Looking for a fun, no-prep October activity? This free Halloween vocabulary word scramble helps students build spelling, vocabulary, and critical thinking. Use it for independent practice, literacy centers, early finishers, or a quick whole-class challenge—students race to create as many words as possible from the Halloween prompt. Print-and-go Halloween word scramble to boost vocabulary and spelling. Grab the freebie Enter your email below and I’ll send the Halloween word scramble straight to your inbox—plus weekly ESL teaching tips and seasonal activity ideas. Why teachers love this Halloween vocabulary freebie This printable is part of my larger collection of Halloween ESL…
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Need a Halloween ESL speaking activity that actually gets every learner using the target language? This classroom-tested Find Someone Who (Halloween edition) routine drives authentic question-and-answer practice, keeps students accountable, and eliminates the typical mingle shortcuts. Why this Halloween speaking activity works What “correct participation” looks like How to run the activity (step by step) Sample dialog Student A: Do you like scary costumes?Student B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.Teacher: Who likes scary costumes?Student A: Mary likes scary costumes. What’s included Get the Halloween Find Someone Who — ESL Speaking Activity Classroom tips and differentiation Learning goals Ready…
Helping students with new verb acquisition can be a daunting task. So often, my students get stuck in a rut using the same few memorized verbs. Speaking and writing can become very routine. They use key verbs such as “go, watch, do & make”. While using these verbs and mastering them is great, a more colorful and broad vocabulary is always better. You can purchase the ACTIVITY SET by clicking the link HERE How can our little (and bigger) learners acquire the necessary vocabulary to improve speaking? I created an activity set specifically for action verb acquisition and practice…
Student profiles are a great way for students to introduce themselves to you and their classmates with limited speaking and/or vocabulary skills. As teachers, we WANT to know more about our students. It helps us to better organize our year, assess likes and dislikes and find out a little bit more about what’s in store for us during the course of the year. With ESL students it’s often uncomfortable for them to have to give an oral “ABOUT ME” type of presentation. These STUDENT PROFILE SHEETS make a great visual bulletin board display after they are completed by your students.…
Sign-up to receive this freebie HERE. Well, it’s June and teachers have entered vacation mode. However, I wanted to share this Freebie that I recently updated! It started as a simple “Last Day of Preschool” sign for my son and became an entire set signs for the new school year! Don’t forget to follow my store so you’ll receive an email when the “Last Day of School Signs are available for next year! This is great for parents to document their kids growth, however it makes a wonderful end of the year gift for students and parents. Just take a…
If you teach English to young learners, you will appreciate this Summer Bingo Set. It’s so important to learn and practice precious vocabulary with your students before playing a competitive game that everyone wants to win. It’s so important to get all of your students on the same page vocabulary-wise. This is a great activity to play before sending your students off on summer vacation or if you teach summer courses – it’s a great icebreaker! This summer vocabulary bingo game bundle is a fun and engaging way to build and practice vocabulary in any language. A great way to learn and…
It is so important to recognize and praise achievement especially in ESL and EFL classroom where progress can be slow and steady! These editable awards will give your students to recognition they deserve for a year of learning! Looking for something specific? Check out this Editable Award Template If you teach English, EFL or ESL you’ll definitely want to give your students an End of the Year award certificate to reward them for their incredible effort. These 2 colorful certificate templates have three editable fields: Student Name Date Teacher (There is also room a the bottom to add your school logo or emblem).…
I love activities that are easy to throw in my bag and use on the go. Even better, I love activities that are easy to find in my not so organized filing system. It seems like if I print a really great activity on a regular sheet of white paper, I’ll just use it once and lose it. Then I’ll think, hmm… that was a really great activity, I wonder where I put it? That’s why these differentiated conversation prompt cards are great. I’m going to talk about them by level. Present Tense conversation question prompts for A1-A2 Elementary ESL…