Week 13 ELL

Reading the reading rockets site was a very interesting read. Throughout the videos and articles I read, I noticed some common threads that ran through all of them. One of them, was the important point of providing ELL's with the proper learning environment. ELLs need to feel challenged, but the work needs to be doable. ELL's need encouragement. ELL's need to feel welcome in class. ELL's need extra help to learn, such as visual aids. When working with my ELL, I try to incorporate the proper learning environment with components like these to provide optimal learning. I try to challenge my student, yet I make sure that I not challenging her too much. I give constant words of encouragement (which I find helpful for any kind of student- who doesn't want to feel like they did a good job?). I make my student feel welcome. I also teach my student with multi-modal education, so that she can learn to read with many different entry points- visuals, videos, pictures, coloring, matching games, clapping, etc.
The other thread running throughout the site is the importance of vocabulary. Vocabulary needs to be worked on constantly for ELL's to properly learn to read, write, and speak. I've worked with ELL's for the QRI5 and DIBELS assessments. These students erred on words that should have been on the tip of their tongue! Words like surrounding, amid, and others, should be easily recognizable for a 7th grader. If their vocabulary would have been worked on, they would be in a much better place.

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  1. UnknownDecember 2, 2017 at 12:10 PM

    I agree strongly with your point on vocabulary. Students that have worked in areas of vocabulary have a higher level in reading comprehension and are likely to read more fluently. I noticed in one of the videos that when vocabulary teaching was introduced, the narrator stressed that this is one of the biggest components of teaching English.

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