Categorie: Tutti - vocabulary - strategies - background - fluency

da Tacey Miller mancano 10 anni

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List Group Label Teaching Reading to ELL Students

Teaching reading to English Language Learner (ELL) students in small groups offers significant benefits, such as forming stronger connections with the teacher and advancing reading skills.

List Group Label Teaching Reading to ELL Students

List Group Label Teaching Reading to ELL Students

Points of Struggle or Confustion

Lack of background information
Differences in word sounds between L1 and L2
Complex grammar or syntax
Homophones (Words that sound the same but have different meanings and sometimes spellings) and Homographs (Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings
Similies and Metaphors
Figurative Language/Phrases without literal translation

Benefits For ELLs

Students form a tighter connection with teacher due to working in small groups for extended periods of time
Studenta can begin to read more challenging texts independently and successfully
ELL students gain on avg a grade level in reading when working extensively with teacher in MGR

Strategies

Extension activities through art, writing, or drama in response to the reading
Provide a community of comfort
Listen! Be aware of L1 syntax and structure to better assess and help ELL in L2 development; ancedotal records
Model, Model, Model! Flunecy through read alouds, connection-making and strategy demonstration through think-alouds, new vocabulary though decoding strategies
Building background information through other components of a balanced literacy program; shared reading, read-aloud, or other subject-area content
Writing as a form of response to a guided reading text; story innovations, informational reports, poems, journal entries, etc.
Balance expository test with narrative texts (each have different language structure and vocabulary)

Modified Guided Reading

Teacher reads guided-reading text aloud to model fluency and generate discussions regarding comprehensions and vocabulary guided by teacher and students
Word Work focuses on morphological awareness, phonemic awareness, or phonics connected to guided reading text
Vocabulary and writing assingments are connectd to guided-reading texts for better language acquisition
Instructional Cycle of 3 or more days (20-30 mins sessions