7th Grade EFL - ESL - ELD Posters

Are your EFL/ESL students struggling with English pronunciation? Do they find it challenging to read new words in their dictionaries? Make their learning journey easier by displaying this set of International Phonetic Alphabet Posters in your classroom.

Why Choose These Posters?

• Comprehensive Coverage

This set includes 45 vibrant A4 posters featuring both American and British pronunciation.

♥ 24 Consonant Posters

♥ 21 Vowel/Diphthong Posters

• Engaging Design: Each poster is designed to captivate students’ attention with:

☺ Colorful and differentiated designs for consonants and vowels/diphthongs.

☺ A picture representing the first word on each poster to aid visual learning.

☺ Underlined letters and phonograms to highlight the given phoneme.

• Effective Learning Tool:

Each poster contains a picture represeting the given sound and a list of words in which the phoneme is pronounced.

Boost your students’ confidence and pronunciation skills by displaying these posters in your classroom.

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Transform your ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom with these essential classroom expression posters – 30 flashcards that support language learning. Elevate your lessons by displaying question word posters, featuring key question words (when, who, how long, how many, where, how much, which) as a valuable reference tool. Plus, add a touch of warmth to your English environment with a vibrant 'Welcome to' pennant flag banner.

Resource Description:

• 7 Question word Posters
• Two options for a "Welcome to " sign -letters are editable only.
• Sixteen pages with 30 flashcards of common ESL classroom expressions.
• Blank flashcards to add your own sentences.

These display posters are 8.5X11 and print with a very small white boarder around the poster. The letter pennant flags are on a separate slideshow with either 3 or 2 flags per page (10X7.5).

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

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Do you teach reading intervention in middle or high school? Start the year or begin your work with a group by building community and supporting a growth mindset!

This ebook details the first five days and has ALL the resources you need to start the year off on the right foot!

You get 20 pages of:

• information on setting up the room before students arrive
• growth mindset activities that lead to a detailed conversation
• notes for each day, including the intent for the students and the intent for you, the teacher
• materials, explanations, and video links to support the activities
• 2 full-page printable posters
• short student survey
• game play routine
• materials list for the activities
• student information tracking page to note your observations

These activities support CCSS.SL.1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Read more about the First Five Days on this blog.

This Figurative Language Posters resource now includes a digital option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the product for a link and instructions.

Figures of Speech Poster Set!

Each figurative language poster briefly describes the figure of speech and provides an example of the following:

1. Alliteration

2. Hyperboles

3. Idioms

4. Onomatopoeia

5. Personification

6. Proverbs and Adages

7. Similes and Metaphors

8. Puns

NOTE: THIS FILE NOW INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

As of 2/1/21, this product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Technology Requirements:

• A Google Drive account
• If sharing with students, a Drive account that is linked to student Google accounts
• Can be shared/delivered on Google Classroom
• Only need access to Google Drive--no outside links to worry about!

These files can be used with iPads, chrome books, laptops, and desktops as long as your students have access to Google Drive or Classroom on a device. The digital portion of this product is on Google Slides.

If you are looking for lessons on figurative language or figures of speech, please check out my figurative language activities!

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #1: HYPERBOLES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #2: SIMILES AND METAPHORS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #3: IDIOMS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #4: PROVERBS AND ADAGES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #5: PERSONIFICATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #6: ALLITERATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #7: ONOMATOPOEIA
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #8: PUNS

Do you want to take the plunge on the entire bundle and save money? Go here:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE MEGA BUNDLE

My newest figurative language product is for use as a daily warm-up, early finisher, or homework activity. Designed to be 3-6 minutes each day, including correcting and/or discussion time, you will receive 190 days of fun! Check it out here:

• DAILY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WARM-UPS

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Kirsten has 18 years of experience in elementary education. She has been a homeroom teacher for first grade, third grade, and fourth grade, as well as ESL. She has also been a school counselor for grades PK-6, an ESL pullout teacher for K-6, and a Reading Recovery Teacher. She received her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from The University of Iowa and a Master’s of Education in school counseling from Sam Houston State University. She believes that students make the most progress when they are engaged in their hearts as well as their minds. Her resources offer relevant, rigorous, engaging content that nurtures the whole child.

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Get these printable posters to teach your ELL Newcomers all about Spring holidays, foods, weather, clothes and traditions! 5 posters included!

Transform your ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom with these essential classroom expression posters – 30 flashcards that support language learning. Elevate your lessons by displaying question word posters, featuring key question words (when, who, how long, how many, where, how much, which) as a valuable reference tool. Plus, add a touch of warmth to your English environment with a vibrant 'Welcome to' pennant flag banner.

