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7th grade social studies task cards for ESL-EFL-ELL

Preview of Sentence Structure Simple Compound and Complex Sentences Task Cards TWO SETS!

Sentence Structure Simple Compound and Complex Sentences Task Cards TWO SETS!

Created by
Rachel Lynette
Practice sentence structure using these 64 task cards designed to help with student writing and sentence building!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:64 Task Cards (Two Sets) (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysClassroom PostersDIGITAL:2 Google Slides VersionsEasel ActivityEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonSelf-Checking or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 4th, 5th, 6th,
Preview of Restate the Question Task Cards (Advanced Set for Grades 4-8)

Restate the Question Task Cards (Advanced Set for Grades 4-8)

Created by
Rachel Lynette
The ability to restate a question, in order to answer in a complete sentence is important not only in test-taking situations, but also for many types of writing. These 32 task cards (print or digital) can help your students learn this challenging skill. There are two types of questions in this set. Cards 1-20 feature one-part questions. Odd cards ask about the student’s life while even cards ask about text/media and the outside world. Each question includes some context to add to the challenge.
Preview of Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Do your students need a high level of varied practice in order to learn community signs? This community signs skill pack will help your students progress from identifying a sign to understanding what the community signs mean. Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. These activities help students recognize and understand the meaning of the different signs.This life skills and social studies set is already differentiated for you. There are 3 levels included t
Preview of ESL Writing Activities With Picture Prompts

ESL Writing Activities With Picture Prompts

Need a fun way to get your ESL / ELL / EFL students to practice writing? Here are 40 engaging picture prompts that can be used 2 different ways.1. 40 Picture Prompts with 2 sets of questions (Level I and Level II). These can be projected onto a screen. (These are "full page" size.) After students write their answers, you can have them discuss their responses aloud for an interesting class discussion and great speaking practice!2. 80 Task Cards (40 different pictures + 2 levels of questions). The
Preview of ESL Speaking & Writing Activities - ESL Conversation - ESL Bell Ringer

ESL Speaking & Writing Activities - ESL Conversation - ESL Bell Ringer

These ESL speaking and writing task & picture cards are the perfect way to use pictures and audio to promote authentic conversation and vocabulary development. The cards can easily be differentiated depending on the levels of your ESL students, and the pictures will grab your students’ attention. Speaking in a new language can be very intimidating, but when you do it in a fun and engaging way, students will quickly begin to get over their fear and try to speak.The task cards are great to use
Preview of Titanic Passenger Research Activity

Titanic Passenger Research Activity

Dig into history and research the passengers aboard the Titanic with this printable and digital reproduction of tickets aboard the Titanic! Use the interactive, Google Slides version to explore and research 36 different Titanic. Each of the 36 different tickets uses the real names of Titanic passengers. **This resource was COMPLETELY updated April 2021**What is included in this Titanic Passenger Tickets Research Activity?This activity comes in three versions (see the 'PREVIEW' for a visual of
Preview of Discussion Activity - What Would You Do? Speaking Activity Prompt Cards

Discussion Activity - What Would You Do? Speaking Activity Prompt Cards

Created by
Presto Plans
Discussion Activity - What Would You Do? Speaking Activity Prompt Cards: These discussion cards are designed to engage even the most reluctant students in active discussion and conversation in the classroom. The product provides all the necessary tools to engage students in friendly debates and discussions on ethical dilemmas. Each of the cards presents a scenario and students must decide what they would do in the situation and justify their choice. This is an excellent tool to use in intermedia
Preview of Spanish Speaking Countries BUNDLE Project Maps Flip Book Quizzes + DIGITAL

Spanish Speaking Countries BUNDLE Project Maps Flip Book Quizzes + DIGITAL

Created by
Sra Cruz
This money-saving bundle has everything you need to teach the Spanish-speaking countries, their locations, and capitals! Includes maps, quizzes, project, activities, and more! Save over 30% on this bundle of the following items:Spanish-Speaking Countries Flip BookNo cut, no waste, 6 page / 3 pieces of paper printable flip bookDigital flip book in Google Slides for paperless or distance learningWestern Europe map to label SpainWest Africa map to label Equatorial GuineaCentral America / North Am
Preview of Lewis and Clark Expedition Map Activity & Task Cards | Print & Digital

