English as a Second Language One Class Calendar
WIDA Standards
WIDA Can Do DescriptorsCurriculum Overview
Unit Plans |
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ANIMATED VIDEO SHORTSStudents watch a short video and identify what they see or feel while watching the video. The list is compiled in their native language. Vocabulary List Master.
Students will then translate the words, define and write sentences. Students will also illustrate the vocabulary words on this classroom dictionary. Students will then write out the events of the video on this sequencing storyboard. |
Text Books
Very True Stories
English for Everyone Worksheets
Red Edge Books |
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VOCABULARY CARD DECKS
Students at the beginning stages of writing need support with vocabulary development. One way to give this is to have students label pictures. This supports English Language Learners and beginning writers in learning new vocabulary and using beginning sounds. Here are some benefits of having students label pictures before they start writing.
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Picture StoriesVocabulary Decks
Animated Videos
YouTube ESL Vids
Google Site Hometown Project |
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Conversation QuestionsConversation practice enables language learners to assimilate their acquired knowledge, integrating a variety of cognitive skills at once to produce oral communication. In effect, this is learning by doing.
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