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This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 6-8 learners. This lesson was designed with Chinese in it as the L1 of the learners, but after purchase and download the PowerPoint can be edited, so all Chinese can be removed or changed into any language.
Children’s Day Lesson
Grade: 1-3 | Duration: 45-60 minutes | Slide Total: 75
Celebrate Children’s Day with this fun, colorful, and highly interactive ESL PowerPoint lesson designed especially for young learners! Students learn and practice common Children’s Day activities through speaking activities, games, repetition practice, and sentence-building tasks that keep the whole class engaged.
This lesson introduces students to the following vocabulary:
- eat snacks
- give presents
- play games
- sing songs
- watch shows
- wear costumes
Students use this vocabulary to answer the target question:
“What do you do on Children’s Day?”
Example answers:
- “I play games on Children’s Day.”
- “I eat snacks on Children’s Day.”
What’s Included?
✅ Vocabulary & Sentence Creation: Students learn and practice 6 Children’s Day activities with clear visuals, repetition practice, and full-sentence speaking.
✅ Interactive Speaking Activities: Students repeatedly practice the target question and answers through guided speaking tasks and classroom interaction.
✅ Fun Classroom Games: Includes guessing games, points games, spinning wheel activities, “Choose a Wall” game, Monkey Game, and more!
✅ Sentence Support for Young Learners: Structured sentence patterns and visual support help beginner ESL students speak with confidence.
✅ Bright Visuals & Chinese Support: Colorful slides and bilingual support help maintain engagement and improve comprehension.
✅ Drawing & Writing Activity: Students finish the lesson with a creative activity where they draw and write about what they do on Children’s Day.
Why This Lesson?
🎉 Keeps Young Learners Engaged
🗣️ Builds Speaking Confidence
🎯 Reinforces Vocabulary Through Repetition
🎨 Combines Creativity with Language Practice
🏫 Perfect for Large ESL Classrooms
This lesson is classroom-tested and designed specifically for Grades 1–3 ESL learners in speaking-focused classrooms. The games, visuals, and repetition-based activities make it easy to teach while keeping students excited and actively participating from beginning to end!
