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Congratulations on your purchase of this Really GoodStuff® At Home Photo Set—an extensive vocabulary-building set of real-world photographs.

ObjectiveThe student will recognize and demonstratecomprehension of target vocabulary through verbal andnonverbal communication.

Meeting Common Core State StandardsThis type of extensive language practice helps studentsmeet grade-level English Language Developmentexpectations and prepare for standardized testing.Students improve their oral language and writing skills.

This Really Good Stuff® product includes:• 75 At Home Photo Cards• 6 Tabbed Dividers• Storage Box• This Really Good Stuff® Teaching Guide

Students from every language background are familiar withitems in the home. This At Home Photo Set takesstudents inside homes, where they learn the English namesof rooms and household items as well as ways to describeand discuss these items using simple language structures.

Introducing the AtHome Photo SetEach full-color PhotoCard shows an item inits real-world context,making them easy forstudents to recognizeand recall. On Side 1 ofthe Photo Card is the

item labeled with its name;on Side 2 is the itemwithout its name.

The Tabbed Box makes it easyto manage the At Home PhotoCards. It is divided into sixsections: kitchen, living room,bedroom, bathroom, dining room,and other. For each section, thecolor of the Tab corresponds tothe color bands on Side 1 of the Photo Cards, making itsimple to put them back in place after use.

How to Use the At Home Photo CardsBegin discussion by asking students about their homes,generating basic vocabulary and activating priorknowledge. Talk about the different rooms found in ahome and write these words on a whiteboard or on alarge sheet of paper. Refer to the Box Tabs as necessary.Decide on which room or category to introduce first,gather its corresponding Photo Cards, and based on thelanguage-proficiency level of your students, choose anactivity from below.

For students at the beginning level of proficiency, teachfewer words at a time and use them in a variety ofactivities. Begin with the most basic words from eachcategory. For example, when introducing words related tothe kitchen, start with refrigerator, stove, and ovenbefore moving on to whisk, sponge, and kettle.

Build Listening and Speaking SkillsWord RecognitionUsing the labeled photos (Side 1), hold up each PhotoCard and name the item with your students. Repeat thisseveral times. Turn the Cards over and have studentsname them without the support of the label.

Other ways to build word recognition:• Place up to 5 Photo Cards in a pocket chart, name one,

and have students point to it and repeat its name.• Show students the Photo Cards one at a time and

ask questions:Is this a dresser or a desk?

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Are these pillows or sheets?

• Select four Photo Cardsand place them intwo rows. Nameeach item anddescribe itslocation in relationto the other Cards.“The bed is next tothe dresser. Thesheets are underthe dresser.”

Ask students questions about the location of eachitem. Phrase your questions so that students eitheranswer yes or no or have to name an item.Is the bed next to the dresser? Are the sheets or pillows under the bed? Which item is beside the pillows?

• Teach the function of the item along with its name.Write the function in the form of a phrasal verb thatgoes with each item (eat with, cook with, sit on,drink from) on index cards and introduce them withthe items:You eat with a fork. You cook with a pan.You sit on a couch.You drink from a glass.

Ask students yes/no and open-ended questions:Do you eat with a fork or a pan?Which of these items do you use to cook with?

Build Writing and Classification SkillsAt Home JournalAs an extension of the function activity described above,have students illustrate themselves or someone theyknow using each item. Alternatively, they could use apicture of the item from a magazine and add themselvesto the picture. Under their drawing, they write a sentenceabout what is happening. This will reinforce their word-recognition skills as well as their use of phrasal verbs.

Sorting ActivityUse the Photo Cards to do a classification activity. Usea pocket chart or draw a large house on a sheet of paperand have students sort the Photo Cards, label side down,into their corresponding rooms. With many of the items,there is not just one room in which it can be placed; forexample, stairs may be in a living room or a kitchen. Havestudents describe their homes as they sort the itemsinto each room or place in the house. As an extension,students can draw their own houses and add labeleddrawings of the items in each room.

List of Cards included in this set by category

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At the Market Photo SetCongratulations on your purchase of this Really GoodStuff® At the Market Photo Set—an extensivevocabulary-building set of real-world photographs.

ObjectiveThe student will recognize and demonstratecomprehension of target vocabulary through verbal andnonverbal communication.

Meeting Common Core State StandardsThis type of extensive language practice helps studentsmeet grade-level English Language Developmentexpectations and prepare for standardized testing.Students improve their oral language and writing skills.

