Classroom Voices Phrase List

A 3-day collaborative audio mystery unit where a pair of 7th-grade ELL students act as investigative podcasters. Students develop speaking and listening mastery through witness interviews, suspenseful scriptwriting, sound effects, and a recorded audio broadcast.

A sequence writing lesson for early elementary multilingual learners focused on procedural how-to writing for baking a cake. It provides simplified vocabulary, visual picture cards, and step-by-step scaffolds.

A visual picture dictionary and vocabulary reference sheet designed for first-grade multilingual learners. Features illustrated picture cards for the most essential cake baking verbs, kitchen tools, and delicious results, complete with bold labels and sentence building scaffolds.

A two-part ESL unit for third and fourth grade multilingual learners focusing on foundational phonics with -ck endings and communicative modal language structures with can and can't.

Day 3 culminates in a live audio broadcast showcase where the student pair records and performs their finished mystery story. Students utilize active listening scorecards, give constructive partner praise, and complete a speaking self-reflection.

A simplified sequence word bank tailored for first-grade multilingual learners. Features essential high-frequency verbs, key nouns, simple transition words including 'After that' for Step 4, and scaffolded sentence frames with visual icon supports.

A two-day early literacy sequence for kindergarten and first grade ESL newcomers focusing on letter identification, phonemic awareness, and formation for letters H through M.

Day 2 centers on collaborative storytelling and audio soundscapes as students turn their interview findings into a 2-person suspense radio script. Students co-write dialogue, assign foley sound effects, and rehearse voice dynamics.

An English Learners practice worksheet focusing on the be-verbs 'is' and 'are'. Students use visual cues, anchor rules, sentence frames, and scaffolded exercises to master singular and plural subject-verb agreement.

A 5-week foundational phonics and early literacy unit (2 lessons weekly, 10 lessons total) for secondary newcomer English learners (ELPA21 Level 1-2), centered on desert wildlife and systematically building from CVC decoding and blends to silent e, r-controlled vowels, vowel teams, diphthongs, and inflected endings.

Day 1 focuses on investigative partner interviews where students alternate roles as Detective and Key Witness. Students practice asking follow-up questions, taking oral notes, and using evidence-based sentence stems to solve the Mystery of the Whispering Clock.

A set of six full-page printable flashcards featuring essential kindergarten classroom phrases paired with clear, child-friendly illustrations to support early communication, independence, and positive manners.