Making ESL Fun

I use this as a picture dictionary (or word bank) for my independent writing center (during Daily 5). It accompanies the *wordless* book from Reading A-Z (My Neighborhood). It is particularly intended for newcomer ESL students and emergent writers. It helps so that they can write 1-2 sentences for each picture of the book. I was struggling for years to find high-quality materials for these students to use at the writing center. For students with more writing experience, I was using a picture pr

I use this as a picture dictionary (or word bank) for my independent writing center (during Daily 5). It accompanies the *wordless* book from Reading A-Z (Drop It!). It is particularly intended for newcomer ESL students and emergent writers. It helps so that they can write 1-2 sentences for each picture of the book. I was struggling for years to find high-quality materials for these students to use at the writing center. For students with more writing experience, I was using a picture prompt so

I use this as a picture dictionary (or word bank) for my independent writing center (during Daily 5). It accompanies the *wordless* book from Reading A-Z (Frog Is Hungry). It is particularly intended for newcomer ESL students and emergent writers. It helps so that they can write 1-2 sentences for each picture of the book. I was struggling for years to find high-quality materials for these students to use at the writing center. For students with more writing experience, I was using a picture pro

I use this as a picture dictionary (or word bank) for my independent writing center (during Daily 5). It accompanies the *wordless* book from Reading A-Z (Animals Can Move). It is particularly intended for newcomer ESL students and emergent writers. It helps so that they can write 1-2 sentences for each picture of the book. I was struggling for years to find high-quality materials for these students to use at the writing center. For students with more writing experience, I was using a picture p

I use this as a picture dictionary (or word bank) for my independent writing center (during Daily 5). It accompanies the *wordless* book from Reading A-Z (The Food We Eat). It is particularly intended for newcomer ESL students and emergent writers. It helps so that they can write 1-2 sentences for each picture of the book. I was struggling for years to find high-quality materials for these students to use at the writing center. For students with more writing experience, I was using a picture pr

I use this as a picture dictionary (or word bank) for my independent writing center (during Daily 5). It accompanies the *wordless* book from Reading A-Z (Fruit Colors). It is particularly intended for newcomer ESL students and emergent writers. It helps so that they can write 1-2 sentences for each picture of the book. I was struggling for years to find high-quality materials for these students to use at the writing center. For students with more writing experience, I was using a picture promp

I use this as a picture dictionary (or word bank) for my independent writing center (during Daily 5). It accompanies the *wordless* book from Reading A-Z (A Cold Day). It is particularly intended for newcomer ESL students and emergent writers. It helps so that they can write 1-2 sentences for each picture of the book. This word bank decreases the amount of linguistic demand required to write. I was struggling for years to find high-quality materials for these students to use at the writing cente

If your school uses a behavior system with color-coded cards, this is a great note to document behavior problems! This note was created based on a color-coded system which involves students flipping their personal cards to a different color based on a number of problematic-incidences (i.e., green is for positive behavior, flipping to yellow means they have had a warning, flipping to blue means you send a note home., etc.). This is easily adaptable because there are blank spaces within the text,