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English Learner (EL) Lesson Plans

Learning English can be difficult for non-native speakers, but Education.com has the perfect lesson plan support to help these young kids learn to be comfortable speaking, reading, and writing English. Use Education.com's English learner lesson plans for ways to adapt conversations about academic topics for EL students. Our year one to year six EL lesson plans include suggestions to build academic language through word, sentence, and discourse activities.

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Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To Game

Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To Game

Help your students make sense of the greater than, less than and equal to in this interactive lesson! Your students will have opportunities to compare either two-digit or three-digit numbers.

Year 2

Maths

Lesson plan

Shapes for year one!

Shapes for year one!

Identifying shapes and colors will come easily to students after listening to songs, playing bingo, and coloring a worksheet!

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

One Fish, Two Fish

One Fish, Two Fish

This wacky lesson combines maths and reading practise with a Dr. Seuss classic and some fun online games.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

It's Pattern Time

It's Pattern Time

Get those bodies moving and make some patterns. This lesson uses fine and gross motor skills to teach your students about AB patterns.

Kindergarten

Maths

Lesson plan

More, Less, or Equal: Comparing Quantities

More, Less, or Equal: Comparing Quantities

In this lesson, your students will get hands-on practise comparing quantities! Students will compare using buttons, blocks, and their classmates.

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

Simple Summaries

Simple Summaries

Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.

Year 4

Lesson plan

Division and Multiplication Relationship

Division and Multiplication Relationship

Let's better understand multiplication and division concepts! Use this lesson to help students understand inverse operations between multiplication and division.

Year 4

Maths

Lesson plan

Solving Word Problems

Solving Word Problems

Word problems getting you down? Then spread the word on a lesson that will help students decide when to add or subtract, as they identify clue words that aid in solving word problems.

Year 3

Maths

Lesson plan

Comparing Tall and Short

Comparing Tall and Short

From skyscrapers to ants, comparing sizes with your class can be endlessly fun! This lesson will help your students compare short and tall sizes.

Kindergarten

Maths

Lesson plan

Counting to 20: Get 'Em in Order!

Counting to 20: Get 'Em in Order!

Your students will have fun working with numbers to 20 with this exciting and interactive lesson with music, movement, and hands-on experiences!

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

Making Predictions Lesson

Making Predictions Lesson

This lesson thoughtfully scaffolds the reading skill of predicting. Students are introduced to the concept and get to practise making predictions. They will apply what they have learned during a focused independent reading activity.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Vowel or Consonant?

Vowel or Consonant?

Help your class understand what makes AEIO and U so special with this lesson that helps them differentiate between vowels and consonants.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Place Value Party

Place Value Party

Now that your first graders are able to count consecutively, introduce them to the tens and ones place values. Using tens and ones blocks will make maths easy and fun for everyone!

Year 2

Maths

Lesson plan

Reading Closely

Reading Closely

Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It's packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Identifying Parts of a Book

Identifying Parts of a Book

Let your students learn more about books with this lesson that helps them learn to identify key parts of a physical book. This information will have them well prepared for research projects later on.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Subtraction with Regrouping

Subtraction with Regrouping

Help your students subtract with confidence by sharing two different strategies. Use this lesson to build on students’ understanding of subtraction and to evaluate this key skill.

Year 4

Maths

Lesson plan

Reading Round Up!

Reading Round Up!

Preschoolers can have a range of reading abilities. Find out what they know about letters and reading with this lesson plan!

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Asking and Answering Questions

Asking and Answering Questions

This lesson helps students learn about asking and answering questions about a text. It also exposes them to valuable lessons about trying to figure out their dreams and not giving up along the way.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Identifying Character Traits

Identifying Character Traits

What's your "it"? This lesson incorporates Tony Dungy's You Can Do It! into some hands-on activities that help students learn about different character traits.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts

Making Inferences in Nonfiction Texts

When students read nonfiction texts, they will need to make inferences using text features and quotes as evidence. Support your students using short texts as practise before diving into more complex materials like textbooks.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Emotion Charades

Emotion Charades

Help your ELs practise identifying how their peers are feeling to develop emotions vocabulary and support comprehension. It can be used as a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

This lesson will help your students use sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text. Students will enjoy learning about maps and figuring out tricky words along the way!

Year 3

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Counting Hours: What Time Is It?

Counting Hours: What Time Is It?

Give first graders a sense of time by introducing them to telling time by the hour. Students who have mastered the numbers 1 to 12 will be eager to keep the class on a time schedule.

Year 2

Maths

Lesson plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.

Year 2

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

There’s No I in Theme-work!

There’s No I in Theme-work!

That’s right! The theme applies to everyone! Use this interactive lesson to teach your students how to find the theme of a fictional text.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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