Mini lessons
Mini lessons
for ESL kids teachers
Alphabet, phonics & reading for ESL kids
ESL kids mini lessons for teachers
Our mini lessons are free to use – just click on the lesson plan links below and print. Access to the flashcards, worksheets, PowerPoint lessons, songs and classroom readers are available exclusively to members.
All these lesson materials are available in American English and British English (use the language switcher at the top to toggle between languages).
Free sample lessons
Our mini lesson plans are free but their associated materials require a membership. Check out our free sample lessons and materials to see what members get!
Alphabet abc. Identify, recognize, say and print 3 lowercase letters – a, b and c.
Alphabet A-E. Identify, recognize, say and print 5 uppercase letters – A to E.
Vowel clusters “oo” “ee” “ou”. Identify, recognize, say and print 3 vowel clusters.
Funny sentences 1. Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences.
Short reading text 1: I’m Tom. Read and write about a young boy and yourself.
Short reading text 2: Paula the penguin. Read and write about about penguins and pets.
Our mini lessons
Alphabet a-z »
23 mini lessons:
Alphabet a-z (lowercase letters)
Identify, recognize, say and print 26 lowercase letters, read and print some simple words.
Lesson materials
Mini lesson 1: Alphabet abc
Mini lesson 2: Alphabet def
Mini lesson 3: Alphabet ghi
Mini lesson 4: Alphabet jkl
Mini lesson 5: Alphabet mno
Mini lesson 6: Early words a-o
Mini lesson 7: Alphabet pqr
Mini lesson 8: Alphabet stu
Mini lesson 9: Alphabet vwx
Mini lesson 10: Alphabet yz
Mini lesson 11: Early words a-z
Alphabet a-z (lowercase letters)
Identify, recognize, say and print 26 lowercase letters, read and print some simple words.
Lesson materials
Mini lesson 1: Alphabet a-e
Mini lesson 2: Alphabet f-j
Mini lesson 3: Alphabet k-o
Mini lesson 4: Early words a-o
Mini lesson 5: Alphabet p-t
Mini lesson 6: Alphabet u-z
Mini lesson 7: Early words a-z
Alphabet A-Z (uppercase letters)
Identify, recognize, say and print 26 uppercase letters.
Lesson materials
Mini lesson 1: Alphabet A-E
Mini lesson 2: Alphabet F-J
Mini lesson 3: Alphabet K-O
Mini lesson 4: Alphabet P-T
Mini lesson 5: Alphabet U-Z
Early reading »
6 mini lessons:
Funny sentences
Read, understand and write 6 sentences per mini-lesson.
Reading & writing »
8 mini lessons:
Short reading and writing texts
Read, understand and write a short text about an interesting topic.
Lesson materials
Use the following materials for each of the reading and writing mini-lessons:
1: I’m Tom. Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about a young boy and yourself.
2: Paula the penguin. Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about penguins and pets.
3: Superhero kids. Read and understand a simple text about the superpowers of each superhero kid.
4: Rob the robot. Read and understand a simple text about a robot and what he does during the week.
5: My bedroom. Read and understand a simple text about a girl describing her bedroom.
6: Ronaldo is great. Read and understand a simple text about the famous [hide_on_uk]soccer[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]football[/hide_on_us] player Ronaldo.
7: Winola the witch. Read and understand a simple text about a witch’s recipe for making a flying potion.
8: A super tall building. Read a simple text about one of the world’s tallest buildings, ‘Burj Khalifa’.
