MsB Does ELD

This sildeshow covers the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations. It includes printable fill in notes for students and a post note activity for each civilization. It also has multiple videos embedded into it to break up the note taking. This was designed to be ELL (English Language Learner) friendly with simple context focused langauge used throughout. I had great success with this in my 6th grade ELL social studies classes. I hope you find it jsut as useful in your own classes!

In this assignment students are asked to make their own flag and then explain their reasoning behind what they create. It has a brainstorming activity built into it help the stduents get their ideas out onto paper before creating their final flag. I use it as a begnign of the year activity as one way of getting to know my students. However, you could use this at any time really. If you do use it with your students, I would love to know how it works out!

This activity was designed for a newcomers' social studies class. The students in this class are learning English but all have a home language that is either Spanish or Portuguese. In the activity students will be reading about different gods and goddesses from ancient Egypt and then creating a poster about one to share with the class. Included: Readings on 10 different gods and goddesses ALL in English, Spanish, and Portuguesea reading check worksheetactivity directions in all three languages

This slideshow covers some of the main accomplishments of Ancient Egypt. It has fill in notes for students and videos embedded into the slides to break up the note taking. It was also designed for 6th grade social studies classes that had English Language Learners in it, so this product is ELL friendly.

ELL friendly product! These trivia slides are all open ended questions about the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. Each questions slides does have an answer slide following it. My co teacher and I used this as an end of unit review and it took a full 45 minute class period to complete. The class it was designed for is a level 2 ELL class, so all students in the room have limited English. I hope your students enjoy this as much as our did!

This Latin American Civilizations trivia game is focused on the main three groups: the Aztec, Maya, and Inca. It consits of 27 quations all content focused but written in simple terms. All questions are written in English, Spanish, and Portugese. This game was designed for a level 1 and level 2 English Language Learners (ELLs) 6th grade social studies class.

This acticity was used in an ELL (English Language Learner's) level 1 geography class. It was used to recape physical features and get students to start exploring which types of physical features that can be found in Latin America.

I used these slides to teach my students what sketch notes are and how to create their own. We have used it during ELA, Reading and Social Studies classes and have had success in all three with these introduction slides. I hope they work well for your students as well!