Classroom Teacher's ESL Survival Kit #2

ESL Survival Kit # 2 contains 170 reproducible, self-checking content area activities for high-beginner ESL students grade 3 to adult. These well-illustrated, comprehensible activities with simple instructions allow students to work independently. Civics, Math, Science Civics materials help newcomers to locate the U.S. on a world map, become familiar with names and locations of the 50 states, learn major geographical features of the U.S. and basic facts about the population, the capital, the president, elections, Congress, and symbols of the United States. Each of the most important facts of early U.S. history and our form of government is illustrated to provide a basic awareness of democratic concepts. Math activities prepare ESL students with the basic language needed for math in grades 3 to 8. There is practice with vocabulary for numbers, decimals, fractions, word problems, U.S. coins, time, shapes, geometrical terms, and measuring terms for temperature, distance, weight, and liquids. The science section provides basic plant, animal, and weather concepts. Bonus: More Aesop's fables with language-extension activities; word searches; and crossword puzzles. Plus much more!