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Pete the Cat – I love my white shoes – Mini-books | ESL EFL resource

Pete the cat white shoes mini-books cover. Includes 4 different template types. Easy to choose your skills focus. Use across a wide range of levels.

Pete the Cat Mini-books

Engage your ESL young learners in this integrated skills practice with Pete the Cat Whie Shoes mini-books. A whole book from just one sheet of paper!

♦ Easy to cater to different abilities and skills focus by choosing from 4 different templates.

♦ Ideal for practising sequencing skills and at the same time consolidating language from the story.

♦ A fun and interactive way to incorporate story retelling, and bring English outside the classroom.

♦ Includes super useful activity procedures and learning objectives to make planning easy.

Ready for some Pete the Cat mini-books magic? Get your templates and lesson ideas here:
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What will my ESL young learners learn?

This mini-book craft is ideal for helping your esl young learners learn colours with useful phrases and vocabulary.

Using their sequencing skills, they’ll create those all important connections between the language and the story too. You can even use it to help prepare for a simple drama performance!

The choice of templates let’s you focus on all 4 skills, or focus in on one in particular.

Don’t forget the valuable classroom language you’ll be helping them learn. See a summary below:

Principal vocabulary

colours: red, blue, white, brown

key story vocabulary: shoes, wet, good, strawberries, blueberries, mud, water, cry, sing

Story phrases and structures

I love my + colour + shoes

  • I love my white shoes.
  • I love my red shoes.
  • I love my blue shoes.
  • I love my brown shoes.
  • I love my wet shoes.

 

He steps in + noun

  • He steps in strawberries.
  • He steps in blueberries.
  • He steps in mud.
  • He steps in water.

 

Other story phrases

  • Does he cry? Goodness no!
  • He sings his song.
  • It’s all good.

Classroom language

Is it…? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. What is it? It’s a.. It’s…

Can you find the…? I can see… Where’s the mud? Here it is! It’s here. Where does this go? Like this?

What’s next? What’s first? What’s number 1? This one? That one? Let’s tell the story.

Can I have..? Here you are. Thank you. You’re welcome. Colours, pencil, crayons, pens, scissors, paper, card, cut, fold, open.

 

What do teachers say about the resources?

Wow! I used this resource for one of my labs and it has been explosive. Children were super excited and of course, I was as well! Nothing to complain about! Great work!
Daiana LiottaShark in the Park Activity Pack
I have recently started to use storytelling in my classes and ESL labs. Fiona’s resources are a real treasure. Lots of useful tips and ready-to-use material to bring the story to life and help kids use the language. Excellent, couldn’t ask for more.
Antonella SandriThe Very Hungry Caterpillar BIG BUNDLE
The resources were great and saved me so much time, the teaching tips gave me ideas. We had a lot of fun with it : the kids loved the activities, learnt the animals and movements and understood the story. And I feel like there is so much more I could have done. Thank you !
Alison BrownFrom Head to Toe Activity Pack
I found this resources few weeks ago and now I’m always have a look first on this web. The range of activities are awesome!
Addi de FreitasElmer Simplified Storytelling script
I love the resources and the kids seemed to enjoy too. I had a hard time today with a mixed-age group (from 6 to 14!), but the abundance of differentiated activities Fiona offers made it much easier for me to make the time spent together meaningful.
VeronikaShark in the Park Activity Pack
Most importantly, my students really enjoyed the process of making their own mini book. It also served as an assessment, as I was able to see clearly which students were having issues with reading and matching – but it didn’t feel like an exam or test for the students at all. I only wish I’d found this at the beginning of the academic year.
Jenny GalliganEditable Mini-books

Frequently asked questions

Yes, of course! Maybe you have the time and enjoy creating things, but it has to be said that being a young learner teacher can involve a HUGE amount of extra work making materials. Give yourself a break!

All my materials have been tried and tested in the classroom. As well as having almost 20 years of teaching experience, I am also a qualified trainer for the Trinity TYLEC (Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate), so you can rely on the quality.

Yes! They work great for mixed aged groups and different abilities because they come with different templates AND different suggestions with how to use the resource. No time wasted on adapting different worksheets!

The provided activity suggestions for pre, during and after the craft give you all the steps you need to create a fun and engaging lesson for your young learners. 

You can certainly find some free worksheets out there, but I can guarantee your young learners will be much more excited to create this. Engaged and motivated children make for a happy lesson (and teacher!)

Once you’ve had a chance to use your materials, don’t forget to come back to leave a review. As a thank you, you’ll receive a 20% discount on any other resource : )

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