Minilessons
K-8 and English Learners
What is it?
Why is it important?
Importance for English Learners:
Steps for the instructional strategy:
INTRODUCE THE TOPIC
EX: Explain to students that -ing is an inflectional ending, similar to -ed and -s.
SHARE EXAMPLES
Teacher shows how to use the topic with examples from students writing or from a book that the students have been reading in class.
EX: Have students look around the room and locate any words ending in -ing and create a list on the board of these words.
PROVIDE INFORMATION
Teacher explains and demonstrates the strategy or skill.
EX: Reread the chart and have the students discuss with a partner the different root words. Then call on different students to circle the root words.
SUPERVISE PRACTICE
Students practice the strategy or skill with supervision in the classroom.
EX: Have students create a foldable with -ing words and have the students write the root word on the inside of the foldable.
ASSESS LEARNING
Teacher monitors students' progress and assesses the skill or strategy that they learned.
EX: Have students locate other words that end with -ing in the books that they are reading and writing.