This Really Good Stuff® product includes:• 80 At the Market Photo Cards• 5 Tabbed Dividers• Storage Box• This Really Good Stuff® Teaching Guide

Students from every language background are familiar withmarket products. This At the Market Photo Set takesstudents to a market where they not only learn the Englishnames of food items, but also ways to describe and discussthese items using simple to complex language structures.

Introducing the At theMarket Photo SetEach full-color PhotoCard shows an item inits familiar context—that of an open airmarket—making themeasy for students to

recognize and recall. On Side1 of the Photo Card is theitem labeled with its name;on Side 2 is the item withoutits name.

The tabbed Box makes it easy tomanage the At the Market PhotoCards. It is divided into fivesections: fruit, vegetables,meat/fish/beans/nuts, dairyproducts, and miscellaneous. Foreach section, the color of the Tabcorresponds to the color bands on Side 1 of the PhotoCards, making it simple to put them back in place after use.

How to Use the At the Market PhotosBegin discussion by asking students if they have been to amarket and having them describe their experiences. This willactivate prior knowledge and provide context for the lessonsthat follow. Ask what kind of items are found at a market(food) and using the Tabs as guidelines, write on the boardways to classify the items. Decide on which category tointroduce first, gather its corresponding Photo Cards, and,based on the English language-proficiency level of yourstudents, choose an activity from below.

For students at the beginning level of proficiency, teachfewer words at a time and use them in a variety ofactivities. Begin with the most basic words from eachcategory, taking your students’ backgrounds intoconsideration.

Build Listening and Speaking SkillsWord RecognitionUsing the side with the labels, hold up each Photo Cardand name each item with your students. Repeat thisseveral times. Turn the Cards over and have studentsname them without the support of the label.

Other ways to build word recognition:• Place up to 5 Photo Cards in a pocket chart, name

one, and have students point to it and repeat itsname.

• Draw attention to the singular and plural forms ofthe items. For a plural item, such as yams, point toa single yam in the photo and say, “This is a yam.”Point to all the yams, and say, “These are yams.”

• Bring in examples of the food items pictured in thecards and place them on a large table. Put the

Photo Cards in a brown bag. Have students take aPhoto Card from the bag, name it, and match it tothe real market item on the table.

• Using real food items and the Photo Cards, playmatch-up. Give one half of your students the realitems and the other half the corresponding PhotoCards and have the pairs find each other.

• Show students the Photo Cards one at a time andask questions:

Is this an apple or apear?

Are these grapes orcherries?

Build Writing and Classification SkillsDescriptive SentencesAfter teaching the names of the food items, introduceways to describe each food and eventually compare themto each other. Before doing this activity, brainstorm alist of relevant adjectives with your students, divided byattribute (color, shape, size, and taste), and write themon a large sheet of paper.

Hold up one Photo Card and have students describe itusing one word from each of the attribute columns.Cherries are red. Cherries are small.Cherries are round. Cherries are sweet.Have students say and record the sentences.

Cherries are red. Cherries are small.Cherries are round. Cherries are sweet.

After describing a few different market items, check forlistening and speaking comprehension by askingquestions:

Are cherries blue? Is a banana long?Are grapes sweet or sour?

Summary and Comparative SentencesUse the At the Market Reproducible to make anattribute chart with your students. List the marketitems in the first column and with your students, fill inthe attributes in the remaining columns. Aftercompleting the chart, model how to write both asummary and a comparative sentence: Cherries are red, small, round, and sweet. Cherries are smaller than apples.

Do this as a group or individual activity and again checkfor listening and speaking comprehension:Is a grapefruit bigger than a grape?Are apples long?Which is juicier—an orange or an apple?

Sorting ActivityUse the Photo Cards to do a classification activity. Selecta few Photo Cards from different categories and havestudents sort them with the label side down. Once they aredone, they can turn over the cards to check for accuracy byseeing if the color bands in each category match.

List of Cards included in this set by category

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At the Market Photo Set

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(summer)squash (winter)swiss chardturnipsyamszucchini

Meat/Fish/DryBeans/Nutsbeansclamseggsmeatfishpeanutspistachiospumpkin seedsshrimpwalnutsDairybuttermilkcheeseMMiisscceellllaanneeoouussricesouptacostortillasbread

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