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Hi! I’m Miss Sarah and I teach English as a Second Language (ESL) in elementary school.

On this website you will find resources to help you learn and practice English at school or at home. The activities are NOT MANDATORY. You can decide if you want to do them.

This website is separated in sections (scroll up and down or right and left):

This website is still under construction and will update periodically.

Have fun learning!

Miss Sarah

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Beginner Books

« The Very Hungry Caterpillar » by Eric Carle or other books by Eric Carle

« Pete the Cat » series by James Dean, Kimberly Dean and Eric Litwin

« Chester » by Melanie watt

“Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown

“Curious George” by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey

« Penguin Young Readers Collection » by Penguin Publishing House

« Step into Reading collection/series » by Penguin Random House Company

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Intermediate Books

« Let’s Go! » Series by Barbara Hoskins, Karen Frazier, Ritsuko Nakata, and Carolyn Graham

« Now I’m reading! For Beginning Readers » byNora Gaydos

Any book written by Robert Munsch

“If You Give a Moose a Muffin” by Laura Numeroff

"Kitty and Dragon" series available on the epic book website

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Advanced Books

« The Cat in the Hat » by Dr. Seuss (or other books by Dr. Seuss)

« Scaredy Squirrel » by Melanie Watt

« Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn, Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter, and Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring » by Kenard Pak

« The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors » by Drew Daywalt

“The Story of Ferdinand” by Munro Leaf

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Here are some suggestions to practice English online, they are divided by topic :

AlloProf (a website where you can learn, ask questions and review different topics including English)

Talking, listening, reading and writing:

Duolingo (an interesting website to pratice vocabulary, writing and speaking: good for all! Sidenote: you need to create an account but it is free)

Listening and reading:

National Geographic Kids (a fun website to learn more about animals while listening, playing games or reading: good for all)

Abra (a website made by the University of Concordia to practice literacy)

Fun 4 the Brain (a website with songs and stories)

Fun English Games (a game website with stories and songs)

Storybots (a website to listen to stories)

FUNBRAIN (a website to read, listen to videos and play games according to your grade level)

EpicBooks (an online library with online books, audiobooks videos and quizzes, you need an account and unfortunately it is not free)

Vocabulary and games:

ESL GamesPlus (a fun place to play vocabulary games and learn new words: good for beginners and intermediate)

British Council Kids (a place to practice vocabulary while playing: good for beginners)

Digital Dialects (a place to practice vocabulary while playing: good for beginners)

MES months of the year (you can practice the months of the year here: good for beginners and intermediate)

Helpfulgames Days of the week (you can practice the days of the week here: good for beginners and intermediate)

Animal Jam (a game made in partnership with National Geographic Kids)

Listening, Watching and Dancing:

GoNoodle (A website with kid friendly videos with no advertisements, you need to create an account, but it is free. They also have a YouTube channel).

GoNoodle Video

Listening and watching:

National Geographic Kids Video (the YouTube channel for the National Geographic kids website)

It can also be fun to watch your favourite movies or series in English instead of watching them in French.

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Fun Games to Practice English with Your Friends and Family!

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Fun Games to Practice English with Your Friends and Family!

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There are many games that can help practice English while having fun. Here are a few games that you can try at home. You can also challenge yourself to play your favourite board games in English.

Uno (Card game)

Scrabble (Wordbuilding game)

Bananagram (Wordbuilding game)

Battleship (Deduction game)

Go fish (Card game)

Memory (Card game)

Boggle (Wordbuilding game)

Scattergories (Wordbuilding game)

2 truths 1 lie (Deduction game)

Guess who (Deduction game)

Spot the difference (Observation game)

I Spy (Observation game)

Spot it! (Observation game)

Fast Words (English version of Mot Rapidos, wordbuilding game)

Have fun! :)

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If you want you can check out the Gatineau Public Library. It’s free and accessible! They have a variety of online books as well as online magazines.

