Reading, Speaking
Entering (1) through Developing (3)
Reading aloud to themselves allows students to self correct, work through unknown words, and practice pronunciation.
When other students are expected to read silently, MLs may be asked to read aloud to themselves.
For instructional purposes, the teacher can guide and support the student's reading responses.
For assessment purposes:
"Read this passage aloud to yourself."
Student reads the selected passage aloud to themselves in a low voice. They may repeat words as they work through unfamiliar words or practice challenging pronunciation.
For instructional purposes:
"Let’s take a picture walk through the book. "
"Let’s preview some sight words/vocabulary/tricky words you’ll see while reading."
"Remember all the strategies we’ve learned. For example, let’s pause at punctuations, sound out the letters. "
"Remember to sound out all the letters/words. "
"Teacher will give students some sentence starters/prompts to keep in mind while reading."
"Can you remind me of some of the strategies?"
"What if I get stuck on a letter/word I don’t know, what should I do? "
For assessment purposes:
The teacher selects passages that are appropriate for the ML and asks they read it aloud to themselves.
The student reads the selected passage, practicing pronunciation and fluency.
For instructional purposes:
-Teacher will pull out some sight words/vocabulary and pre teach them using pictures or realia, if needed.
-Teacher will model what a read aloud should look like.
-Teacher might quietly remind students of a strategy with a sticky note by them.
-Teacher can write sentence starters on a sentence strip: I wonder, I predict, I notice, I think the book will be about...
-Student will learn sight words/vocabulary/tricky words
-Student will use their strategies such as sounding out letters, pausing at punctuations
-Student will do a picture walk before reading
-Student will read to him/herself
-Student will say to him/herself: I predict, I notice, I think the book will be about, I wonder...
The Read Aloud to Themselves accommodation may be removed when the student demonstrates increased confidence while reading and adequate comprehension of the material read. Most MLs do not require the Read Aloud to Themselves accommodation beyond the Emerging level (2), but some students occasionally require this accommodation through the Developing level (3). If you have questions, or feel your ML requires a change in their ILAP regarding this accommodation, please reach out to the ESOL teacher in your building to discuss the student's needs.