Free English as a Second Lanugage (ESL) Lesson Plans – Elementary School

Why spend hours clicking through the over 1,000 sites that are dedicated to Elementary School English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson Plans? You waste valuable time perusing sites that don’t relate to your subject matter, whose material is sketchy at best, and where you cannot find a single resource to help you. Here we have listed some of the popular foreign language lesson plan websites and offered detailed descriptions of what you will find. We have also ranked each site based upon the quality, quantity and usefulness of its Elementary School ESL/EFL lesson plans and activities. Best of all, each of these sites has been checked out and ranked by a certified and experienced teacher!

Ranking System

 

3 Site offers multiple relevant lessons/activities and is well organized.

 

2 Site offers some good information, but is not well organized or the area covered is very narrow.

 

1 Site offers only a few lessons/activities or has limited information, but is worth listing.

 

 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL / ELL) LESSON PLAN WEB RESOURCES

 

EverythingESL http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons

Contains clear Elementary School ESL, ELL, EFL lesson plans on a variety of topics including seasonal, holidays, counting, animals, and more. Valuable teaching tips throughout.
Rate: 3

 

ESL Lounge http://www.esl-lounge.com/

Offers free Elementary ESL, ELL, EFL lesson plans. Fully printable worksheets for all your teaching needs. Song lyrics, reading comprehension, ESL articls, and guides to English grammar. Pronunciation materials and free/printable ESL, ELL board games too.
Rank: 3

Dave’s ESL Cafe – Idea Cookbook http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.html

Many Elementary ESL, ELL lesson plan activities on a multitude of topics including Business English, Grammar, Reading, Writing, Listening, and Games.
Rank: 3

 

The EFL Playhouse http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/

A large listing of Elementary ESL, ELL activities including songs, games, recipes, tongue twisters, arts and crafts, and more.
Rank: 3

 

Karin’s ESL PartyLand http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm

Provides teachers with lessons and printable materials to use in class and students with over 50 interactive quizzes, and 15 discussion forums.
Rank: 2

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom http://iteslj.org/questions/

A series of questions about various topics designed to introduce and sustain conversations in the ESL, ELL classroom.
Rank: 2

Rong-Chang Li’s ESL Site http://www.rong-chang.com/

A site containing Elementary ESL / ELL esson plans and activities in writing, listening, reading, grammar, and others.
Rank: 2

ESL Through Music http://www.geocities.com/eslmusic/lessons/index.html

Elementary School ESL, ELL lesson plans covering vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing, and comprehension – all using music to assist learning.
Rank: 2