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Overview This is an EL Resource Wiki that will serve as a "living" resource manual to reference and use in current and my future classrooms. The materials in this WIKI will be updated periodically with additional materials and information to keep it current and relevant.

Reading and writing foundational skills for elementary level EL students Graphic organizers are simple yet powerful tools that can help kids with dysgraphia, executive functioning issues, and other issues that can cause trouble with writing. A graphic organizer not only helps break an assignment into smaller steps. It also can help kids organize their thoughts in a very visual way. Some examples of graphic organizers includes :sequence chart, and hamburger paragraph

Reading and writing instructional strategies for elementary level EL students

Jigsaw is a cooperative learning strategy that enables each student of a "home" group to specialize in one aspect of a topic. Students meet with members from other groups who are assigned the same aspect, and after mastering the material, return to the "home" group and teach the material to their group members. With this strategy, each student in the "home" group serves as a piece of the topic's puzzle and when they work together as a whole, they create the complete jigsaw puzzle. This concept helps build comprehension, encourages cooperative learning among students, and it helps improve listening, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Reading and writing technology tools and resources appropriate for elementary EL students at different proficiency levels Instructional tools can reshape curriculum and reinforce concepts and address gaps in language skills. Some technology tools to integrate listening skills and verbal interaction includes: Starfall, Many Things, and Voxy. Some instructional tech tools for practicing literacy skills includes Ybarra and Green.

Grouping techniques and cooperative learning strategies conducive to elementary grade levels It is important to group students by varying skill level. When you group lower level students with higher level students they will automatically improve their English usage just by hearing and talking to more advanced students.

Group by the same skill level, and same first language. It is also of importance to group by different first language. When all of the members of a groups speak different first languages, they all will be forced to speak English in order to work together.

Listening and Speaking Skills for Elementary Level EL Students Of the four language skills (speaking, reading, writing, listening) listening is perhaps the one that is often ignored or underdeveloped. But as educators it is important to provide them with guidance based on appropriate listening strategies

ESL teachers can build the vocabulary of ELLs through motivating activities. Some best practices for building listening and speaking vocabulary include: having discussions about interesting themes watching short videos on art, music, dance, science or other relevant themes using music, rhythm, songs to reinforce the meaning of challenging words

For beginning ELLS, the focus is on the first set of skills or BICS-This entails developing enough fluency in English to comprehend what is being said so that they can respond.

Grammar and vocabulary development strategies for elementary level EL students Before doing an activity, teaching content, or reading a story in class it is important to pre-teach vocabulary to help identify words and placing them in context and remembering them. It is also important to focus on cognates which are words in different languages that are derived from the same original word or root. Scaffolding is also important when providing support Silent period-studnets appear not to be learning much language, but do not discourage as studnets are making sense of and acquiring the oral language from the English-speaking context of the classroom. Levels: Novice-no English language skills Intermediate-one and two word responses and progress to simple phrase and sentence replies Advanced-clearly coordinate bilinguals capable of producing multiple sentence responses and engaging in connected discourse, but only on topics of a concrete nature.

Strategies for comprehensible input, feedback, building background, and student engagement Strategies Student Engagement-It is important to scaffold their understanding and help them meet these demands with increasing autonomy over time It is important to group them in heterogeneous classrooms where they can be given ample opportunities to have extended interaction with peers of varying English proficiency levels who can provide them with a range of models of how to use English words and structures appropriately.

Strategies for Feedback and comprehensible input- During lessons, one can use verbal feedback to let students know how they are doing, visual feedback (gestures), written feedback (rubric)

Strategies for building background- utilize text in small doses, build academic vocabulary, and visual content

Grammar and vocabulary technology tools and resources appropriate for elementary EL students at different proficiency levels Integrating technology can promote cooperative group work rather in content dealing with Science, Social Studies, Math) Increase percentage of time studnets stay on task Individualize and customize curriculum Grammar Resources-British Council website-lessons to quick tips Grammarly.com-proofread work Google Translate English Grammar Word Builder

Reference: Foss, Jenn (2017). Understood. Graphic Organizers to Help Kids With Writing. Retrieved from http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/graphic-organizers-help-kids-writing

AdLit.Org (2008). Jigsaw

Makofsky, Serena (2013). Instructional Technology Tools in the ESL Classroom. Retrieved from htto://www.mastersinesl.org