Mini lessons
Mini lessons
for ESL kids teachers
Alphabet, phonics & reading for ESL kids
ESL kids mini lessons for teachers
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Mini-lessons: All age groups »
Our mini lessons can be included within your main lesson and should take around 10-20 minutes to complete.
All these lesson materials are in American English and British English (use the language switcher at the top to toggle between languages).
Free sample lessons
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Alphabet and phonics »
Alphabet abc
Identify, recognize, say and print 3 lowercase letters – a, b and c.
Early words a-o
Identify, recognize, say and print 15 lowercase letters, read and print some simple words.
Alphabet A-E (Uppercase)
Identify, recognize, say and print 5 uppercase letters – A, B, C, D and E.
Letter clusters and phonics »
Vowel clusters “oo” “ee” “ou”
Identify, recognize, say and print 3 vowel clusters – “oo”, “ee” and “ou”.
Consonant clusters “th” “sh” “ch”
Identify, recognize, say and print 3 consonant clusters – “th”, “sh” and “ch”.
Early reading »
Funny sentences 1
Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences.
Reading short texts »
Text 1: I’m Tom
Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about a young boy and yourself.
Text 2: Paula the penguin
Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about penguins and pets.
Our full list of 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
Use the following materials for each of the alphabet mini-lessons:
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
Use the following materials for each of the alphabet mini-lessons:
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
Use the following materials for each of the alphabet uppercase mini-lessons:
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
Letter clusters + phonics »
8 mini lessons:
Phonics mini lessons
Identify and recognize 3 letter clusters per mini-lesson.
Lesson materials
Use the following materials for each of the letter clusters and phonics mini-lessons:
Mini lesson 1: Vowel clusters “oo” “ee” “ou”
Mini lesson 2: Consonant clusters “th” “sh” “ch”
Mini lesson 3: Review clusters 1
Mini lesson 4: Vowel clusters “ai” “oa” “ea”
Mini lesson 5: Mixed clusters clusters “er” “ar” “or”
Mini lesson 6: Review clusters 2
Mini lesson 7: Vowel clusters “ue” “ui” “oi”
Mini lesson 8: Clusters “oo” “th”
Early reading »
6 mini lessons:
Funny sentences
Read, understand and write 6 sentences per mini-lesson.
Lesson materials
Use the following materials for each of the funny sentences mini-lessons:
Funny sentences 1
Funny sentences 2
Funny sentences 3
Funny sentences 4
Funny sentences 5
Funny sentences 6
Reading & writing short texts »
8 mini lessons:
1. Text 1: I’m Tom
Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about a young boy and yourself.
2. Text 2: Paula the penguin
Read, understand, say and write some simple sentences about penguins and pets.
3. Text 3: Superhero kids
Read and understand a simple text about the superpowers of each superhero kid. Then write a short text about a new superhero kid.
4. Text 4: Rob the robot
Read and understand a simple text about a robot and what he does during the week and [hide_on_uk]on[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]at[/hide_on_us] weekends. Then write a short text about another robot’s weekdays and weekends.
5. Text 5: My bedroom
Read and understand a simple text about a girl describing her bedroom. Then write a short text about your bedroom.
6. Text 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. Then write a short text about another famous person.
7. Text 7: Winola the witch
Read and understand a simple text about a witch’s recipe for making a flying potion. Then write a short text about another witch and her potion recipe.
8. Text 8: A super tall building
Read and understand a simple text about one of the world’s tallest buildings, ‘Burj Khalifa’. Then write a short text about your school building.