Lewis and Clark Expedition Map Activity & Task Cards | Print & Digital

This engaging Lewis and Clark map activity is an excellent supplement for your Westward Expansion unit! The printable and digital map lesson provides students with a great visual for learning about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Printable and digital task cards are also included for students to put events of the expedition in chronological order. **This resource is part of the printable and digital Lewis and Clark Unit Bundle. It includes 5 NO PREP Lewis and Clark resources at a 30% discount p
Preview of ESL Speaking Activities: Bundle

ESL Speaking Activities: Bundle

This bundle includes four fun activities to practice speaking and English conversation with your students 1. ESL Activities: Picture Prompts for Speaking Practice Set 1 and Set 2Each set includes 20 engaging picture prompts (2 sizes) plus 20 conversation task cards. The pictures and questions are appropriate for all ages. There are 2 levels of questions so you can use these task cards with various levels and throughout the year. Suggested Uses:• Conversation Practice: Students will work in pair
Preview of Ancient China Stations with Graphic Organizer & Google Reading Investigation

Ancient China Stations with Graphic Organizer & Google Reading Investigation

This content-rich, student-centered, and interactive activity has 8 stations detailing the geography, achievements, social classes, leadership, economy, and religion of Ancient China. Students travel through the Zhou, Shang, Qin, and Han dynasties!The readings include pictures, charts, and maps. Questions and interactive mini-activities are underneath the reading and on a separate worksheet for teacher choice. Teacher instructions and four different activity ideas for the same Common Core readin
Preview of 4th Grade Texas History TEKS-Based Year Long Bundle / Printable & Digital

4th Grade Texas History TEKS-Based Year Long Bundle / Printable & Digital

If you teach Texas History this bundle is going to be a life-saver! By purchasing this bundle - you get 3 units free!These products are aligned with the most current 4th grade social studies TEKS and TEKS Resource Units, however, many of the concepts covered are the same as concepts found in 7th grade Texas History standards. Each unit included comes with 3 or more passages, a vocabulary and comprehension activity and answer key for each passage, social studies journal inserts, vocabulary mat
Preview of Idiom Activity - Idiom Text Messages Creative Assignments and Task Cards

Idiom Activity - Idiom Text Messages Creative Assignments and Task Cards

Created by
Presto Plans
Idiom Activity - Idiom Text Messages Creative Assignments and Task Cards: Idioms play an important role in everyday speech, yet we often assume that our students are already familiar with their meanings. This resource is designed to assist your students in understanding common idioms with a fun and modern approach – by exploring them being used in text message conversations! These idiom activity task cards serve as an excellent addition to any literacy unit and are particularly beneficial for En
Preview of ESL Conversation Activities: Picture Prompts for Speaking Practice (SET 1)

ESL Conversation Activities: Picture Prompts for Speaking Practice (SET 1)

Need a fun way to get your ESL / ELL / EFL students to practice speaking? Here are 20 engaging picture prompts (2 sizes) plus 20 conversation task cards. The pictures and questions are appropriate for all ages. There are 2 levels of questions so you can use these task cards with various levels and throughout the year. Suggested Uses:• Conversation Practice: Students will work in pairs. One student will look at the picture as the other student asks the questions provided on the task card. I recom
Preview of La Casa Spanish House Vocabulary Bundle

La Casa Spanish House Vocabulary Bundle

This is a bundle of 5 resources for teaching vocabulary about La Casa (The House). In this bundle you will receive, 48 Spanish task cards, 12 vocabulary activities, 2 vocabulary games, an interactive notebook activity, and a mini booklet activity. Answer keys and examples are included. Purchase this bundle and save 25% off the following resources:La Casa (The House) Spanish Task CardsLa Casa (The House) Spanish Vocabulary ActivitiesLa Casa (The House) Vocabulary GamesLa Casa (The House) Spanish
Preview of Speech and Language Task Cards! DIGITAL & PRINT!

Speech and Language Task Cards! DIGITAL & PRINT!

*Now with BOOM Cards!* These speech and language task cards were designed to make your speech life easier! There are 16 decks of cards with over 480 individual cards included! They are easy to store, quick to grab during therapy, and target a variety of speech and language goals!In this download, you will receive:About pageMy TOUEarly soundsLater soundsMultisyllabic wordsVocabulary/categoriesFunctionsOppositesVerbsPrepositionsPluralsPronounsSame/differentWh- questionsFollowing directionsFigurati
Preview of ESL Speaking & Writing Activities Differentiated Funny Picture Prompts

