1. Teacher Training Program
Stage 1: individualized instruction

2. Early literacy intervention
How can we best teach young English language learners English?
How can we help them to maintain their native language?
How can we produce the best long term academic outcomes?

3. Instructional methods
Adult-child storybook reading
Literacy-enriched play settings
Theme-based curriculum
Teacher-directed structure literacy curriculum
Progress Monitoring

4. Week 1: Shared Story Book Reading
Engage children in dialogue while reading
Ask children questions about the book
TIP: How you are reading books with children is very important as whether or not you read to them

5. Week 2: Literacy-Enriched play environments
Writing opportunities in all areas of education
Allow the children to work in small groups to make the environment literacy-rich
TIP: Literacy materials should be available in all areas of the classroom. Books should be chosen in order to match the curriculum. Play areas should have materials and activities that encourage vocabulary in both languages

6. Week 3: Directed instruction
Vocabulary  Use many words and rare words
Role Play
Reflection
Examples: Word walls
TIP: Critical with second language learners- the more explicit strategies the better

7. Early literacy skills to keep in mind
Rhyming
Alliteration  especially in beginning of words
Blending sounds and segments
Print awareness
Letter names and sounds
Book and print rules
Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary

8. Lesson plans organized around a storybook
This adds importance of reading
Lessons should have two literacy activities that are designed to assess literacy skills (rhyming, narrative stories, printing)
Each lesson plan needs to have objectives
What do we want the child to learn? What does the teacher say to the group of children?

9. Example
Video

10. references
August, D., Carlo, M., Dressler, C., & Snow, C. (2005). The critical role of vocabulary development for English language learners. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 20(1), 50–57. doi: /j x
August, D., & Shanahan, T. (Eds.). (2006). Developing literacy in second-language learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth.
Colorin Colorado. (2007). How to create a welcoming classroom environment. Retrieved from educators/reachingout/welcoming