University of California
Student Workbook: Reading Comprehension
Teach your class five reading strategies to help them with reading informational texts and literary texts. This packet, designed to help learners prepare for the CAHSEE, provides specific strategies that could be used to help prepare for...
City College of San Francisco
Making Inferences: Reading Between the Lines
Have you ever read part of a story and had to figure out what the rest was about? Practice making inferences with several short passages and multiple choice questions.
Curated OER
Print & Go ESL
Improve reading comprehension with a set of ESL worksheets. Kids read through various passages, note which facts are true or false, mark their opinion on two statements, and write a short reply based on a writing prompt.
Curated OER
Hanukkah - ESL
Reinforce vocabulary and reading comprehension with a Hanukkah-themed collection of worksheets. Scholars first read a two-paragraph informational text, then apply their new-found-knowledge to match phrases, fill in blanks with...
ESL Library
Beginner Level Thanksgiving ESL Lesson Plan
Thanksgiving is a cherished tradition in the United States and Canada. Introduce the beginnings of the Thanksgiving celebration with a resource that features reading comprehension activities, vocabulary exercises, and a short...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Down on the Farm: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 8)
Down on the Farm is the theme of this series of ESL lessons designed to support reading, speaking, and listening skills. Over three weeks, your learners will have the opportunity to sing songs, play guessing games, create masks,...
ESL Library
Muhammad Ali
"Float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee" with a resource about the greatest boxer of our generation. A short biographical reading passage introduces young readers to Muhammad Ali, and includes information about his early life...
ESL Library
Mardi Gras
Learn about the festivity of Mardi Gras with a series of reading and writing assignments. As class members read a passage about the history of Mardi Gras and the way it's celebrated around the world, they answer comprehension...
NFPA
Sparky's Birthday Surprise
Fire safety is a hot topic for kids! With this resource, little ones will read, color, draw, and play as they are learning about prevention and, as an added bonus, practice naming shapes, counting, and adding numbers! Reading, math, and...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nature: Friend and Foe: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 6)
If readers don't understand key portions of a text, it may seem more like a foe than a friend. The second resource in a series of three ESL lessons designed to accompany the texts in Nature: Friend or Foe makes the texts easier to...
Curated OER
Thanksgiving
Introduce the basics of Thanksgiving with a language arts instructional activity. As pupils practice observation skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension, they design paper turkeys by outlining their hands and feet and by...
ESL Holiday Lessons
Thanksgiving
Near Thanksgiving, learners complete activities surrounding the holiday. Some of the activities include a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
LearnEnglishFeelGood.com
There, They're, Their
Accompany a there, they're, and their lesson or test your pupils' comprehension with a grammar worksheet where scholars read sentences and fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word.
Curated OER
Beginning Daily Activities Unit
Begin each day with a warm-up that has ELLs focusing their minds on a skill that will be taught that day. Focusing on verbs, each daily lesson reinforces study and self-management skills, helps learners become proficient in working with...
Other
Esl Reader English Reading Help for Esl Students
This resource provides great reading help for ESL students. You can use this helper to speed up reading time and improve your reading skills by providing definitions at a click for any passage you provide. Just copy and paste your text...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): A Life Saving Cow
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "A Life-Saving Cow" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed questions,...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Driver Loses Mabel, Finds Jail
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Driver Loses Mabel, Finds Jail" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed...
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Job Search 1
This true-or-false exercise tests listening and reading comprehension. Students read a variety of help wanted ads. They then listen to a variety of statements about the ads, deciding if the statements are true or false.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading to Learn Academy, Grade 5 Additional Resources
This website provides links to teacher resources to effectively teach reading to learn skills. These include topics for all learners and ESL learners. Learning resources for Word Study and Recognition, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading to Learn Academy, Grade 4 Additional Resources
This website provides links to teacher resources to effectively teach reading to learn skills. These include topics for all learners and ESL learners. Learning resources for Word Study and Recognition, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension,...
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: General Listening Quiz: Enjoying the Zoo
Students listen to a recording about a visit to the zoo, then read and answer questions to check their oral comprehension. Includes followup ideas for discussion and research.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Directions Around Town 2
This exercise combines map-reading and listening skills designed especially for English language learners. Students locate designated buildings on a map by following directions for turning right, walking two blocks forward, and so on.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Directions Around Town 3
This true-or-false exercise for English language learners tests their map-reading and listening skills. Using a small street map for visual reference, students answer a series of true/false questions about locations on the map.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Phone Numbers
This listening-for-numbers exercise for English language learners (ELLs) tests survival listening skills and listening fluency. Students must choose the correct telephone number from a multiple-choice list after listening to an audio clip.