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This Family Time: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5) unit plan also includes:
Support English language development with a family-themed unit consisting of a series of lessons designed to get your scholars moving, looking, speaking, writing, and listening. Conversation topics include birthdays, family members, chores, moods, cooking, grades in school, zoo animals, special occasions, time, numbers, and much more.
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Concepts
birthdays, academic vocabulary, poetry, reading poetry, word endings, multisyllabic words, family vocabulary, high frequency words, vowels, vowel patterns, blending sounds, long vowels, the long /o/ sound, phonics, feelings, word families, verbs, voice, following directions, contractions, measurement, cooking, baking, dictionary skills, word meanings, present tense verbs, chores, prefixes, homophones, past tense verbs, sentence combining, silent consonants, silent letters, storms, farming, time, numerals, numbers, punctuating dialogue
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Instructional Ideas
- Celebrate the birthdays of the month that you teach the birthday lesson
- Schedule a game day; invite learners to bring in their favorite game
- Have a recipe swap and make a no-bake recipe for the class—take food allergies into consideration
Classroom Considerations
- The unit is the second of three in a Family Time themed series created by Houghton Mifflin designed to accompany their English language arts curriculum
- Some ESL lessons require curriculum specific material that is not provided, but can still be implemented with modifications
Pros
- Provides multi-level response suggestions
- Each lesson is written in detail for easy implementation
- Materials are shown on the corresponding teacher instruction page for quick reference
Cons
- None