About ESOL

The kinds of things we learn in Elementary School ESOL

K5:

How do we recognize letters and their sounds?

How do we read color words?

How do we count with one to one correspondence?

How do we use letter sounds to read words?

How do we recognize high frequency words?

Newcomers:

How do we learn new words through pictures?

How do we read calendar words and phrases to talk about life’s events?

How do we tell others what we need or want?

What words and phrases can we learn and use to help us communicate in school?

How can we begin to make sentences from the words we learn?

1st graders:

How do we recognize high frequency words?

How do we use letter sounds to read words?

How do we read words with long vowel sounds?

How do we gain meaning from what we read?

2nd graders:

How to exhibit good reading habits and good social interactions?

How do we use the words we know to help us read unknown words?

How do we examine characters in our reading?

How do we summarize a story, and sequence a story?

How do we retell a story and write about what we read?

3rd graders:

How do we summarize a story?

How do we sequence a story?

How do we compare the feelings and thoughts of different characters in our reading?

How do we use academic vocabulary in our speaking and writing?

How do we analyze what we read?

4th graders:

How do we use academic vocabulary in our speaking and writing?

How do we read informational text to grow our overall academic knowledge?

How do we analyze what we read, and then share that information?

5th graders:

How do we use academic vocabulary in our speaking and writing?

How do we organize our writing, and write using the writing process?

How do we internalize what we are learning about using specific examination strategies?

How do we engage with academic texts in a way to grow our understanding in a field of study?