Gatineau Public Library

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National Geographic’s Reader Series Level 1 and 2

Weird but true series by National Geographic Kids

Garfield by Jim Davis

Pokemon Adventures by Hidenori Kusaka

Hamtaro by Ritsuko Kawai

Toon Books series (organised by reading level)

Tiny Titans by Art Balthazar and Franco Aureliani

Nursery Rhymes Comics series (young children stories but easy to follow)

Fairy Tales Comics series (young children stories but easy to follow)

Scooby-Doo Team Up series

Hilda by Luke Pearon

Anna and Froga by Anouk Ricard

Drawn Together by
Minh Lê and Dan Santat

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National Geographic’s Reader Series Level 3

Ultimate Dinopedia second edition

Weird but true series by National Geographic Kids

Théa Stilton Series by Elisabetta Dami

Geronimo Stilton by Elisabetta Dami

Ordinary People Can Change the World series by Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos

Two Truths and A Lie books by Ammi-Joan Paquette

The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell

Cat Ninja a series available on the epicbooks website

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland

Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer

Dragons in a Bag series by Zetta Elliot

The Last Kids on Earth series by Max Brallier

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman

Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever. edited by Betsy Bird

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National Geographic’s Reader Series Level 1 and 2

Weird but true series by National Geographic Kids

Garfield by Jim Davis

Pokemon Adventures by Hidenori Kusaka

Hamtaro by Ritsuko Kawai

Toon Books series (organised by reading level)

Tiny Titans by Art Balthazar and Franco Aureliani

Nursery Rhymes Comics series (young children stories but easy to follow)

Fairy Tales Comics series (young children stories but easy to follow)

Scooby-Doo Team Up series

Hilda by Luke Pearon

Ordinary People Can Change the World series by Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos

Anna and Froga by Anouk Ricard

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National Geographic’s Reader Series Level 3

Ultimate Dinopedia second edition

Weird but true series by National Geographic Kids

Théa Stilton Series by Elisabetta Dami

Geronimo Stilton by Elisabetta Dami

Bigfoot by Sarah Tieck

Unexplained Mysteries: The Loch Ness Monster by Ray McLellan

Garfield by Jim Davis

Calvin and Hobbs by Bill Watterson

Tintin by Hergé

Pokemon Adventures by Hidenori Kusaka

Hamtaro by Ritsuko Kawai

Dinosaur Hour by Hitoshi Shioya

Ninja Baseball Kyuma by Shunshin Maeda

Choco Mimi by Konami Sonoda

Legend of Zelda by Akira Himekawa

Weird Sport of the World by S.B. Watson

Weird Zone: Sports, The Strangest, Funniest, and most Daringest Events from the World of Athletics and Beyond! by Maria Birmingham

Treasury of Egyptian Mythology by Dona Jo Napoli

Treasury of Norse Mythology by Dona Jo Napoli

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Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

The Percy Jackson series or any of the books by the author Rick Riordan

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques

Mathilda by Roald Dhal

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Holes by Louis Sachar

Here are also websites that suggest different books to read:

ReadBrightly Best Books for 9-10 years old

ReadBrightly Best Books for 11-12 years old

Scholastic’s Suggestions for books to read

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On this page you will find videos that cover many grammar points studied throughout elementary school. You can use these videos to review these grammar notions.

Capital Letters

Capitalization Rules | Classroom Language Arts Video (skip the intro and go to 1:00 min)

When to capitalize names in English

Punctuation

Intro to Punctuation for Kids: English Grammar for Children – FreeSchool

Word Order

Basic Sentence Structure – kids study

Basic Grammar Rules: English Sentence Structure

Order of Adjectives: How to Put Adjectives in the Correct Order | English Grammar Lesson

Simple Present

Present Simple Tense – English grammar tutorial video lesson

Simple Past

Past Simple Tense – English grammar tutorial video lesson

Future

Grammar Lesson: Future Tense Verbs

WILL vs. GOING TO: The Difference Between Will and Going to | Future Tense in English Grammar

Pronouns

ENGLISH PRONOUNS: Types of Pronouns | List of Pronouns with Examples

Articles

Articles: A, An & The – English grammar tutorial video lesson

Adjectives

Adjectives – English grammar tutorial video lesson

100+ Adjectives to Describe Personality and Character | Character Traits & Personality Traits

Opposite Adjectives: Useful List of Opposites of Adjectives in English with Pictures

Plurals

Singular and Plural Nouns: How to Form Regular Plural Nouns in English

Irregular Plural Nouns in English | Singular and Plural Nouns

Prepositions

Prepositions of Place and Movement in English | Prepositions with Pictures

Prepositions of Place IN – ON – AT | Grammar Rules and Examples

Prepositions of Time IN – ON – AT | Rules and Examples

Question Structure

ESL Lesson: Asking a Question

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Here are some suggestions to practice English online, they are divided by topic :

