Working with English Language Learners
English Language Learners are faced with unique needs in the general education classroom. Developing language goals, along with content goals, allows students to acquire the English language and content language in a sheltered environment.
During my time as a long term substitute teacher, I worked in classrooms with multiple ELLs. I have also had the opportunity to work as an intern teacher in both a general education classroom with a majority ELL population and a pull-out, literacy-based ESL program. Both placements allowed me to work with students who need language support. Language and content support is key for the successful acquisition of English by ELLs from different backgrounds. Throughout the month of July, I worked at the Scarlett Middle School English as a Second Language (ESL) Summer Program. Using principles of culturally relevant pedagogy, I worked with middle school ELLs as they wrote a feature article based on an immigration topic of their choosing. I supported students as they developed academic language in social studies and language arts. This was an important component to my work this summer. I also lead a lesson that incorporates visual inquiry to prepare students to a visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Students practiced using a Visual Thinking Strategy to evaluate a works of art that were new to them. |
Strategies for Making Content Comprehensible
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Science and Literacy: Animal Cinquain Poems
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