Vocabulary and Grammar
Vocabulary Matters Video
Watch this video to see how not knowing just 9 words from a Grade 3 level reading passage impacts your ability to understand the text, and learn some quick strategies that can dramatically improve student understanding and engagement with texts. See the multilingual resources page for free dual-language vocabulary resources.
Math Vocabulary Support
Watch this short video to find out how to use the Math Test Instructions spreadsheet to support MLLs with completing math assessments.
Vocabulary Parts Cards
Nicole Stant created the idea of using "Parts Cards" (Stant 2013) to help students break words down into parts to better understand their meanings.
You can use this Word Parts Card Template Slidedeck with your students to encourage structured word inquiry in your classroom.
This resource can be used with ALL students, including Multilingual Language Learners.
For a list of many root words and their meanings, please see this website.
For a list of the origins of words, please see this website.
Root Word Trees
This resource can be used to explicitly teach root words that are part of key vocabulary in a unit of study. Up to 90% of academic vocabulary in the Sciences is derived from Latin or Greek root words. Based off of the activity “Root Word Tree”, found on page 229 of “EL Excellence Every Day: The Flip-To Guide for Differentiating Academic Literacy” by Tonya Ward Singer (Corwin, 2018).
This resource can be used with ALL students, including Multilingual Language Learners.
For a list of many affixes (prefixes and suffixes), root words, and their meanings, please see this website.
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Grammar On The Go
The "Grammar On The Go" video series unpacks the grammar included in the new 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum Grades 1-9, one short video at a time. Videos are appropriate to use with both monolingual and multilingual students, and are a great reference/refresher for educators.
Grammar Bites
Grammar Bites is a video series explaining grammar concepts for adult learners, produced by Shona Nichols. Find more great resources on her website: mycanadianenglish.com.
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