Children's ESL Curriculum

STUDENT BOOK 4A: The Trip to Saturn, Children's ESL Curriculum Second Edition in Color, has an interest level suitable for ESL Students of 9 to 12 years. The story continues from Book 3B, using and reviewing the concepts and vocabulary. This book, The Trip to Saturn, stresses oral communication. Each ESL lesson provides listening, speaking through role-plays, printing and reading. The grammar is sequentially introduced including: consonant blends, long and short vowels, vowel blends, consonant vowel blends, the three sounds of "y", common nouns, proper nouns and pronouns.This book has 14 lessons and 67 pages. To provide for easy presentation, the teacher's instructions are written in small boxes on the student's pages. Students complete a variety of exercises that require them to write, draw and follow specific coloring instructions. TYPES OF EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES: - reading and participating in role-plays- consonant blends- crossword puzzles- paragraph reading- completing pictures to reinforce understanding- writing letters- introduction of vowels- identifying vowel sounds in words- naming things in pictures- identifying long and short vowel sounds in words- following coloring directions- matching sentences to pictures- identifying the three sounds of "y"- vowel blends- sounds of "r" with vowels- common nouns- proper nouns- pronouns- completing sentence