4 Things To Remember When Planning Your Instruction In A Classroom With ELLs
1- Don't be afraid to use Google Translate or images for commonly used phrases or instruction
2-Pair with a buddy of similar background, whether linguistic or cultural
3-Provide a dual language or picture dictionary
4- Be aware of all idioms especially ones used commonly in the classroom
ie: show of hands, think outside the box, see eye to eye, learn by heart....
Please watch the Entire following powerful video and think about the questions below. If you have time, please feel free to share and discuss at a PLC or team meeting. Together we can make ALL students feel welcome and successful.
*Take time to find out what your students know and CAN do and go from there.
-Do you reference your Can Do descriptors/rubric when planning?
* Be clear and explain vocabulary. Give them language if they don't have it or help them find/learn/understand the words using visuals, sentence stems, and repetition if needed.
-Are you flexible and responsive when questions come up in class that may deviate away from your specific plan or objective for the day but is a teachable moment?
-Do you anticipate tricky vocabulary or plan for words with multiple meanings ahead of time to provide clarification and understanding?
*Take the time to show you care and are there to help. Give them confidence and make them feel important and respected to lower their affective filter to create a safe and caring learning environment.
-Think about a time when you saw a shy/new learner or ELL experience confidence in the classroom?
-How was your teaching as well as the student impacted by this?
Hi Spartans! It is TIPS TUESDAY! Christine and I will be sending out an ELL Tips email once or twice a month with some helpful reminders/tips/ideas/strategies for ALL our Spartan students. Not only will these be great ideas for our ELLs but "ALL" of our students. Every student here is an "Academic Language Learner". Hope you find the Tips useful and if you ever have suggestions of topics or ideas you want to know more about, let us know and we will add it to our list of Tip Topics.
These 2 attached infographics provide a strong foundation for not only encouraging participation by "ALL" and ELL students but also help lower the affective filter for creating new ideas and confidence in the classroom.
"It takes between 1-2 years for ELL students to acquire social language, but between 7-9 years to acquire academic language." (ELLs in the Classroom)
"Sometimes students don't have a voice to participate. Give students a voice." (27 ways to increase participation)
