African Animals Crossword for ESL

by English with Imagination

Price: 150 points or $1.5 USD

Subjects: elaLanguageSpelling,eslVocab,ela,vocabAcquisitionAndUse,elaLanguage,englishSecondLanguage,conventionsOfStandardEnglish

Grades: 1,2,3,4,5

Description: Your ESL students will have fun reviewing animal vocabulary with this engaging picture crossword. They will identify the following words and spell them correctly: camel, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, hippo, lion, monkey, penguin, snake, zebra. The illustrations depict species that live in the wild in the African continent. I created this crossword for my own students, who are learning English as a foreign language in elementary school. They need to learn vocabulary and spelling, but they also love to play. Word games like this one allow them to do both! Supports the following standards: - WIDA: ELD-SI .K-3: Inform: Define and classify objects or concepts. - WIDA: ELD-LA .4-5 .Inform .Expressive: Construct informational texts in language arts that add precision and details to define, describe, compare, and classify topic and/or entity. - Common Core Language Arts: CCRA.L.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.