ESL Jigsaws

By popular demand, this non-jigsaw, low beginner Canadian holidays book is aimed at literacy and CLB 1. Focusing on commonly known information on holidays, each reading text has pictures to assist with vocabulary comprehension. 

Visit the Beginner Sample Lessons page to view some lessons from this book. 

Visit the Follow Up Activities page to view some bingo games from this book. 

The profile of the learner is a student with limited knowledge of the English alphabet and a very small vocabulary. Copying accurately can be a challenge and the letters "l" and "I" are often confused. Listening proves challenging as students struggle to distinguish where one word ends and the next begins. Considerable repetition is required for vocabulary retention. 

Callan's Canadian Holidays for Low Beginner ESL makes use of word clouds for word recognition, word searches for spelling practice and bingo games for vocabulary retention. Listening clozes end each unit. CDs are available. 

Written exercises focus on plurals, capitalization, imperatives, third person singular and short answers with "be", "do" and "can".

Holidays included in this book are: New Year's, Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Earth Day, Mother's Day, Victoria Day, Father's Day, Canada Day, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Remembrance Day and Christmas.