All You Need is Paper (and a little love) ESL/EFL activities

 I guess you can tell which story this is. That's right, my 5th graders read an adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk. We were studying the sequence of a story and they had to answer two questions about the story and then had to complete a chart with what happened first, next, then, and finally . I thought the chart was somewhat dull so I asked them to draw a part of the beanstalk and write their answers and the sequence on the leaves of the beanstalk. I thought the process and the outcome was a lot more memorable and also pleasing to the eyes. Some students even got creative and added some 3D paper butterflies. Love how the same activity always comes out different and shows each child's personality.

Who doesn’t like ice cream?!?! Teachers can use this easy-to-make pack to practice colors and numbers.  It can be used for fast finishers or each student can make their own.  I used an oatmeal box to make the cone, pieces of cardboard to write the numbers and creative paper to make the ice cream scoops and the bag to keep everything in. The students can pick a popsicle stick with a sequence of colors for them to copy with the colors of the ice cream. They then can be asked which color comes first, second and so on. Teachers can add plain popsicle sticks for students to color their own sequences for other students to order on the ice cream cone.  I made the paper bag using the handles of a shopping bag I had which I tore off and glued onto the inside of the pocket.  This little pack will let students work on their own, in pairs or small groups to maybe even time how fast they can copy the sequence from the popsicle stick onto the ice cream cone. You can also have stud...