Resource Description:

• 7 Question word Posters
• Two options for a "Welcome to " sign -letters are editable only.
• Sixteen pages with 30 flashcards of common ESL classroom expressions.
• Blank flashcards to add your own sentences.

These display posters are 8.5X11 and print with a very small white boarder around the poster. The letter pennant flags are on a separate slideshow with either 3 or 2 flags per page (10X7.5).

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

Follow me @thelibrarians.playground on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for teacher tips. Follow the Librarian’s Playground with Ms.G on Teachers Pay teacher for updates on new products. Email me with any questions or suggestions for improvement thelibrarians.playground@gmail.com

Figurative Language Activities, Worksheets, Task Cards, & Anchor Charts BUNDLE:

It's time to make figurative language instruction FUN for YOU and for your STUDENTS!
These figurative language worksheets, task cards, and anchor charts NOW include a digital distance learning option in Google Slides AND Google Forms (as well as the printable PDF files).

This Figurative Language Activities and Task Cards BUNDLE was created for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, and includes EIGHT figurative language products.

The figures of speech covered in this bundle include hyperboles, similes and metaphors, idioms, proverbs and adages, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and puns.

These are the links to the individual products:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #1: HYPERBOLES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #2: SIMILES AND METAPHORS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #3: IDIOMS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #4: PROVERBS AND ADAGES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #5: PERSONIFICATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #6: ALLITERATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #7: ONOMATOPOEIA
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #8: PUNS

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Descriptions of each product are as follows:

HYPERBOLES:

This hyperbole activity for 3rd-6th grade is perfect for students who are learning figures of speech. You will find anchor charts with sample hyperboles, task cards, and worksheets.

This file includes:

• 4 hyperbole instructional pages and examples
• 36 task cards (students identify the hyperbole on 12 cards, finish hyperbole sentences on 12 cards, and create 12 hyperboles from regular sentences)
• 3 activity pages
• answer sheets
• answer keys where appropriate

SIMILES AND METAPHORS:

This simile and metaphor worksheets, task cards, and activities pack was created for 3rd-6th grade. You can use it for whole class figurative language instruction, literacy stations or centers, or in small groups.

This file includes:

• 4 instructional sheets
• 36 task cards with varying student requirements
• a task card answer sheet
• task card answer key
• three worksheets (answers on the worksheets will vary)

IDIOMS:

You will find everything you need to provide a fun opportunity for students to learn all about idioms.

This idioms worksheets, task cards, and activities product was created for 3rd-6th grade and includes:

• 2 instructional pages
• 5 full pages of common idioms and their meanings (67 idioms included)
• 36 task cards with three different question types
• 1 answer sheet
• 1 task card answer key
• 2 printable activity pages
• 1 page for a whole class idioms game

PROVERBS AND ADAGES:

This proverbs and adages figurative language activity for 3rd-6th grade is perfect for teachers who need task cards, sample proverbs, their meaning, and worksheets!

This file includes:

• 2 instructional pages
• 7 pages of common proverbs and adages
• 24 task cards
• an answer sheet
• an answer key
• 3 activity sheets

Please note that, as per the common core standards, this packet does NOT focus on the difference between proverbs and adages, but instead on the contextual meaning of proverbs and adages.

PERSONIFICATION:

These personification activities are perfect for teachers who want their 3rd-6th graders to better understand how personification is used to enhance the written and spoken word.

This product includes:

• 3 instructional pages
• a personification word list (2 pages with over 150 words) for common human traits and actions that can be used to personify writing
• 36 personification task cards with a variety of questions
• a task card answers sheet (2 pages)
• a task card answer key (2 pages)
• 4 pages of activities.

ALLITERATION:

Alliteration is always amazing! This alliteration activity was created for 3rd-6th grade and will give you everything you need to engage students in fun and meaningful alliteration poems, activities, and worksheet.

