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Year one English Learner (EL) Resources

Education.com offers an array of introductory resources for your young English learner. Parents and teachers can use our year one EL resources to introduce or review beginning concepts that will help your child build confidence and master English basics. If the basics aren't enough, we also offer challenging exercises to take your English learner's skillset to the next level!

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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

Heavier or Lighter?

Heavier or Lighter?

Fill ‘em up! This lesson teaches students to compare how much different containers can hold. Get ready for some overflowing fun!

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

Setting, Characters, and Events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Setting, Characters, and Events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Your kids will love learning about setting, characters, and events as they listen to a classic tale and play a simple game. This lesson helps students improve their reading comprehension skills while having fun.

Year one

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

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

Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Caterpillars and the hard C sound come together in this colorful lesson. With help from the ever-popular *The Very Hungry Caterpillar* by Eric Carle, students will learn about metamorphosis while developing their phonics skills.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Capacity Comparison

Capacity Comparison

Your class will love this outdoor activity that teaches them how to compare the capacity of different containers.

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

Comparing Bigger and Smaller

Comparing Bigger and Smaller

Kindergarteners love talking about how big they are! Help them develop a stronger understanding of big and small in this engaging measurement lesson.

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

Picture This: The Ugly Duckling!

Picture This: The Ugly Duckling!

Your students have probably heard of "The Ugly Duckling," but have they ever tried to put the events of the story in order? In this simple sequencing lesson, young readers match illustrations to text and put them into the proper order.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rhyming with Sam I Am

Rhyming with Sam I Am

"Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss is a favorite for children and grown-ups alike. In this lesson, your students will focus on Dr. Seuss's use of rhyming words in the story.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Sight Words

Use this fun lesson plan to practise identifying common sight words and rhyming words with your el's. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Categorize It!

By sorting and categorizing different objects, young learners will build important foundational skills. Your students will greatly enjoy playing with different toys and competing some fun worksheets.

Kindergarten

Maths

Lesson plan

Sorting Fun!

Introduce your class to the concept of sorting with this interactive lesson that encourages participation from your whole class!

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

Imagination: Real or Make Believe

Imagination: Real or Make Believe

Can cartoon bears talk? Can fish sing? Engage your students by teaching the difference between real and make believe.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

In honor of Chinese New Year, share with your students a famous Chinese story called *The Monkey King*. Students will practise their comprehension skills as they retell the story, identifying what happens in the beginning, middle, and end.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Learning New Sight Words

Learning New Sight Words

Use this lesson plan as a stand alone or support lesson to introduce or review how to read and use sight words to your ELs.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

What’s in a Picture?

What’s in a Picture?

Help your students connect with a classic read-aloud as they learn about the relationship between illustrations and text.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details

In this lesson, your students will explore reading with technology with "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Students will use a graphic organizer to reflect on this story.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Listening for Beginning Blends

Listening for Beginning Blends

This is a perfect lesson plan to use when introducing or reviewing beginning blends with your EL students! Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the **Blending Sounds** lesson plan.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Use Your Mind and Visualize!

Use Your Mind and Visualize!

Help students learn the crucial reading strategy of visualizing. Visualizing is a key component of learning to infer from a text. Kids will love using their imaginations to draw pictures of their visualizations.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Winners

Reading Winners

Who will win the race? Help your class build essential pre-reading skills with a friendly competition. Your students will race to identify the author, illustrator, and all the parts of a book in this engaging lesson.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

The Little Red Hen: Story Patterns

The Little Red Hen: Story Patterns

With some help from The Little Red Hen, young readers will have fun enhancing their reading skills while learning about the value of hard work.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

More Than One

Let’s get reading and writing! In this lesson, students learn to form and recognise regular plural nouns. But the fun doesn’t stop there. Students will work with counting collections to write sentences about the objects they count.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Ice Cream Addition to Five

Ice Cream Addition to Five

Music, hands-on practise, and coloring by number will make this cool addition lesson a favorite! In this lesson, your students will practise adding numbers to five.

Year one

Maths

Lesson plan

Phonological Awareness

Phonological Awareness

Use this helpful phonological awareness lesson to introduce or review the beginning and ending sounds in CVC words with your ELs. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the colour it Out lesson plan.

Year one

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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