For Classroom Teachers of ELLs

Help? I have English Learners in my classroom. (padlet.com) 

Jody Nolf Website  https://sites.google.com/view/jnolfesol/home 

English Language Learners | Reading Topics A-Z | Reading Rockets 

Padlet: Supporting Content Area Teachers with Supporting Strategies   https://bit.ly/JNolfESOLPadlet

TOOLS & CHECKLISTS INCLUDE:  

PROVIDE COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

Simplify Language   Bring in Realia    Rephrase   Write Directions      Repeat    Preview Materials

Face the Listener   Provide a Model     Use Routines     Emphasize key vocabulary and big ideas

Speak Slowly        Use Gestures   Pause Frequently   Show Pictures/Maps    Enunciate   Show Video Clips

PADLETS OF ENL SUPPORT INFORMATION    

ELL Support Documents  ELL Support Docs (padlet.com) 

Co-Teaching Approaches for Delivering Instruction (padlet.com)    

Practical Strategies & Resources to Teach K-12 MLs Online from SupportEd (padlet.com) 

Strategies and Resources for Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners - SupportEd 

    -Working with Diverse Learners? 10 Activities to Develop Critical Cultural Competence - Corwin Connect (corwin-connect.com) 

Scaffolding in the Content Areas  https://padlet.com/diane30/tw3qj4oh6vawt7ko

Hudson Valley RBERN: Strategies to Support Students with Interrupted/Inconsistent Formal Education (padlet.com)

Newcomer/SLIFE Resources (padlet.com) 

     -Online Collections — Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults (leslla.org) 

Extensive ELL Resources (padlet.com) Bret Gosselin, Texas

Teaching ELLs Online

Supporting ELLs in Science (padlet.com) 

Stories in our Home Languages (padlet.com) 

SOME EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING ELLS

                        STRATEGY OF THE MONTH: 

September:  PICTURE WORD INDUCTIVE MODEL

 https://www.colorincolorado.org/picture-word-inductive-model

October: ANNOTATED DIAGRAM

https://www.colorincolorado.org/annotated-diagram

November:  ELKONIN BOXES

https://www.readingrockets.org/classroom/classroom-strategies/elkonin-boxes

 December: FRAMED PARAGRAPHS

https://www.readingrockets.org/classroom/classroom-strategies/framed-paragraphs

January: SENTENCE FRAMES & SENTENCE STARTERS

 https://www.colorincolorado.org/sentence-frames

 February:  STORY MAPS

  https://www.adlit.org/in-the-classroom/strategies/story-maps                   


Group Work  Think-Pair-Share  Use of Graphic Organizers  Frayer Model  Learning Logs 

Activation of Prior Knowledge  Word Walls  Scaffolding of Academic Language 

Context Clues Through Visual Scaffolding  Role Playing  Realia, Manipulatives, Materials 

Jigsaw Learning  Analogies  Task-Based or Experiential Learning  Think Alouds 

Pre-Teach Chapter Highlights and Vocabulary  Leveled Questions  Sentence Starters 

Rehearsal Strategies  Multiple Intelligence Strategies  Note Taking   Primary Source Materials & Artifacts 

Performance Based Assessments  Word Banks  Sentence Frames