Teachers can use sheltered instruction to help English learners better understand their lessons. The teacher demonstrated how she teaches a dull language class. She stated the instruction in both languages which helped the students understand what she was saying and possibly learn the second language as they can associate what she was saying. Another tool she used was she pointed to the names and the objects that she was talking about and she exampled what she was talking about.
Richard Miller
Richard never meet parents that do not care about their instructions but parents that just weren't sure how to apply what their kids needed from them. In high poverty schools this is something we as teachers need to work on. If we can help our children engage in their child's learning in a way that is easy and comfortable for each parent than we can make a huge impact on their children's lives and maybe change the culture,
It is also important for schools with high poverty to have good teachers, like everywhere else. High poverty schools on the other hand do not have the same resources that schools in a wealthy community would have like tutoring, after school programs, and that extra help from having more educated parents. If high poverty schools can have the same resources than wealthier schools than everyone could be held at the same standard.
Vignette: Teaching ELL Across the Curriculum
Using phonemes is a tool used to help ELL is probably one of the most important tools used in helping learn another language. Understanding the sounds that the words make and elaborating them for our students to hear them correctly. Vocab and Syntax are also important so that the students can understand the way the words are arranged. Modeled Practice like the one the teacher did in the first video we saw is probably the best tool in my opinion. Culturally responsive strategies help teachers gain the ability to have cultural competence.