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Reading and writing foundational skills for elementary level EL students EL students must recognize below skills before they can become fluent readers. These skills consist of:

Alphabet: Reading A-Z provides access to read English Print Concepts: When educators present students to written language, students must comprehend the basic organization of print. Which mean, words have meaning, left-to-right and top-to-bottom order; letters create words and words create sentences, words are separated by spaces, and sentences always end in a punctuation. Phonological Awareness: recognizing the sound Phonics- Students must match sound to a specific letter High-frequency words- EL student must recognize words Fluency-Student must be able to read and understand English

Reading and writing instructional strategies for elementary level EL students

Read to students everyday Support students understanding, be positive! Teach Alphabet Teach Phonic Encourage Audio books Establish EL Center ( label objects, picture dictionary, tape recorder)

Technology Tools & Resources: Blogging PBL Science Storytelling inspires students to learn English Have students collaborate while working on activities

EL learners should be grouped together so that they can become fluent in English. Having them interact with each other will be beneficial for them.

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Objectives for listening skills:

•	Learn how to be a good listener. •	Learn how to be a good speaker. •	Practice listening and speaking skills with classmates.

Listening/Speaking Introduce students to the alphabet and spelling, basic question structure, basic vocabulary such as name and titles, number and time expressions

Instructional Vocabulary Strategies for EL Students Strategy 1: Label Objects Label classroom objects, having symbols that label each physical item in a classroom helps student learn vocabulary through repeated introduction to words. Strategy 2: Word Walls Strategy 3: Weekly Word Charts Orderly teaching of new words, and as a new words are introduced and worked with   each day, ELL students should fill out the Vocabulary sheet of the week Strategy 4: Introduce fun vocabulary games.

Activate Student Background Knowledge Link new material with previous learned material and provide support Encourage learning using comprehensive and problem solving (brainstorming, modeling, etc.)

Tools and resources for support EL students: Websites that support EL Students English Grammar Word Builder Google Translate 365 ESL short stories Self-study quizzes A word of the day- introduce one word everyday

Math resources for EL students DreamBox Learning Math has lessens in both English and Spanish. It provides tutorials and quizzes

Reading and Writing Journal – Students become good writers by writing. Require English language learners to have journals in which they write lecture notes, new vocabulary, and responses.

Science reading comprehension activities – Cloze and jigsaw are two methods for developing reading comprehension

EL STRATEGIES Practice using group projects Partner EL students with strong language learners to work on assignments Utilize visuals, videos, handouts, charts, and pictures

References: Gibbons, P. (2002). Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom. Heinemann.