Supporting ESL/ELL Students
English Language Learners in the Inclusive Classroom
Statistics of ELL/ESL Students and How These Correlate to Teachers' Feelings
First Things First: Comprehension and How It Affects ESL/ELL Students?
Sentence Walls
Informational Picture Books
Storybook Reading
Written Conversations
Modified Guided Reading Approach (MGR)
Resources
Pinterest is a great resource to use when searching for activities that relate to a specific topic that will be discussed in a literacy-based classroom (ex: grammar, spelling, phonics)!: http://www.pinterest.com/alessandrahug/esl-sentence-level/
FunEnglishGames.com is a great resource to use to take the edge off of ESL/ELL students plus give them the chance to actually have fun while learning literacy concepts and skills!: http://www.funenglishgames.com/activities.html
UsingEnglish.com focuses on worksheets and printables that teachers and parents can use with assisting beginner and intermediate ESL/ELL students on topics such as adjectives and adverbs, articles, conjunctions, parts of speech, syllables, vocabulary, etc.: http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/
ReadingRockets has a host of search material and resources that helps teachers and parents focus on best practices for Ells, to strategies that assist ELLs with comprehension, to games that enhance vocabulary.: http://www.readingrockets.org/search?cx=004997827699593338140%3Anptllrzhp78&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&as_q=worksheets+for+esl+students
Works Cited
Avalos, M.A., Plasencia, A., Chavez, C., & Rascon, J. (Dec., 2007- Jan., 2008). Modified Guided Reading: Gateway to English as a Second Language and Literacy Learning. The Reading Teacher, Vol. 61 (No.4). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20204590.
Brock, C. (May, 2001). Serving English Language Learners: Placing Learners Learning on Center Stage. Language, Arts, Vol. 78 (No. 5). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41483177
Carrier, K. A., Tatum, A. W., (Nov., 2006). Creating Sentence Walls to Help English-Language Learners Develop Content Literacy. The Reading Teacher, Vol. 60 (No. 3). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20204463
Hadaway, N.L., Mundy, J. (Mar., 1999). Children’s Informational Picture Books Visit a Secondary ESL Classroom. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 42 (No. 6). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40014060
Harvey, S., & Goudvis, A. (2013). Comprehension at the Core. Reading Teacher, Vol. 66 (No.6), pp. 432-439. doi:10.1002/TRTR.1145
Hickman, P., Pollard-Durodola, S., Vaughn, S. (May, 2004). Storybook Reading: Improving Vocabulary and Comprehension for English-Language Learners. The Reading Teacher, Vol. 57 (No.8). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20205423
Van Sluys, K., & Tropp Laman, T. (Nov., 2006). Learning About Language: Written Conversations and Elementary Language Learners. The Reading Teacher, Vol. 60. (No.3) Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20204455
Jekoi Lassiter
Email: lassiterj11@students.ecu.edu
Location: Rocky Mount, NC, United States
Phone: 252-822-4841