Joanne Adjoian First Grade

Kelly Samra Third Grade

English Language Support Strategies

Teaching VocabularyAcademic Social

• Language used in the classroom

• Examples:▫ Define▫ Indentify▫ Summarize▫ Classify▫ Addend, Sum

• Language used on the playground and at home.

Word Walls

- Makes new words available to students throughout the day.

- Students are encouraged to use the word walls throughout the day.

- Students are encouraged to use the words in their own spoken and written language at school and home.

Personal Word Wall

Name ________________________ and a are all af ter as at an about

by been but be

called can could

do did down

each

fi nd fi rst f or f rom

had have he his how her him has

into if it I in is its

just know

long little like

make more many may most my made

not now no

other over one only out or of on

see so said some she

the them they two there to this their that time these then than

use very up

water would what who when words was where which way were will with we

your you

100 Words-1st Grade

Aa Bb Cc Dd

Ee Ff Gg Hh

I i J j Ll Mm

Nn Oo Pp Ss

Kk

Qq Rr

people

Tt Ww Xx Uu Vv Yy Zz

A+RISE Research based activities and strategies

Word Study

Graphic OrganizersName_______________________

Beginning letter sounds.

S

star

snake

seed

seal

stop

smile

Name_____________________________ Vocabulary

New Word My Definition Example (Pr imary Language or

pictures)

How I Would Use I t (Sentence)

roots

The roots take in water and nutrients from the soil.

The roots are under the ground.

leaves

The leaves use sunlight and air to make food.

The plant had four leaves.

energy

Energy gives plants and animals the power to do things.

The sun is energy for the plants.

Frontloading

Vocabulary

Teaches important vocabulary to

students before the lesson is taught.

Peer Grouping Strategies

Students are given opportunities to communication with each other during lessons (Turn and Talk).

Heterogeneous Grouping

• Students are grouped with students who are at the same language level

• Allows students to feel more comfortable and work at a similar pace

• Students are grouped with students with higher language ability

• Allows students move up in language proficiency

Homogeneous Grouping

Math Manipulatives

- Hands-on learning tools

-Support use of math language in problem solving skills

- Students are able handle what they are learning, instead of simply listening to a teacher.

G.L.A.D.

Guided Language Acquisition Design

Helps make academic language accessible to all levels of language learners using high academic language, extensive use of visuals aids.

REDCAT Voice Amplification System

Classroom audio system allowing teacher and students to be heard clearly throughout the classroom environment.

Improves articulation and speech intelligibility of teacher and students.

English Learners can score as much as 30% better on word/sentence recognition tests.

Currently used in all 1-2 grade classrooms, Library and both Science labs.