Texas Emergent Bilingual Newcomers in Grades 2–6: Ready English Practice
Texas Emergent Bilingual Newcomers in Grades 2–6: Ready English Practice
For a Texas teacher with an emergent bilingual student who has just arrived, the ESL Newcomer Curriculum Bundle ($79.99) gives you nine ready resources for Grades 2–6: places and directions, daily routines, the past tense, pronouns, word families, time and calendar, plus vocabulary and grammar practice. It supports your campus bilingual or ESL program from the side. It does not replace that program or follow any TEA program rules.
Open the newcomer bundleThe ESL Newcomer Curriculum Bundle costs $79.99 and holds nine resources for students new to English in Grades 2–6. Topics run from the town and everyday life to stories about yesterday, pronouns, word families and the calendar, with a Grades 1–4 vocabulary trainer set and grammar packs for Grades 1–3 and 4–6. It is general newcomer material, not written for Texas, and not part of any TEA-approved program.
The resources
ESL Newcomer Curriculum Bundle, Grades 2–6
9 resources in one download: $79.99 instead of $159.91 bought separately.
Start with the first resource; the others are optional add-ons. Open any cover for the full contents and price.
ESL Newcomer Curriculum Bundle | Everyday English, Grammar & Vocabulary | 9 Resources | Grades 2–6
Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum | Grammar, Writing, Phonics & Reading Packs for Every Grade
Grade 3 ELA Pack | Grammar, Creative Writing, Phonics, Reading & Vocabulary
Learning at Home Bundle | Parent Guides & Workbooks for Reading, Math, English & Motivation | Grades 1–4
The real problem
The newcomer problem on a Texas campus
If your campus calls students who are learning English emergent bilinguals, the label fits the newcomer in your room: a child who already has one language and is starting on a second. The campus program, bilingual or ESL, decides how much specialist time that child gets. The rest of the day belongs to the homeroom or content teacher. That is where things get difficult. A fifth grader who arrived last month cannot do the class reading, but sitting with nothing to do helps no one. The ESL teacher may see the student in a pull-out session or a block, and their materials follow their own sequence. The homeroom teacher needs something separate, short and clearly at the newcomer's level that still feels like real schoolwork. Staffing adds pressure in 2026–27. Under HB 2 (2025), uncertified teachers may no longer teach K–5 reading and math starting this school year, and from 2027–28 the rule extends to all core subjects; districts may apply to TEA for a delay. If assignments shift on your campus, a newcomer may land with a teacher who has never had one before, and that teacher needs material to hand over on day one.
Why it fits
Nine resources, matched to what a newcomer needs first
Use the bundle as the homeroom side of a newcomer's day, alongside whatever the ESL or bilingual teacher provides.
- In the Town: Places & Directions builds the words a student needs to get around a new neighborhood.
- Simple Present: My Everyday Life gives a newcomer language for school, meals, home and other routines.
- Stories About Yesterday practices the simple past through short retold events, a step toward class writing.
- Pronouns & Possessive Determiners works on he, she, his and her, small words that trip up beginners.
- Grammar packs for Grades 1–3 and 4–6 let you choose by English level rather than by age.
- Time & Calendar covers schedules, days and dates for a student still learning the bell times.
Getting started
How a homeroom teacher can use it in the first month
A suggested order for the first four weeks. Talk with your ESL or bilingual teacher so the two of you are not teaching the same topic at once.
- Day one: hand over something usefulGive the student a page from In the Town or Time & Calendar while the class reads. It keeps them working on real English from the first hour and shows them the room has a plan for them.
- Week 1: compare notes with the specialistShare the list of nine topics with your campus ESL or bilingual teacher. Agree on which ones you will use in homeroom, so the student sees each topic once with support from both sides.
- Weeks 2–3: routines and pronounsWork through Simple Present: My Everyday Life and Pronouns & Possessive Determiners. Students talk about their own day, which gives you a quick sense of how much English they already have.
- Weeks 3–4: word families and vocabularyAdd Exploring Word Families and pages from the vocabulary trainer set. Both are easy to do independently, which matters when twenty other students also need you.
- Week 4 onward: past tense and grammarIntroduce Stories About Yesterday and start one grammar pack in short daily doses. By now the student may be ready to join parts of class writing with a sentence frame you provide.
What to buy
What to buy for one newcomer or several
For newcomers in Grades 2–6, buy the ESL Newcomer Curriculum Bundle at $79.99; its nine parts would cost $159.91 separately. If the student already speaks everyday English and mainly needs grade-level grammar, writing and phonics, the Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum ($49.99) is the closer match, especially if you serve several grades. A third grader with some English can start with the Grade 3 ELA Pack ($13.99). For families supporting a child in Grades 1–4 at home, the Learning at Home Bundle ($79.99) is written as parent guides with workbooks.
Honest limits
What you should know before buying
The bundle is not written for Texas. It has no TEKS codes, no Texas content and no Spanish or other home-language pages, so it does not replace a bilingual program or a student's language plan. Check it against the TEKS and your campus English learner requirements yourself. You supply reading texts for content subjects and any home-language support. A purchase covers your own teaching; if your ESL department wants to share it, send Teach Lessons a short message first. If it is not right for your students, you can swap it for store credit within 7 days.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is this aligned to the TEKS or approved by TEA for ESL programs?
No. It is not aligned to the TEKS, not reviewed or approved by TEA, and not designed for any Texas bilingual or ESL program model. It is general practice material for students new to English. Compare the topics with what your campus program expects, and check with your district's bilingual or ESL office before using it in a student's formal plan.
I am a homeroom teacher, not an ESL teacher. Can I use it?
Yes, that is who it suits best. The topics are everyday situations, the grammar packs are labeled by grade band, and the pages are ready to print or show on screen, so you do not need specialist training to hand one out. Ask your ESL colleague about the student's level, then start with the town and calendar topics.
Is there any Spanish in it?
No. Every resource is in English. If your student is in a bilingual program, the Spanish side of their day comes from that program. You can let a bilingual classmate or family member talk through a topic like the town or the calendar in the home language first, but the worksheets themselves are English only.
Our district runs four-day weeks. Can families use it on the off day?
They can, if you send pages home. Some Texas districts use four-day weeks; Liberty Hill ISD, for example, adopted a hybrid calendar with four-day weeks in several months of 2025–26. A few vocabulary and routine pages give a newcomer some English practice on the day off. Make sure the instructions are clear without you there.
How do I receive the files?
It is a digital download. The link arrives by email after you pay, and the files stay in your customer account under Orders, so you can download them again from another device. Print what you need or use the pages in a digital classroom the same day.
Can the whole campus ESL team share one copy?
One purchase is for one teacher's own use. Team or campus use is possible after a short message to Teach Lessons, so ask before you share. The files cannot be posted publicly, uploaded to resource-sharing sites or resold. One teacher can try the bundle first before a team decides.
Be ready when the next student enrolls
Open the bundle page to check the nine titles against what your newcomers need this month.
Open the newcomer bundle