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ESL worksheets for young learners. K-7 level.

 

 

 

 

Worksheets for Teaching K7

ESL Young Learners: Index

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Section 71: Academic Skills

Flashcards and games for reviewing vocaubalry related to academic skills such as making predictions and observing things.

 


Section 72: What Do You Want to Do?

Flashcards and games for reviewing vocabulary describing things kids typically want to do.

 


Section 73: What Happens During a Storm?

A thematic unit that covers vocabulary for talking about storms.

 

Wind howls during a storm.

 


Section 74: What Happens at Dawn?

A thematic unit that covers vocabulary for discussing what happens at dawn.

The sky begins to brighten at dawn.

 


Section 75: What Happens at Night?

A thematic unit that looks at what comes out at night.

 

The stars come out at night.

 

 


Section 76: What Are the Five Senses?

A thematic unit that looks at the five senses of sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste.

People hear with their ears.

 


Section 77: How Do Things Taste?

A thematic unit that looks at the describing how various food tastes using vocabulary such as sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy

 

Lemons and limes taste sour.

 


Section 78: How Do Things Feel?

A thematic unit that looks at the describing how various materials feel using vocabulary such as hard, soft, rough, smooth, hot, and cold.

 

Bark is rough. Knives are sharp.

 


Section 79: What Do Animals Need to Live?

A thematic unit that looks at the describing what animals need to live.

 

Animals need food to live.

 


Section 80: What Are Baby Animals Called?

A thematic unit that looks at naming animal babies.

 

A baby bird is called a chick.

 

 


Section 81: Social Animals: What Are Animal Groups Called?

A thematic unit that looks at naming animal groups

 

A group of wolves is called a pack.

 


Section 82: What Happens in Fall/Autumn?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing autumn.

 

Leaves change color. Chestnuts fall to the ground.

 


Section 83: Animals With Backbones?

A thematic unit that looks at what kinds of animals have backbones and how animals are classified.

 

Mammals are one type of animal with a backbone.

 


Section 84: How Do Animals Move?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing how animals move.

 

Beetles crawl on the ground.

 


Section 85: What Happens on a Farm?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what happens on a farm.

 

Farmers plant crops. Farmers harvest crops.

 


Section 86: How Do People Get to Work?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing how people get to work.

 

Some people take the bus. Some people ride a bike.

 


Section 87: What Happens on Halloween?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what happens on Halloween.

 

Kids wear costumes. Kids dress up as witches and ghosts.

 


Section 88: What Can You Do in the City?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what you can do in the city.

 

You can see a movie at the theater. You can see an exhibit at a museum.

 

 


Section 89: What Can You Do in the Country?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what you can do in the country.

 

You can go hiking on a mountain. You can see wildlife in forest.

 


Section 90: How Do People Exercise?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing how people exercise.

 

Some people go jogging. Some people play sports.

 


Section 91: What Do Seeds Need to Grow?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what seeds need to grow.

 

Seeds need dirt to grow. Seeds need rain to grow.

 


Section 92: How Do Good Kids Behave?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing good and bad behavior.

 

Good kids don't bully. Good kids don't steal.

 


Section 93: What Do Kids Need to Grow?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what kids need to grow.

 

Kids need food to grow. Kids need love to grow.

 


Section 94: How Do People Relax?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing how people relax.

 

Some people watch TV. Some people read books.

 


Section 95: How Do People Communicate?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing how people communicate.

 

Some people talk on the phone. Some people send email.

 


Section 96: What Happens on Thanksgiving?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what happens on Thanksgiving.

 

Families get together. Families have a feast.

 


Section 97: Where Do Animals Live?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing four animal habitats.

 

Camels live in the desert. Whales live in the ocean.

 


Section 98: Where Do Fish Live?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing four animal habitats.

 

Tuna live in the ocean. Trout live in rivers and streams.

 


Section 99: When Do People Celebrate?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing when North American holidays are celebrated.

