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This visually appealing Google Slides activity will make practicing Fry Words 1-25 fun in a Halloween themed fill in the blank activity! Phrases are accompanied by audio. Research states that the first 25 fry words make up 33% of the average text. If your newcomers master these words, they will feel more confident when reading any text!

Update 4.20.20 I have included printer friendly images in the first set, while keeping the more colorful version in the second half of the document. 28 Human body parts are included in this fun game for ESL or ESOL students. The body parts included are: 1. An arm 2. An eye (singular) 3. A hand 4. An eyebrow 5. A finger 6. A thumb 7. A heart 8. A shoulder 9. A foot 10. The feet 11. The lungs 12. A belly button 13. An ear 14. The hair 15. The eyes (plural) 16. An elbow 17. A mouth 18. A tooth 1

Engage ESL Newcomers with a Google Slides Game that is very interactive with visuals and sentence starters! There are 25 questions that will test their knowledge of the language and trivia of Thanksgiving. Included within the slide is a link to a printable scorecard as well. The Categories are: 1) What does the turkey have? 2) What does the pilgrim have? 3) Thanksgiving Food ID 4) History 5) Numbers in Thanksgiving

Engage your newcomers in this fun Valentine's Day interactive game. Questions are supported with visuals and sentence frames. There is a free printable scorecard linked in the slide. The categories are: 1) How many are there? 2) Valentine's Day Trivia 3) What color is it? 4) Cupid's Actions 5) What do you think this is? (item zoomed in ID)

28 Human body parts are included in this fun game for students learning Spanish. The body parts included are: 1. An arm 2. An eye (singular) 3. A hand 4. An eyebrow 5. A finger 6. A thumb 7. A heart 8. A shoulder 9. A foot 10. The feet 11. The lungs 12. A belly button 13. An ear 14. The hair 15. The eyes (plural) 16. An elbow 17. A mouth 18. A tooth 19. The teeth 20. A nose 21. A neck 22. A head 23. The lips 24. A stomach 25. A tongue 26. A leg 27. A moustache 28. Toe

Test your students' knowledge of different topics relating to the human body, using basic English-level sentences that are appropriate for Newcomers in this fun interactive game. Sentence frames will help your students answer the questions along with the visuals provided. A free printable scorecard is included. The categories in this game are the following: 1). How many body parts? 2). Which organ is it? 3). What hurts? (body aches) 4). The 5 senses 5). Action Verbs

This interactive Jeopardy game is a great way to have your Newcomers practice simple English sentences using the Christmas visuals in this game. They will practice saying and writing the answers using the sentence frames provided for them. Included is a printable scorecard. Categories include the following: 1. What does Santa have? 2. What does the Snowman have? 3. Who is this? (famous Christmas characters)) 4. What's Santa doing? (action verbs) and 5. What's the snowman doing? (action verbs).

Test your students' knowledge in basic Spanish of vocabulary related to classroom objects. This fun and interactive game is supported with visuals and sentence frames that will motivate your students to practice Spanish. A printable scorecard is also included. The categories are the following: 1. ¿Cuántos hay? (how many are there?)2. ¿Dónde está? (where is the classroom object?)3. ¿De qué color es? (What color is it?)4. Acciones (Actions with classroom objects)5. ¿Qué es esto? (What is the obj

This is a sample of the Google Slides games where your ESL newcomers are practicing filling in the blank with the first 25 fry words. This is a fun activity that will make your newcomers have fun while practicing the meaning of these sight words. The phrases are also accompanied by audio files and visuals to help your newcomers make sense of these sentences.

When ELLs read a word, they will most likely see it as a "nonsense word" if they are not in their working vocabulary (input language). This packet has the ap word family words in visual forms with a protocol that will allow ELL's to practice reading and making connections to real word meaning!

Test the Spanish of your basic-level students with this fun and interactive Jeopardy game. These questions are reinforced with pictures and sentence frames. Included is a free printable scorecard to keep track of who answered which question.

If you are teaching basic Spanish, this interactive Google Slides game will make language fun while celebrating Christmas! These slides are supported with visual aids that have sentence starters for students to practice Spanish in a fun setting. Included is a printable scorecard. The Categories are: 1) ¿Qué tiene el muñeco de nieve? (What does the Snowman have?) 2) ¿Qué tiene Santa? (What does Santa have?) 3) ¿Quien es el? (Who is this Christmas character?) 4) ¿Qué está haciendo Santa? (Wh

Students will practice writing the an, ad word families and will be able to read the following sentences as they work through this 8 page packet! Included in this packet is a drawing and word search exercise for independent work. My dad is sad. The lad is mad. The man is glad. The van is sad. My dad is mad. The lad is glad. The man is sad. The van is mad. My dad is glad. The van is sad. The lad is sad. The man is mad.

Start your student's mastery of Dolch nouns frequently encountered in books with these 12 Dolch Nouns. These nouns are good to start with because they are easy to decode using phonics. This packet includes: 1. Pictures of these 12 Nouns: cat, fish, chicken, kitty, dog, pig, doll, rabbit, duck, robin, farmer, and sheep. 2. Dolch adjectives used through second grade. 3. Oral practice of these words using adjectives. 4. Writing and Reading practice using these words. 5. Teacher's Guide with s

Engage your newcomers in this fun interactive game. Questions are supported with visuals and sentence frames. There is a free printable scorecard linked in the slide. The categories are: 1) How many are there? 2) Where is it? 3) What color is it? 4) Actions 5) What is this? (item zoomed in ID)

This writing packet is a good way to practice -ap rhyming words with dolch adjectives sight words as a way for students to describe -ap word nouns. Students will be able to practice reading their own writing based on their interpretations of the pictures and then read examples of sentences that use the -ap words!

This Christmas "I have, who has" game will have your Newcomers practice Christmas vocabulary words, motivating them to speak in English. You may use this as practice for the Jeopardy Game that goes along with this too. The link for this is: https://tinyurl.com/ycw6aubc

Students practice writing and then reading their sentences based on the -in word family. This packets includes -in family visuals, prepositions of place visuals, a drawing activity and a word search! There is also a link to the ad, an family writing packet. You can also click on this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/An-Ad-word-family-writing-practice-4449100