This file includes:

• 2 alliteration instructional sheets
• 20 task cards with varying student requirements
• a task card answer sheet
• an acrostic poetry exercise
• a tongue twister partner activity
• a class book template for an alliteration picture book
• number poetry
• alliteration in common phrases

ONOMATOPOEIA:

These onomatopoeia worksheets, task cards, and anchor charts are perfect for students learning about figures of speech. You will find reference pages with common onomatopoeia words and the corresponding things or animals that those sounds come from. This file is perfect for 3rd-6th grade

This onomatopoeia file includes:

• an instructional poster
• a list of 90 common onomatopoeia words
• 24 task cards with three distinct question types
• an answer sheet
• a task card answer key
• 5 onomatopoeia worksheets

PUNS:

This puns task cards product is an engaging figurative language word play activity for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

This puns word play product includes:

• 2 instructional pages
• 30 task cards (two per page)
• task card answer sheets
• task card answer keys
• 4 puns no prep printable activity sheets

This figurative language bell ringer can be used as a daily warm-up, early finisher, or homework activity (designed to be 4-6 minutes each day including correcting and/or discussion time). Check it out here:

• DAILY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WARM-UPS

Need some help with basic phonics, word families and letter sounds for your secondary multilingual students? This resource has 48 pages of great posters for your classroom and secondary ELL students! The posters have graphics specifically chosen for 6th-12th grade students that are inclusive and have lots of cultural diversity.

Figurative Language Activities: Posters, Task Cards, Anchor Charts, and Worksheets MEGA BUNDLE

This Figurative Language MEGA BUNDLE is created for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, and includes EIGHT figurative language task cards products, daily figurative language bell ringers for one year, and two differentiated figurative language sorting activities (they contain the same content, but one activity uses cards and the other one uses sticky notes).

The figures of speech covered in this mega bundle include hyperboles, similes and metaphors, idioms, proverbs and adages, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and puns.

These are the links to the individual Figurative Language products:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #1: HYPERBOLES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #2: SIMILES AND METAPHORS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #3: IDIOMS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #4: PROVERBS AND ADAGES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #5: PERSONIFICATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #6: ALLITERATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #7: ONOMATOPOEIA
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #8: PUNS

Link to the Daily Figurative Language Warm-Ups for One Year:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BELL RINGERS

Links for the Differentiated Figurative Language Sorting Products:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SORTING ACTIVITY
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SORTING ACTIVITY USING STICKY NOTES

Descriptions of each product are as follows:

HYPERBOLES:

This hyperbole activity for 3rd-6th grade is perfect for students who are learning figures of speech. You will find anchor charts with sample hyperboles, task cards, and worksheets.

This file includes:

• 4 hyperbole instructional pages and examples
• 36 task cards (students identify the hyperbole on 12 cards, finish hyperbole sentences on 12 cards, and create 12 hyperboles from regular sentences)
• 3 activity pages
• answer sheets
• answer keys where appropriate

SIMILES AND METAPHORS:

This simile and metaphor worksheets, task cards, and activities pack was created for 3rd-6th grade. You can use it for whole class figurative language instruction, literacy stations or centers, or in small groups.

This file includes:

• 4 instructional sheets
• 36 task cards with varying student requirements
• a task card answer sheet
• task card answer key
• three worksheets (answers on the worksheets will vary)

IDIOMS:

There are few things more fun to teach than figures of speech! These idioms anchor charts, task cards, and activities don't feel like work because they are hilarious, engaging, and exciting.

You will find everything you need to provide a fun opportunity for students to learn all about idioms.

This idioms worksheets, task cards, and activities product was created for 3rd-6th grade and includes:

• 2 instructional pages
• 5 full pages of common idioms and their meanings (67 idioms included)
• 36 task cards with three different question types
• 1 answer sheet
• 1 task card answer key
• 2 printable activity pages
• 1 page for a whole class idioms game

PROVERBS AND ADAGES:

This proverbs and adages figurative language activity for 3rd-6th grade is perfect for teachers who need task cards, sample proverbs, their meaning, and worksheets!

This file includes:

• 2 instructional pages
• 7 pages of common proverbs and adages
• 24 task cards
• an answer sheet
• an answer key
• 3 activity sheets

Please note that, as per the common core standards, this packet does NOT focus on the difference between proverbs and adages, but instead on the contextual meaning of proverbs and adages.

PERSONIFICATION:

These personification activities are perfect for teachers who want their 3rd-6th graders to better understand how personification is used to enhance the written and spoken word.

This product includes:

• 3 instructional pages
• a personification word list (2 pages with over 150 words) for common human traits and actions that can be used to personify writing
• 36 personification task cards with a variety of questions
• a task card answers sheet (2 pages)
• a task card answer key (2 pages)
• 4 pages of activities

ALLITERATION:

Alliteration is always amazing! This alliteration activity was created for 3rd-6th grade and will give you everything you need to engage students in fun and meaningful alliteration poems, activities, and worksheet.

