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Reading and writing foundational skills for elementary level EL students
Reading:

Phonemic Awareness - Phonemes are the smallest units making up spoken language. The English Language is made up of about 41 phonemes. They combine to form words and syllables.

Phonics - Phonics shoes that there is a relationship between phonemes and graphemes (the letters and spellings that represent those sounds in written language). Readers use these relationships to recognize familiar words and to decode unfamiliar ones.

Vocabulary Development - Vocabulary development refers to the knowledge of stored information about the meanings and pronunciations of words necessary for communication.

Reading Fluency, including oral reading skills - Fluency is the ability to read words accurately and quickly. Fluent readers recognize words and comprehend them simultaneously.

Reading Comprehension Strategies - Reading comprehension is the culmination of all of the reading skills and the ultimate goal of learning to read.

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Writing:

Building on What They Already Know - Instead of teaching students writing all at once, help to strengthen their writing piece by piece.

Forming Sentences - This is considered the most important writing skill. Teach students to structure a properly formed sentence.

Building Coherent Paragraphs - Teaching students how to properly construct paragraphs will help them in their professional and personal lives.

Communicating and Collaborating in Writing -  This will help students have an understanding about what to do when communicative learning is inputted prior to writing.

Choosing Writing Topics - Teachers should present writing topics to the class that will be fun, concise and effective for their students.

Understanding Writing Structures - Teachers should show students how to develop an outline that with help make their writing easier when they will have to create an introduction, body and conclusion.

Understanding Formal vs. Informal Writing - Both of these writing styles depending on the students' levels, ages and interests could be very useful to them.

Reading and writing instructional strategies for elementary level EL students
The following examples will help teachers strengthen and build literacy skills.

Phonics

Alphabet Matching

Matching Books to Phonics Features

Comprehension

Anticipation Guide Concept Maps' Concept Sort Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) Exit Slips First Lines Inference Inquiry Chart Jigsaw Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) Paragraph Shrinking Partner Reading Question the Author Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Reading Guide Reciprocal Teaching Story Maps Story Sequence Summarizing Think-alouds Think-Pair-Share Visual Imagery

Fluency

Audio-Assisted Reading Choral Reading Paired (or Partner) Reading Reader's Theater Shared Reading Timed Repeated Readings

Phonological awareness

Blending and Segmenting Games Concept of Word Games

Elkonin Boxes Onset/Rime Games Rhyming Games Syllable Games

Writing

Descriptive Writing Dictation

Framed Paragraphs Paragraph Hamburger Persuasive Writing RAFT Revision Sentence

Transition Words Writing Conferences

Vocabulary

List-Group-Label Possible Sentences Semantic Feature Analysis Semantic Gradients Word Hunts Word Maps Word Walls

Reading and writing technology tools and resources appropriate for elementary EL students at different proficiency levels
Reading

Interactive Grammar Games

Story Time For Me (Free library of stories featuring narration and animation using word-by-word highlighting).

Starfall - Free resources including pre-reading skills, reading, teaching and refining reading skills.

Voxy - App that can be used to read and listen to various themes or short news stories.

Writing

Interactive Writing Games

Learn English Kids

Constructing the Paragraph - How to write a paragraph, supporting and topic sentences, ordering principles and transitions

Grouping techniques and cooperative learning strategies conducive to elementary grade levels
Grouping Techniques

Teacher-Assigned Groups (Group according to the same proficiency level or mix the levels)

Let Students Chose Groups

Randomized Group Work (Picking names from a hat, have students count off and group by numbers)

Cooperative Learning Strategies

Positive Interdependence

Face-to-face Interaction

Individual and Group Accountability

Group Behaviors

Group Processing

Listening and speaking skills for elementary level EL students
These following activities will get EL students moving, thinking and working together.

 Relay the Message  - Incorporating games to introduce new topics.

 Back-to-Cack Interview  - This will help students to practice listening without relying on actions or lip reading.

 Follow the Directions  - This game will help EL's to prepare students to ask for directions in a foreign country and gain audio practice while receiving directions to help them understand directions step-by-step.

 Telephone  - Students will listen to one another and will have to relay messages which will encourage them to determine similar sounding words from one other, and can be used as a starter activity to introduce any topic.

 Minimal pairs card hold-up  - This activity is great to improve students' knowledge of proper pronunciation and for reinforcing phonics lessons.

 Movie clip quiz  - Incorporate movies to provide a more authentic speed of real-world speech.  Song gap-fill  - Use the latest songs to help with repetition.

 Order-the-lyrics  - Will help students practice in noticing the subtle differences between lyrics in music.

 Listen and throw  - In this activity, students are listening for a specific answer to a question in an audio dialogue.

Slap the picture - This activity encourages sharp listening and quick reaction times. A good activity for when students are losing concentration or getting tired.

Grammar and vocabulary development strategies for elementary-level EL students
Label Objects- Label object around the classroom to help the students learn the words.

Word Walls - Instead of guessing how a word is spelled, students can look for it on the wall and remember how to spell the word over time.

Pop Culture Iconography - Have EL students bring their own pop culture pictures to school and post the English words on them to help them learn it in English.

Weekly Word Charts - Teachers can have a set of new words each week to go over with their students, and relate the word to something that they enjoy.

Context Clues - This strategy will help EL students to unlock the meaning of an unfamiliar word based on its word parts or on surrounding context clues.

Vocabulary Improv - A word and motion game that involves making kinesthetic motions in connection with saying a vocabulary word deepens understanding of the word.

Vocabulary Games - Games that involve a great deal of speaking and understanding.

Vocabulary Activities - Interactive engagement with whatever words each student is learning.

Strategies for comprehensible input, feedback, building background, and student engagement
Here are a few strategies that will help English Language Learners:

Incorporate auditory, visual, and kinesthetic activities to reinforce concepts and directions (for example, incorporate movement into classroom lessons).

Provide visuals in order to clarify meaning and check for comprehension.

Provide hands-on experiments and activities.

Use experiential activities to build upon what students already know.

Incorporate activities that are student-centered and provide frequent opportunities for students to practice verbal communication skills.

Grammar and vocabulary technology tools and resources appropriate for elementary EL students at different proficiency levels
Below are some examples that would help EL's on different learning level. These can be the basic go to.

Infographics

Digital Word Walls

Digital Storytelling

VoiceThread

Simple English Wikipedia

Google Translate

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