AlloProf (a website where you can learn, ask questions and review different topics including English)

Talking, listening, reading and writing:

Duolingo (an interesting website to pratice vocabulary, writing and speaking: good for all! Sidenote: you need to create an account but it is free)

Listening and reading:

National Geographic Kids (a fun website to learn more about animals while listening, playing games or reading: good for all)

Abra (a website made by the University of Concordia to practice literacy)

Fun 4 the Brain (a website with songs and stories)

Fun English Games (a game website with stories and songs)

Storybots (a website to listen to stories)

FUNBRAIN (a website to read, listen to videos and play games according to your grade level)

EpicBooks (an online library with online books, audiobooks videos and quizzes, you need an account and unfortunately it is not free)

Vocabulary and games:

ESL GamesPlus (a fun place to play vocabulary games and learn new words: good for beginners and intermediate)

British Council Kids (a place to practice vocabulary while playing: good for beginners)

Digital Dialects (a place to practice vocabulary while playing: good for beginners)

MES months of the year (you can practice the months of the year here: good for beginners and intermediate)

Helpfulgames Days of the week (you can practice the days of the week here: good for beginners and intermediate)

Animal Jam (a game made in partnership with National Geographic Kids)

Scattergories (a game where you need to find as many words as possible using the same first letter, you can play with friends online)

Skribbl (a game where you need to guess what the other person is drawing, you can play with friends online)

Writing:

GrammarNinja (a website to identify parts of a sentence: good for advanced intermediate and advanced students)

Listening, Watching and Dancing:

GoNoodle (A website with kid friendly videos with no advertisements, you need to create an account, but it is free. They also have a YouTube channel).

GoNoodle Video

Listening and watching:

National Geographic Kids Video (the YouTube channel for the National Geographic kids website)

It can also be fun to watch your favourite movies or series in English instead of watching them in French.

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Here are some suggestions to practice English online, they are divided by topic :

AlloProf (a website where you can learn, ask questions and review different topics including English)

Talking, listening, reading and writing:

Duolingo (an interesting website to pratice vocabulary, writing and speaking: good for all! Sidenote: you need to create an account but it is free)

MyEnglishPages (a website to practice a little bit of everything: good for intermediate and advanced)

Listening and reading:

National Geographic Kids (a fun website to learn more about animals while listening, playing games or reading: good for all)

FUNBRAIN (a website to read, listen to videos and play games according to your grade level)

EpicBooks (an online library with online books, audiobooks videos and quizzes, you need an account and unfortunately it is not free)

Vocabulary and games:

ESL GamesPlus (a fun place to play vocabulary games and learn new words: good for beginners and intermediate)

British Council Kids (a place to practice vocabulary while playing: good for beginners)

Digital Dialects (a place to practice vocabulary while playing: good for beginners)

MES months of the year (you can practice the months of the year here: good for beginners and intermediate)

Helpfulgames Days of the week (you can practice the days of the week here: good for beginners and intermediate)

Free Rice (a website to practice English vocabulary, it is a 100% non-profit website that is owned by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme. Each time you answer a question correctly, the advertisement that you see generates enough money for the World Food Programme to buy 10 grains of rice to help reach Zero Hunger. (Source: About FreeRice): good for intermediate and advanced)

Scattergories (a game where you need to find as many words as possible using the same first letter, you can play with friends online)

Skribbl (a game where you need to guess what the other person is drawing, you can play with friends online)

Kahoot! (a quiz website)

Writing:

GrammarNinja (a website to identify parts of a sentence: good for advanced intermediate and advanced students)

Listening, Watching and Dancing:

GoNoodle (A website with kid friendly videos with no advertisements, you need to create an account, but it is free. They also have a YouTube channel).

GoNoodle Video

Listening and watching:

National Geographic Kids Video (the YouTube channel for the National Geographic kids website)

It can also be fun to watch your favourite movies or series in English instead of watching them in French.

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Note: Most of the songs, stories and rhymes that I use come from the Level Up! workbook and I cannot link to all of them.  I will link to songs and stories when possible.

The list of songs and stories is also subject to change during the year. The website will be updated accordingly.

