Learning Materials

Lesson resources are divided by grade level to help you locate the items you need for your ESL classroom, small group, or co-teaching instructional setting.

ESL Lesson Ideas

Elementary

Kindergarten:

Compare and Contrast Lesson

1st grade :

Sequence of Events

Non-fiction Retell

2nd-3rd grade:

Butterfly Life Cycle

Cooking Show Script

Scaffolding Compare & Contrast Writing

Probable Passage

4th-5th grade:

Sequence Writing Activity

Middle and High

6th-8th grade:

Persuasive Essay Outline (Letter to the Principal)

Part 1: Preparing 6-12th ELs for ACCESS 2.0 Speaking/Writing

Part 2: WIDA’s Performance Definitions Guiding Academic Discourse (ACCESS 2.0-Speaking)

9th-12th grade:

Searching for Sensory Details Group Jigsaw

Writing is Exciting with Pixton!

Newcomers

Elementary:

Math Vocabulary Lesson (Add/Subtract)

Math Vocab/Symbols #2

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Middle/High:

Chromebook Extensions for Newcomers