Esl Smart!

by Bouchard, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780130925732
• ISBN10: 013092573X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

This remarkable resource gives ESL teachers working with the four million Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in our public schools 178 tested lessons and over 200 illustrated activity sheets to help students develop the knowledge, vocabulary, and practical skills they need to succeed in school and in life.

Table of Contents

About This Resource	vi
Part 1: PERSONAL LIFE SKILLS	1	(220)
Personal Information	3	(29)
What Is Your Name?	5	(3)
Address	8	(3)
Telephone Number	11	(3)
Emergency Information	14	(3)
Birthday/Age	17	(3)
Gender	20	(2)
Completing a Form	22	(2)
Getting to Know You!	24	(8)
Personal Communication	32	(41)
Practice Telephone	33	(1)
Dialing the Telephone	34	(3)
Answering the Telephone and Taking a Message	37	(3)
Leaving a Message	40	(3)
Using the Telephone Book	43	(3)
Using a Pay Phone	46	(4)
Dialing the Operator	50	(3)
Guidelines for Speaking-Volume, Speed, and Tone of Voice	53	(4)
Personal Space	57	(3)
Eye Contact and Touching	60	(3)
Interrupting	63	(3)
How to Be a Good Listener	66	(3)
Body Language, Gestures, and Noises	69	(4)
Manners and Social Interaction	73	(51)
Common Greetings and Farewells	74	(3)
Introductions	77	(4)
Polite Phrases	81	(4)
May I?	85	(2)
Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., Sir, and Ma'am	87	(3)
Taking Turns	90	(6)
Dealing with Anger and Conflict Resolution	96	(4)
When and How to Apologize	100	(2)
Being Early, On Time, or Late	102	(4)
Clean Up After Yourself!	106	(2)
How to Be a Gracious Guest	108	(2)
Making New Friends	110	(3)
Being Tactful	113	(2)
Table Manners	115	(3)
Good Sportsmanship	118	(6)
Personal Hygiene and Health	124	(42)
Taking a Shower or Bath	125	(3)
Washing Your Hands	128	(2)
Taking Care of Your Teeth	130	(3)
Taking Care of Your Hair	133	(3)
Using a Public Restroom	136	(3)
Body Parts-Outside and Inside	139	(7)
``How Do You Feel?''	146	(3)
Keep Those Germs Away	149	(3)
Emotions-How Do You Feel Inside?	152	(4)
Beware: Cigarettes, Drugs, and Alcohol	156	(3)
Making Healthy Choices	159	(2)
The Five Senses	161	(3)
A Trip to the Doctor-What to Expect	164	(2)
Safety	166	(55)
Being Safe at Home	167	(3)
International Safety Signs and Words	170	(7)
Traffic Lights, Traffic Signs, and Crossing the Street	177	(4)
Bicycle Safety	181	(3)
Bus Safety	184	(3)
Emergency Help-9-1-1	187	(3)
Lost! What Do You Do?	190	(4)
Stranger Danger	194	(3)
Latchkey Safety	197	(4)
Playing It Safe Around Electricity	201	(3)
Stay Away from Guns and Fireworks	204	(4)
Fire Safety	208	(4)
Railroad Safety	212	(3)
Water Safety	215	(3)
Caring for Younger Children	218	(3)
Part 2: SCHOOL AND ACADEMIC SKILLS	221
School Information	222
My School	223
The People Who Work in Your School	227
Classroom Facts	229
Classroom Objects	231
Classroom Directions and Commands	237
What's in Your Backpack?	243
The Playground	246
How Do You Get to School?/ When Do You Go to School?	250
The Lunchroom	253
Using the School Library	256
Using an Assignment Book	260
School in Your Native Land	264
The Alphabet and Handwriting	268
Alphabet and Handwriting Pretest-Posttest	269
Directionality-Left to Right	270
Tips for Teaching the Alphabet	273
Alphabetical Order	293
Rules for Capital Letters	296
Tips for Teaching Handwriting	299
Introduction to Literacy	307
Literacy Pretest-Posttest	309
Position-Beginning, First, Middle, End, Last	310
Letter Name-Letter Sound	313
``Pardon Me, Are You a Vowel or a Consonant?''	315
Teaching Consonants	318
Teaching Vowels	323
Blending Sounds	326
Seven Important Phonics Rules	329
Silent e	331
Diagraphs: th, wh, sh, ch	333
Beginning Blends	339
Ending Blends	342
Rhyming Words	344
Sight Vocabulary	346
Plurals and Irregular Plurals	350
Categorization	352
Same and Different	355
Story Sequence	358
Nouns	361
Pronouns	363
Verbs	366
Verbs-Present Tense	368
Verbs-Past Tense	371
Verbs-Future Tense	375
Verbs-``To Be''	378
Adding ``ing''	384
Compound Words	388
Syllables	391
A, An, The	393
Possessive Pronouns and Nouns	395
Adjectives	398
Adverbs	401
Comparisons: ``er'' and ``est''	403
Can-Can't and Do-Don't	405
Kinds of Sentences and Basic Punctuation	408
Question Words: Who? What? When? Where? Why?	411
Dictation-A Sentence a Day!	414
Contractions	416
Commas	419
Quotations	422
Writing a Friendly Letter	425
Story Elements	428
Written Directions	430
Understanding Test Questions	432
Reading a Schedule	435
Idioms	438
Numbers, Math, and Money	440
Numbers, Math, and Money Pretest-Posttest	441
The Hundred Chart	442
Number Words	445
Basic Math Symbols and Vocabulary	448
Ordinal Numbers	451
Addition	453
Subtraction	457
Multiplication	460
Division	464
Fractions	467
Place Value and Reading Numbers	470
Money! Money! Money!	472
Standard Measurement (U.S.)	476
The Metric System	479
Standard (U.S.) Liquid Measure	482
Graphs	485
Story Problems	489
Patterns	492
Time, Calendar, and Weather	495
Time, Calendar, Weather Pretest-Posttest	496
Analog Teaching Clock	498
Telling Time: o'clock	501
Telling Time-Hours and Minutes	504
Digital Clock	506
Noon and Midnight	508
A.M. and P.M.	510
Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night	514
Time Change-Daylight Saving Time	517
Quarter After; Half Past; Quarter to	520
Time Equivalents	522
Time Zones	524
Calendar	527
How's the Weather?	535
Weather Safety	540
Seasons	543
Colors and Shapes	545
Colors and Shapes Pretest-Posttest	546
Colors	547
Shapes	551
Spatial Concepts, Direction, & World Geography	556
Spatial Concepts, Direction, & World Geography Pretest-Posttest	557
Spatial Concepts with Oral Directions	562
Side-Right And Left	564
Directions: Turn Right, Turn Left, Go Straight	567
Reading a Grid	571
Directions: North, South, East, West	573
Reading a Grid	571
Directions: North, South, East, West	573
Reading a City Map	580
Reading a Map to Scale	583
Using a Globe: Continents and Oceans	586
Latitude and Longitude	590
Poles and Hemispheres	593
Technology and Sources of Information	596
Technology and Sources of Information Pretest-Posttest	598
Know Your Computer	599
Knock! Knock! How Do I Get In?	603
Using E-Mail	607
Playing It Safe on the Net	610
Using the Dictionary	613
Reading the Newspaper	616
Reference Sources	620