Teaching Language in the Content Areas
Dear Classroom Teacher,
We want to share some tools and checklists with you to help you get to know your ELLs and to identify the skills they already have plus their current language needs- including vocabulary and background knowledge. We want to provide you with the required scaffolding strategies which will assist ELLs in learning both language and content together. These tools will also help you to select the best strategies and most appropriate materials to effectively teach your lessons to ELLs.
Plus, they will also be helpful for all students!
TOOLS & CHECKLISTS INCLUDE:
ELL Content Resources (padlet.com)
Coaching All Content Areas with a Language Focus
Differentiating Instruction: It’s Not as Hard as You Think - YouTube
Greg Conley - YouTube ENL Student Tips
https://ncela.ed.gov/resources/podcast-integrating-language-while-teaching-mathematics?
Academic and Linguistic Demands Manual
Understanding the 5 Different Language Levels (Video) This video explains what students can do at the 5 levels and offers some helpful strategies for teachers. For example, newcomer ELLs will need to start with basic vocabulary and survival skills. There may be a silent period while they listen and learn. Begin by working on essential vocabulary with pictures and word walls to include greetings, classroom items and basic grammar.
Tool #1- What I Know About My ELLs
Tool # 2- Checklist for Academic Language Awareness
Tool # 3- Suggested Scaffolds at Each ELD Level
Tool # 4- Categories of Scaffolds with Examples
Tool # 5- Scaffolding Lesson Planning Checklist
and more...….
Helpful Short Videos with Literacy Strategies & Tools for All Teachers of ELLs
https://www.middleweb.com/45960/literacy-activities-that-boost-content-learning/
Oral Language & Vocabulary Acquisition
Phonological Awareness & Phonics
Supporting Comprehension for English Learners
Getting Kids Talking K-5Resources (padlet.com)
Writing Language Objectives K-5 (padlet.com)
Language Objectives-The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for ELLs
Integrating, Math, Science and Language
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/intro.html
Six Strategies for Teaching ELLs Across the Content Areas
http://blog.tesol.org/six-strategies-for-teaching-ells-across-the-content-areas/
Creating an ELL Friendly Learning Environment
Content-Area Literacy
http://www.adlit.org/article/c117/
Supporting ELLs in the Mainstream Classroom
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/supporting-ells-mainstream-classroom-language-tips
Guidebook: Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to ELs in Elementary and Middle School, Diane Staehr Fenner
Curriculum Tools: Making Common Core Units More Accessible to ELLs
http://www.colorincolorado.org/blog/common-core-tools-making-curriculum-units-more-accessible-els
Using Science to Develop Ells’ Science Skills
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/using-science-develop-ells-language-skills
The Academic Language of Math
http://www.colorincolorado.org/blog/academic-language-mathematics
Supporting Content Area Teachers with ENL Strategies- Starts at 15:47. VirtuEL Conference July 2020.
What Content Teachers "Can Do" for ELLs Scaffolding for ELLs
Supporting ELLs in Science (Padlet)
Teaching ELLs Online in the Content Areas