ESL Speaking & Writing Activities Differentiated Funny Picture Prompts

Give yourself a break from those boring ESL worksheets and engage your English Language Learners with these picture prompts. Perfect for bell ringers, ELL lessons, extension activities, and differentiated stations, these picture writing prompts are sure to get your most reluctant learner writing and speaking. These prompts have generated plenty of discussion during our ESL lessons and I hope they open up conversation for your students as well. And, if you have a mixed ability class like mine,
Preview of 5 Themes of Geography Scenario Sort Cards

5 Themes of Geography Scenario Sort Cards

Looking for a way to help students understand the 5 Themes of Geography beyond the definition? Help students understand the 5 Themes with this sort that utilized real-world scenarios. Students from upper elementary to middle school will benefit from this activity. Included in this product:⇒ 10 Themes of Geography header cards (5 in each set)⇒ 38 scenarios for students to sort (19 in each set)⇒ Suggested uses for this product⇒ Answer keyRelated Products⭐ Why Study Geography?⭐ World Geography Wa
Preview of Texas History / Regions of Texas / Unit 1 / Printable & Digital

Texas History / Regions of Texas / Unit 1 / Printable & Digital

This resource is a 4th grade Texas History teacher's life-saver when it comes to teaching TEKS Resource Unit 1: Regions of Texas. This unit is jam packed with easy-prep, easy to grade, comprehensive content and engaging activities that both you and your students will love!If you want to go paperless, or just get in those t-tess technology "brownie points", the entire unit is provided in a digital format as well! This product contains the following: 4 reading passages on the following topics (ea
Preview of Texas History / Republic of Texas and Statehood / Unit 7 / Printable & Digital

Texas History / Republic of Texas and Statehood / Unit 7 / Printable & Digital

This resource is a 4th grade Texas History teacher's life-saver when it comes to teaching TEKS Resource Unit 7: The Republic of Texas and Statehood. This unit is jam packed with easy-prep, easy to grade, comprehensive content and engaging activities that both you and your students will love!If you want to go paperless, or just get in those t-tess technology "brownie points", the entire unit is provided in a digital format as well! This product contains the following: 3 reading passages on the f
Preview of [GRAMMAR] Task Cards BUNDLE

[GRAMMAR] Task Cards BUNDLE

Created by
Stacey Lloyd
6 sets of gorgeous and engaging task cards: Parts of Speech, Punctuation, Pronouns, Verbals, Sentences, Verbs. Task cards are a quick and easy way for students to review and test their knowledge of grammar - these are great for middle / high school students. ***NOTE: Save 25% by buying this bundle!*** **************************************** These task cards are a quick and easy way for students to test their knowledge of grammar. Each pack comes with the following: Task Cards: There
Preview of US Constitution Unit Bundle | Printable and Digital Lessons

US Constitution Unit Bundle | Printable and Digital Lessons

Supplement your instruction of the Constitution with these comprehensive, no-prep, and standards aligned lessons. Everything you need to teach the US Constitution is included with this printable and digital unit! By purchasing this bundle, you are saving 30% off the full value of the individual resources. You will also receive the Constitution Word Search for FREE!!INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE:Articles of Confederation ActivityConstitutional Convention Worksheet & Graphic OrganizerThe Great C
Preview of Saludos y Despedidas Spanish Greetings and Farewells Vocabulary Bundle

Saludos y Despedidas Spanish Greetings and Farewells Vocabulary Bundle

This is a bundle of 5 resources for teaching Saludos y Despedidas (Spanish Greetings and Farewells). In this bundle you will receive, 48 Spanish task cards, 12 vocabulary activities, 2 vocabulary games, 2 interactive notebook activities, and 2 mini booklet activities. Answer keys and examples are included. Purchase this bundle and save 30% off the following resources: Spanish Greetings and Farewells Task Cards Saludos y Despedidas (Greetings and Farewells) Spanish Vocabulary Activities Saludos
Preview of Civics and Government 5th Grade Unit Bundle (SS5CG1 and SS5CG2)

Civics and Government 5th Grade Unit Bundle (SS5CG1 and SS5CG2)

Civics and Government Understanding Unit BundleThis bundle includes:1. Citizenship Lesson and Doodle Notes2. Amendment Process Lesson and Doodle Notes3. Voting Amendments Lesson and Doodle Notes4. Unit Test (20 Questions)5. Task Cards A-Z6. Bonus File: Unit Plans and Choice BoardSS5CG1 Explain how a citizen’s rights are protected under the U.S. Constitution. a. Explain the responsibilities of a citizen. b. Explain the concept of due process of law and describe how the U.S. Constitution protects
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