ensure that your student understands what you are saying
Check out the
an excellent, short list of ways to help ELLs understand what you are saying and access your instruction.
Here are some additional suggestions:
what supports can we build into the lesson plan?
Is your student a reluctant speaker? Focus on encouraging
and read my list of
Ways to Encourage Speaking in the Classroom
If you want to teach kids language, they need to use language.
I have many more resources.
Here's a sample list of some of the most useful.
Let me know if there is something in particular you are looking for.