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English & Spanish School Word Cards for ELL PrintablesEnglish & Spanish School Word Cards for ELL Printables
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Grade
K - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Types
Printables & Templates
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
Language
English, Spanish
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English & Spanish School Word Cards for ELL

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Transition young English language learners back to school with this set of vocabulary cards. Addressing common classroom vocabulary like teacher, backpack, and crayons, this set of cards is perfect for developing the language children need to communicate with their classmates and teachers.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Additional Tags

ELD, vocabulary card, picture card, English Language Development, classroom support

Classroom Considerations

  • Introduce the vocabulary as a whole class lesson before allowing children to work together playing a matching game with the cards

Pros

  • Resource includes a total of nine vocabulary words
  • Each word card includes both English and Spanish spellings
  • Picture cards are included that clearly define each vocabulary word
  • A graphic organizer is included that allows students to draw their own pictures for each term

Cons

  • Some preparation is required to print and cut-out sets of the word and picture cards

Common Core

L.K.5.a L.K.5.c L.1.5.a L.1.5.c L.2.5.a L.3.5.a L.3.5.b

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