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Instructional Strategies That Support ELL in the General Education Classroom
LaConti’ S. Bryant, M.Ed, Ed.S
This session will provide cross-curricular training in the area of literacy and mathematics for teachers of ELL student and students with language deficiencies. This presentation will focus on providing teachers with strategies that support and supplement their core reading and mathematics programs for meeting the needs of these students.
The purpose for our learning today:
I can explain how to use specific strategies to support language development in reading and math to support ELL’s and general education students.
Brainstorm strategies you already use in your classroom that could benefit ELL students.
Language Development
Two foundational skills in order for ELL’s to learn how to read English: Phonological Awareness and Phonics Knowledge (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998; National Reading Panel, 2000)
Characteristics of English Language Learners
Beginners (No English Proficiency)• Point• Nodding/Shaking Head• Draw• Match• Select• Circle• State• Choose• Act Out• Label• Name• List• Answer yes/no ?s
Example Strategies/Activies Label classroom Use Manipulatives/Realia Total Physical Response (TPR) Non-verbal role play Rhymes, chants, songs, games Pre-recorded stories Reading aloud Choral/echo reading
Hands-on projects Authors chair Flannel board stories Environmental labels Word banks/Word Walls Think-Pair-Share Model Skills
Intermediate Students Can ( Good skills in English, but reading and comprehension need work)
Recall Retell Define Describe Compare Contrast Summarize Restate Answer Questions State Opinions Share Thoughts Converse at Length Comprehend Orally
Example Strategies/Activities Role playing (verbal) Reading, reciting poetry, writing Group discussions Retelling stories Process writing, quick writes and dialogue journals Graphic organizers Summarizing Compare and contrast stories and authors Use real life objects or models Provide Prompts
Advanced Students Can Analyze Create Defend Debate Evaluate Justify Support Explain Use Extensive Vocabulary
Example Strategies/Examples Age appropriate reading and writing Analyzing charts, graphs, and stories Predicting outcomes Supporting and defending positions/opinions Evaluating and judging processes Use the “ABCs” (Activity Before Content) of teaching. This will allow
students to discover new concepts on their own which can make them more meaningful
Incorporate all learning modalities, including visual, aural, and tactile
Teaching Strategies
Engagement Strategies That Support Language Development (Teacher Strategies)
•Whip Around
•Modified Whip Around
•Think-Pair-Share
•Table Talk
•White Boards
•Power Teaching/Whole Brain Teaching
•Remember ExCell Training? Direct and Explicit Instruction of Vocabulary.
Student StrategiesLiteracy-Reading Response Journals
Literacy-Interactive Anchor Charts and Word Walls
Math-Kim Sutton Math Songs as part of the introduction to the mathematics lesson.
Math-Math Interactive Notebooks
Math Literature
Make learning VISUAL by using
Interactive Word Walls
Anchor Charts
Language Development
Providing multiple ways for students to work with new words enhances their understanding of those words (McKeown et al., 1985; Stahl, 1991).
• Associate new words with known words.
• Use new words in a sentence.
• Match definitions to new words.
• Use new words in different contexts.
• Provide students with multiple exposures to new words.
Questions?
Let’s Have aGreat Year!