 

People celebrate New Year's in January. People celebrate Halloween in October.

 


Section 100: What Do Friends Do Together?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what friends do together.

 

Friends chat together. Friends spend time together.

 


Section 101: What Do Kids Do at the Beach?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what kids do at the beach.

 

Kids make sandcastles at the beach. Kids catch crabs at the beach.

 


Section 102: What Do Kids Do When It Snows?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what kids do when it snows.

 

Kids make snowmen. Kids make snow angels.

 


Section 103: What Happens in Winter?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what happens in winter.

 

Icicles hang from the roof. Frost covers the window.

 


Section 104: What Happens at Christmas?

A thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing what happens on Christmas.

 

People sing carols. People decorate trees.

 


Section 105: Describing the Four Seasons

A thematic unit that teaches how to use relative clauses to describe the four seasons.

 

Autumn is a time when farmers harvest crops.

 


Section 106: Describing Tools

A thematic unit that teaches how to use relative clauses to describe the tools.

 

A shovel is a thing that people use to dig.

 


Section 107:  How Do Arctic Animals Survive?

A thematic unit that teaches how to use relative clauses to describe the tools.

 

Some arctic animals have thick blubber.

 


Section 108: How Do Desert Plants Survive?

A thematic unit that teaches how to use relative clauses to describe the tools.

 

Some desert plants have thick stems.

 


Section 109: What Happens During Recess?

A thematic unit that teaches what children do during recess.

 

Children run around. Children play tag.

 

 


Section 110: What Happens at School?

A thematic unit that teaches what children do in different subjects such as math and socials.

Children make maps in socials class.

 


Section 111: Running Errands

A thematic unit that teaches simple errands using 'have to.'

 

I have to buy some bread at the bakery.

 


Section 112: What Happens in Spring?

A thematic unit that teaches what happens in spring.

 

Flowers bloom. Snow melts.

 

 


Section 113: What Do You See in the Sky?

A thematic unit that teaches about objects in the sky.

 

I see a black bird in the sky.

 


Section 114: How Do You Make a Jack-o'-lantern?

A thematic unit that teaches about processes and how to make a jack-o'-lantern.

 

First you choose a pumpkin.

 


Section 115: What Animals Live in the Sea?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the names of animals that live in the sea.

 

Crabs live in the sea.

 

 


Section 116: What Animals Live in the Forest?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the names of animals that live in the forest.

Bears live in the forest.

 


Section 117: How Did Early Humans Live?

A basic thematic unit that teaches how early hunter-gatherers live.

 

Early humans made tools of stone and bone.

 


Section 118: What Animals Live in the Desert?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the names of animals that live in the desert.

Camels live in the desert.

 


Section 119: What Animals Live in the Jungle?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the names of animals that live in the jungle.

Tigers live in the jungle.

 


Section 120: What Animals Live in the Wetland?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the names of animals that live in the wetland.

Alligators live in the wetland.

 


Section 121: What Happens During an Earthquake?

A basic thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing an earthquake.

The ground shakes during an earthquake.

 


Section 122: What Happens During an Eruption?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the vocabulary for describing an eruption.

Lava flows during an earthquake.

 


Section 123: How Do You Make a Snowman?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the vocabulary for describing a snowman and the process of building a snowman.

First, roll a large ball of snow.

 


Section 124: What Causes Pollution?

A basic thematic unit that teaches vocabulary for describing causes and effects, especially the causes of pollution.

Air pollution is caused by vehicles.

 


Section 125: Why Are Animals Endangered?

A basic thematic unit that teaches the vocabulary for discussing why animals are endangered.

Some animals are endangered due to poaching.

 


Section 126: My Favorite Things

A simple unit for discussing favorite color, sport, subject, and food.

My favorite color is green.

 


Section 127: Where and What

A simple unit for combining present continuous with prepositions of location (actions plus rooms in a house).

He is cooking dinner in the kitchen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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