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Creating Visual Supports for ELLs
Marisa Foyle, M.Ed. [email protected]
February 28, 2015 Joliet, IL – Teacher Inservice
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Saint Ann’s
Located in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood ~ 230 students
Large % of ELL students
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Visual Supports
Practical strategies to go from
Abstract à Concrete à
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Today’s Agenda
ü Realia ü Anchor Charts ü Visual Vocabulary Development
ü Modeling and Manipulatives
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Today’s Agenda For each visual support, we will:
• Define terms
• Examine pictures and examples
• Brainstorm ways to use them in your classrooms
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Why Visual Supports? à Build background knowledge and make
connections à Make abstract concepts more concrete
à Make learning more meaningful
à Make instruction more comprehensible
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Remember…
Visual Supports are an example of scaffolding.
Scaffolding is essential!
à Provide support for students’ learning à Gradually take away support
Help your students feel more confident and independent
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Realia
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Brainstorm
Think-Pair-Share
à Field Trip opportunities à Next Science or Social Studies unit
(Write it down – Hold yourself accountable)
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Visual Vocabulary Development
• Word Walls • Sentence Strips
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Visual Vocabulary Development
• Foldables • Graphic Organizers
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Brainstorm Planning Time
à Choose a subject
à Select an upcoming unit
à Write down 4 or 5 important vocabulary terms
à Tell a partner how you will introduce them
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Anchor Charts
• Make the charts visible for students à Students should refer back to them • Use pictures and words
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Anchor Charts
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Brainstorm
Group Discussion à Where can you get chart paper
(inexpensively)?
à What else can you use besides chart paper?
à How can we solve space issues?
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Modeling and Manipulatives
• Help create multiple ways for students to encounter information
• Learning by experience
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Brainstorm
Think-Pair-Share à List math (or choose another subject)
manipulatives you already have
à Name 1 (or more) lesson(s) you will teach next week where you can use them.
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Resources • Helpful Websites with ELL Resources:
à Colorín Colorado à Reading Rockets à Education Week’s “Learning the Language” blog