The Importance of Calendar Activities for ELL's
Early in my career, I had students pop into my ESL office one morning in a panic because they hadn't known they would need Valentine cards for their classmates that day. We quickly cut 50 hearts out of red and pink construction paper. I realized then how important it is, not to just teach language, but to also teach the holidays, traditions and customs of the United States. Using the calendar is an easy way to help ESL students acclimate to this new country and culture.
Early in my career, I had students pop into my ESL office one morning in a panic because they hadn't known they would need Valentine cards for their classmates that day. We quickly cut 50 hearts out of red and pink construction paper. I realized then how important it is, not to just teach language, but to also teach the holidays, traditions and customs of the United States. Using the calendar is an easy way to help ESL students acclimate to this new country and culture.
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over the monthly calendar at the beginning of each month in order to frontload vocabulary and concepts for holidays, seasons and weather. Discuss special days and celebrations coming up. This gives students a look ahead to what’s happening that month. When they take the calendar home it reminds the parents of upcoming events.
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