bingo Preposition Fill In the Blank

On February 8, 2017 Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced while speaking out in Congress. This package includes a biography on Elizabeth Warren and activities to have your students think critically about their own voice in politics. Package Includes:  Fast facts about Elizabeth Warren  11 Vocabulary Words ( You can pre teach the vocabulary found in the biography)  Blank vocabulary page to add vocabulary words you want to teach  One page biography about Elizabeth Warren  Graphic Organizer