Youtube Channels often featured:

Super Simple Songs

The Singing Walrus

The Kiboomers

Songs and Rhymes:

- Wheels on the bus

-Colour Song

-Bingo the Dog

-Old Macdonald had a Farm

- One, Two, Buckle my Shoe

- Five Little Dragons

- Where is the Beehive

- Snowkey Powkey

- Heads and Shoulders Knees and Toes

- We Wish You a Merry Christmas

- Counting 1-10

- Ten Little Snowflakes

- 5 Little Pumpkins

- Let's go to the Zoo

- Alice the Camel

- Skinnamarink

- Hickory Dickory Dock

- Please and Thank You

- Shapes and Colours

- Rainbow Colours

- Silly, Silly Shapes

- Animal Alphabet

- Occupation Alphabet

- Alphabet Dance

Stories:

- Pete the Cat, too cool for school

- Pete the Cat, 5 little pumpkins pete the cat

- Pete the Cat, Snow Daze

- Pete the Cat, I love my white shoes

- Dear Dragon’s colours, 1,2,3

- Numbers in the classroom

- 5 Little Ducklings go to school

- Numbers in the classroom

- One wild Christmas

- Very Hungry Caterpillar

- Grumpy Monkey Valentine’s Day Gross Out

- The Very Quiet Cricket

- Bear and Mole: Spring is Here

- Bear and Mole: Let’s go!

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Note: Most of the songs, stories and rhymes that I use come from the Level Up! workbook and I cannot link to all of them.  I will link to songs and stories when possible.

The list of songs and stories is also subject to change during the year. The website will be updated accordingly.

Youtube Channels often featured:

Super Simple Songs

The Singing Walrus

The Kiboomers

Songs and Rhymes:

- What's the Weather Like Today?

- Rainbow Colours

- Share my Emotions

- Down by the Bay

- Today is Monday

- The Seasons

- Who Took the Candy?

- Jingle Bells

- I'm a Little Leprechaun

- Five Little Easter Eggs

- Molly had a Big Red Tent

- A Camping we Will Go

Stories:

- Pete the Cat, Happy Halloween

- Pete the Cat, Valentine’s Day is Cool

- Pete the Cat, and Robo-Cat

- Couch Potato

- Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you Hear?

-Today is Monday

- Snow Day!

- How to catch a leprechaun

- Kitten Ninja

- Easter Bunny School

- Summer Fruits

- Ketchup on your Cornflakes

-Good Night Forest by Denise Brennan-Nelson

- Kitty and Dragon: Kitty Gets a Cold

- Leon the Chameleon

- The Twelve Days of Christmas

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Stories:

The list of songs and stories is also subject to change during the year. The website will be updated accordingly.

Youtube Channels often featured in class:

Super Simple Songs

The Singing Walrus

The Kiboomers

Songs:

- Rainbow colours by the singing walrus

- Shapes by the singing walrus

- School Supplies by the talking flashcard

- Parts of the Body Song by Pinkfong

- Parts of the Body Song by Have Fun Teaching

- Jingle Bells by Super Simple Songs

- Get Dressed for the Day by The Singing Walrus

Stories:

- Where is my Eraser? by Robert Rosen

- Do not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman

- Scaredy Squirrel Series by Mélanie Watt

- How I Met my Monster by Amanda Noll

- The Clothes I Wear by Bobbie Kalman

- Wonderful Winter by Jennifer Marino Walters

- The Bad Seed by Jory John

- The Good Egg by Jory John

- It's Pool Time by Ethan Long

- Where is my Eraser by Robert Rosen

- Adopt a Glurb by Elise Gravel

- My Family Series by Claudia Harrington

- Cat Ninja Series by Marcie Colleen

- Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

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In order of importance, here are the evaluated competencies during the school year. Participation is always the most important element when learning a new language.

Cycle 1 (grade 1-2):

1st: Oral comprehension (listening comprehension, participating in routines)

2nd: Oral interaction (talking, singing, repeating, etc.)
Reading and writing are not evaluated, but they are practiced.

Cycle 2 (grade 3-4)

1st: Oral interaction (talking, singing, repeating, playing games, functional language, dialogues, etc.)

2nd: Reinvesting Comprehension of oral and written text (oral comprehension, reading comprehension, using information from various sources)

3rd: Writing texts (small sentences, vocabulary words, small texts)

Cycle 3 (grade 5-6)

1st: Oral interaction (talking, playing games, functional language, dialogues, etc.)

2nd: Reinvesting Comprehension of oral and written text (oral comprehension, reading comprehension, using information from various sources)

3rd: Writing texts (small sentences, vocabulary words, small texts)