This file includes:

• 2 alliteration instructional sheets
• 20 task cards with varying student requirements
• a task card answer sheet
• an acrostic poetry exercise
• a tongue twister partner activity
• a class book template for an alliteration picture book
• number poetry
• alliteration in common phrases

ONOMATOPOEIA:

These onomatopoeia worksheets, task cards, and anchor charts are perfect for students learning about figures of speech. You will find reference pages with common onomatopoeia words and the corresponding things or animals that those sounds come from. This file is perfect for 3rd-6th grade.

This onomatopoeia file includes:

• an instructional poster
• a list of 90 common onomatopoeia words
• 24 task cards with three distinct question types
• an answer sheet
• a task card answer key
• 5 onomatopoeia worksheets

PUNS:

This puns task cards product is an engaging figurative language word play activity for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

This puns word play product includes:

• 2 instructional pages
• 30 task cards (two per page)
• task card answer sheets
• task card answer keys
• 4 puns no prep printable activity sheets

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BELL RINGERS:

Incorporate figures of speech in your daily bell ringers using these figurative language activities! These daily warm-up bell ringers contain:

• optional cover pages in color or black-and-white
• 38 weeks of daily figurative language activities
• 30 reference pages (related to metaphors, similes, idioms, hyperboles, proverbs, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia)
• answer keys (13 pages)
• a certificate of completion

You will truly be over the moon with this daily figurative language warm-up product!

Designed for an entire year, this packet can also be used at any point in the year because of the spiraling layout (each figure of speech shows up every eight weeks and then repeats until the final 14 weeks, where all the figures of speech are combined). This layout ensures that your students walk out of your class with a firm grasp on each figurative language element.

Used as a warm-up, homework, or an early finisher activity, each figurative language activity is designed to last 3-6 minutes and is common core aligned for 3rd-6th grade.

For specific information about the layout, please see below.

Week:

1- Metaphors

2- Similes

3- Idioms

4- Hyperboles

5- Proverbs and Adages

6- Personification

7- Alliteration

8- Onomatopoeia

9- Metaphors

10- Similes

11- Idioms

12- Hyperboles

13- Proverbs and Adages

14- Personification

15- Alliteration

16- Onomatopoeia

17- Metaphors

18- Similes

19- Idioms

20- Hyperboles

21- Proverbs and Adages

22- Personification

23- Alliteration

24- Onomatopoeia

25- Similes and Metaphors

26- Idioms and Hyperboles

27- Proverbs and Personification

28- Alliteration and Onomatopoeia

29- Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, and Hyperboles

30- Proverbs, Personification, Alliteration, and Onomatopoeia

31-38- ALL figurative language COMBINED in the final 8 weeks

Following the weekly activity pages, you will find:

• 37 pages of figurative language reference material
• 13 pages of answer keys
• 2 certificate of achievement (full color or black-and-white for distribution upon completion of the unit)

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SORTING ACTIVITY (AND STICKY NOTE SORT):

This differentiated activity for figurative language includes hyperboles, metaphors, similes, puns, proverbs/adages, idioms, onomatopoeia, personification, and alliteration.

There are over 200 figures of speech that can be categorized in each area. Created for 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade, this activity is perfect for individuals, pairs, small groups, or the whole class.

DIFFERENTIATION:

• There are full color cards and category toppers for students who are new to figures of speech (or for ESL students who are learning the language). Each figure of speech is color coded (all idioms are green, for example).
• The black and white cards and category toppers are designed for students who are familiar with figures of speech, but need practice.
• The answer sheets are also differentiated.

You can choose to:

• allow students to do the activity without an answer sheet
• use the answer sheet that simply requires students to write the number of each figure of speech next to the correct category
• use the answer sheet that also requires students to provide evidence for their choice

IDEAS FOR USE:

• use as a test review

• use as a game- groups work to complete the activity first (with the highest accuracy)

• use as an introduction for each figure of speech (the color coded set)

• use as an evaluation

• use during stations on a bulletin board or white board

• use as a catalyst for a class discussion on figures of speech

• use as a review at the beginning of the year for students who have been exposed to figurative language

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

These ESL ELD Newcomer Posters will be a great addition to your classroom! Turn these PDF documents into fun anchor posters to hang in your room or print them into packets for your newcomers. This resource will help your newcomer students access key vocabulary for the Fall season in a fun and engaging way.

This resource comes with 5 posters:

1. Fall Holidays with pictures, dates, and name

2. Fall Weather with pictures and synonyms

3. Fall Clothes with pictures and articles for each

4. Fall Traditions with pictures and sentences

5. Fall Foods with pictures and labels

**Coming Soon----WINTER!**