Reading Rockets
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Education Place
This site has many resources, but I am focusing on the page that has graphic organizers. Graphic organizers provide a structured way for students to gain a better understanding of content. There is a diverse range of graphic organizers for all students. This site also provides all of the graphic organizers in Spanish in addition to English. This provides more opportunity for ELLs to participate fully in an activity and gain the information they need. I love using graphic organizers, and I intend on using them in my classroom. I would print these out for my class to use so they could take notes with support. Since these are online I could also provide students with an online copy I they work better on the computer. These graphic organizers are great for ELLs because they provide a basis for them to start with. Ginsberg presents the strategy of using sentence frames to introduce and familiarize students with academic language (2015). Graphic organizers provide support for ELLs in the same way as sentence frames. They give students an outline of how to use language and information. The graphic organizers could also be altered to contain sentence frames to assist students who are struggling. These organizers can be used in a multitude of ways to help ELLs and all students in the classroom. Ginsberg, M. (2015, October 2). Reclaiming The Language for Social Justice. Retrieved June 09, 2016, from https://reclaimingthelanguage.wordpress.com/ |
4 Teachers
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Teaching English
This page provides lesson plans for integrating English language instruction into content instruction. There are various links to lesson plans about different topics. The lessons plans have worksheets, posters, audio transcripts, images and other resources for teacher use. As a teacher I would use this resource to learn ways to integrate ELD into my content instruction. These lesson plans provide a good starting point to create lessons for my class. I would utilize the resources that come along with the lesson plan. The visuals, audio transcripts and worksheet help present the information to ELLs in various ways. By giving students the information in several formats they have more opportunities to learn and understand the content. Students learn in different ways so it is important to provide instruction in various ways. This site can help teachers provide instruction to meet the diverse needs of their students. |