Where Do We Go? Places in My School

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A free Grade 1 ESL vocabulary worksheet on places in school: classroom, library, gym, cafeteria, playground, art room, music room and office. Children match places to what we do there, answer Where do you…? questions, sort places for learning and playing, read and complete sentences and draw their favorite place in school. Includes a timed lesson plan, a six-activity worksheet, an editable Word version and answer key.

Overview

Children learn the names of eight places in a school and talk about what they do in each one. They use the question "Where do you read books?" and the answer "In the library." Children match each place to an activity, choose the right place for each question, sort places into learning and playing places and complete short sentences. The lesson ends with children drawing their favorite place in school and saying why they like it.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Places in My School
Category: Vocabulary
File Type: PDF
File Size: 233.2 KB
Published: 12 Nov 2026
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Grade 1 ESL (ages 6–7), A1 40 minutes Listening speaking vocabulary reading writing

Student Task

Take a short walk around the school, or show photos, and name each place.
Do activities 1 and 2 together, asking Where do you …? questions.
Children complete activities 3 to 6. Answers are in the answer key.

Classroom Use

School walk: visit or show photos of each place; children say the name and do an action for it.
Where am I? A child mimes an action (reading, painting, eating); the class guesses the place.
School map: children draw a simple map of their school and label three places.

Differentiation

Support: focus on four places (classroom, library, playground, cafeteria) and use picture cards. Challenge: children write two sentences about what they do in their favorite place.

Answer Key & Assessment

Activities 1 to 5 check the place words and Where do you …? answers (answer key included). Activity 6 shows whether children can name and describe a place.

Learning Objectives

Say and recognize eight places in a school.
Ask and answer Where do you …? questions.
Say what we do in each place.

Teacher Tips

Schools use different names for the same place: the cafeteria may be called the canteen or dining hall, and the gym may be called the sports hall. Teach the word your school uses as well, and use the places children know from their own school.

What's Included

6-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (8 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Editable Word version of the worksheet
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)