1. PRESENTED BY RHONDA HAWKS & CLAUDIA LIVEZEY Learning Strategies for English Language Learners

2. How ELLs Feel… It’s important to remember that whatever the level your ELLs are, English is still their second language and sometimes will still struggle with the language. It takes people on average 5-7 years to acquire a second language when immersed.

3. Zone of Proximal Development Model Target at Instructional Level  Affective Level Accommodate then slowly pull away (Coaching) Anchor Charts Small Groups w/mixed tiers; scaffolding among students Four Domains of Language  Reading  Writing  Speaking  Listening

4. Introducing Topics Songs Q Focus/Inference (Joyce Clement)  Show students pictures  Student writes a question for each picture  The student then makes an inference as to what the topic will be Please write ANY questions you may have about…. __________________________________________________________________________ Q-focus Topic:______________________

5. Vocabulary Strategies Vocabulary Web Vocabulary Journal  ABC order  Pictures  Synonym/Antonym  Sentence New Word SynonymAntonym Picture Sentence

6. Vocabulary Strategies continued… Build background  Share experiences  talk and share  PowerPoint with pictures  Relate to students, to media, to world, and then to subject area Consistency  Use the newly introduced word through various contexts  Let them hear it over and over, and then when you introduce a synonym use both of the words and slowly wean them off of the old word and use the new word

7. Vocabulary Strategies continued… Visuals  Math flashcards (Michele S. Weiner, Regional Center II Instructional Supervisor)  Wordworld  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC-rDf0Gu44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC-rDf0Gu44  Playdough  even sightwords Vocabulary Games  Charades  Pictionary  Bring Me a…  I have…Who has?

8. Reading Strategies Cognates Picture walks  Let the students talk through each picture  Prediction/inference, brainstorming Introducing Vocabulary  Talk through context clues  Use the afore mentioned strategies Interactive reading  Questioning  Turn and talk  Comprehension Checks Word Study  Building Words  Word Families  Visuals  educreations

9. Resources Edmodo Pinterest Duolingo RAZ Kids INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS www.imaginationsoup.net http://www.kitzkikz.com/flashcards/index.php http://www.mes-english.com/ http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/index.htm www.starfall.com http://englishforeveryone.org/ http://www.colorincolorado.org/

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