What ESL classroom resources do you need to start the school year? Here are 5 types of resources I use every year in the ESL classroom.
1. Getting to Know You Resources
“Getting to Know You Resources” are one of my ESL Classroom resource musts. Having the right activities can help you get to know both the interests and abilities of your multilingual learners. It doesn’t have to be fancy. Share about yourself and give students a chance to share about themselves-through speaking, drawing, writing or using technology. For a low prep set of Back to School Activities, check out my “Getting to Know You” resources below. the great part is, it makes a wonderful display and a nice beginning of the year activity for students to share at home.
2. Speaking and Listening Games
Speaking and Listening Games are an ESL classroom resource must have too. There are many benefits to playing speaking and listening games in the ESL classroom. High engagement, lower anxiety, increased motivation, and lots of embedded language practice are just a few! Click on the resources below to get a link to the bundle which has some of my best selling games including Speaking Tic Tac Toe and Listening Bingo.
3. Anchor Charts
There are so many different types of anchor charts! Incorporate anchor charts to match the language function and content you are teaching. Here are two examples from my classroom. Both are great springboards to speaking and writing. Want to know more? Make sure we are friends on Instagram so you see more examples from the classroom.
4. Sentence Starters and Frames
Sentence starters, stems, or frames, and all great ways to support your students’ language growth. These sentence frames can help ELLs to begin using complete sentences in both speaking and writing. An examples of using prepositions is below but you can use sentence support every day with all levels of language learners to advance their growth.
5. Diverse Books
Books that reflect different people, cultures, and experiences foster awareness and inclusivity are definitely one of my must have ESL classroom resources. Their are so many advantages I think I will leave it for a blog post for another day. In the meantime you can find two more ESL Classroom resources for you: 2 blog posts written for the beginning of the year!
For a link to Amazon to learn more about these books, just click on the photo above. (affiliate link).
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Happy Teaching!
Beth
