Support newly arrived English learners with a complete 30-day ESL newcomer kit featuring lesson plans, 72 visual cards, worksheets and progress checks.

Newcomer Ready: The First 30 Days gives elementary and primary teachers a practical, low-pressure plan for welcoming students who are beginning to use English at school.

Students can communicate by pointing, gesturing, drawing, writing, selecting a visual card, using their home language or speaking English. The resource focuses on essential communication, classroom routines, belonging and growing independence.

WHAT IS INCLUDED:

• Teacher quick-start guide and Before Day 1 checklist
• Newcomer student snapshot
• Six-week teaching roadmap
• 30 daily mini lesson plans
• Language targets, activities and quick checks
• Whole-page communication mat
• 30 survival-language visual cards
• 18 classroom-action cards
• 12 people-and-places cards
• 12 feelings-and-needs cards
• Student worksheets and personal word bank
• Six weekly progress checks
• Complete 30-day progress review
• Editable family welcome note and information form
• Answer key and suggested responses
• Blank custom-card templates
• Printable PDF and editable Word document

PERFECT FOR:

• ESL, ELL, EAL and EFL students
• Newly arrived English learners
• Grades 1–6 and approximately ages 7–12
• Elementary and primary classrooms
• Small groups, intervention and newcomer programmes
• Back-to-school or midyear enrolment
• Classroom communication and routine support

This resource is ready to print and designed to save teachers planning time while helping newcomers feel safe, understood and included from their first day.