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EL Resource Wiki Part One + Two:

PART ONE-

•Reading + Writing Foundational skills for elementary EL students–

1. Move Over When Reading: Program designed to help students K-3 with their reading abilities. This program is beneficial for EL students because it not only protects them from potential retainment for not meeting reading standards, but can help create support to their reading instruction, provide intervention, and extra support to get them to meet their grade reading level standards.

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2. Process Writing: Process writing is a series of stages that are used to create academic work. The series of steps are: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. The benefit of using process writing with your EL students is to promote an organized series of steps that students can use to break down their overall assignment and provide understanding. Through these series of steps, EL students can manage the assignment by taking one step at a time and putting in more effort overall.

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•Reading + Writing Instructional skills for elementary EL students– 1. Slow down. Speak slowly and with intention. 2. Write clearly. Make sure your students can read what it is you wrote. 3. Provide examples. Using numerous examples can help your EL students find similarities and better understanding to a topic. 4. Have books available that meet the reading level of students 5. Provide family early literacy development skills that families and students can practice at home.

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•Reading + Writing Technology tools and resources appropriate for elementary EL students at different proficiency levels– 1.	Film and Video: using video to demonstrate vocabulary and comprehension. a.	This type of technology is appropriate for EL students of different proficiency levels- the type of information that is presented through video will vary depending on the students proficiency level. 2.	Grammar Up: an application that allows students to take grammar quizzes to practice their understanding and knowledge. a.	This application is best suited for EL students whom have strong proficiency skills- possibly those in the latter grades of elementary school or those whom show proficient signs of English literacy. By testing their knowledge through a quiz platform students and educators can get a better idea of their English grammar understandings. 3.	Podcasts: a technology outlet that allows students to listen to improve their English comprehension. a.	Podcasts are a technology outlet that can improve English literacy at any proficiency level. Because students can learn through listening (a technology tool), students can improve their English comprehension. 4.	Online games: Starfall is an online application that provides multiple games to improve English literacy skills in EL students. Starfall is organized in different categories: reading, songs, math, etc. All of these applications are organized by elementary grade level. All EL proficiency levels can gain from this application due to the ability of different difficulties.

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PART TWO:

•Listening + Speaking skills for elementary level EL students– 1.	5 Reasons Not to Use Round Robin Reading with ELLs (Popcorn Reading): a.	Using comprehension and purposeful oral reading can help ELL students understand the true meaning of words and to comprehend the text- when using Round Robin, students are left guessing the words and likely students are not informed when they are misreading the text. b.	Faulty reading habits can be formed when using the Round Robin strategy- students whom read at a faster rate (likely those whom are not ELL) can suffer because the class has to slow down to match the rate of all the readers in the classroom. This is also a negative for those whom are ELL because those students may miss the meaning of the passage because their peers read it aloud too quickly and did not allow for comprehension to be made. c.	Inattentive behaviors throughout the classroom can cause disruption and hurt the comprehension of students- because every student will read at a different rate and possibly pronounce things wrong, ELL students are likely to not gain anything from listening to other students because there is little time to stop and explain what was said and what the passages meaning was. d.	The time that is spent listening to others read aloud is a nonaffective use of time- especially ELL students, time spent on a more one-on-one level is a lot more effective to ensure that students are understanding and comprehending the meaning behind the text and therefore Round Robin can be a waste of valuable time and understanding.

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2.	Teaching ELL: Speaking Strategies a.	Model the language by speaking aloud and write the concept of the passage (or key words) on the board. b.	Be explicit in the way you speak, read, and pronounce words. Leave little room for error or mistake in the way you pronounce the words. c.	Have students retell the passage that they just read aloud, draw matching pictures, and write down core words. This will allow for engagement in both speaking and listening along with ensuring that the main meaning was understood. d.	Allow for visuals in all ways to be used to help create recognition and understanding. e.	Read passages that make connections to background knowledge and previous understandings.

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•Grammar + Vocabulary Development strategies for elementary-level EL students– 1.	8 Strategies for Teaching ELL Students Vocabulary Words: a.	Label Objects- identifying in English what items are around the classroom can help students learn and create a basic vocabulary of everyday classroom items. b.	Word Walls: having core words on a board that allows students to see different words (maybe with an image next to it) can allow students to create a vocabulary of new words of not everyday classroom items. c.	Pop Culture Iconography: have students bring in their own pop culture iconography and have them label and describe their graphic. Then, change their labels to English words. By making the switch to English, students can build on their vocabulary by making connections to words or phrases they already use. d.	Weekly Word Charts: create a weekly vocabulary sheet that allows students to study and learn new words every week and build to their vocabulary bank. e.	Context Clues: build onto the vocabulary that they already know by making connections to new words to build to their vocabulary bank. f.	Vocabulary Improv: play a game where students get to move around and create motions (kinesthetic motions) to go along with the word. By creating these connections students are able to create memories and understanding of these new words at a faster rate. g.	Vocabulary Games: playing games such as Go Fish can help students both vocalize and create an understanding of new vocabulary in a different and more competitive way. h.	Vocabulary Activities: interactive engagement games to help students learn new words and be creative.

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•Strategies for comprehensible input, feedback, building background, and student engagement– 1.	Comprehensible Input Strategies and Activities: a.	Direct Instruction: instructing students on what they should do in relation to an activity or assignment. Instructing your students in the most basic and straightforward way. b.	Join Construction: when ELL students have a basic understanding, they can follow instructions but may need some guidance from the educator to further their understanding of what needs to be completed. c.	Coached Construction: when ELL students are intermediate they rely less on help from the educator. The educator can offer suggestions and ways to start or finish an assignment, but the students can likely figure it out for themselves. d.	Monitoring: when ELL students are advanced in their understanding of English, the educator can monitor their work but likely offers less advice for instruction but inputs a more bridging strategy with other advance students. 2.	Activities that can be used in the classroom to help input comprehensible activities: a.	Use different sources of input: ensure your students are mastering English through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. b.	Tell stories: giving your students a mental image can help improve the understanding of the plot and comprehension of vocabulary. c.	Visualize: use drawings, images, objects, etc to illustrate and expand the concepts. d.	Sing Songs: using rhyming and other rhythmic patterns can help students memorize words and meanings. e.	Play Games: playing different games to create conversation and expand vocabulary. f.	Specialized Reading: narrow topics and vocabulary and create a specified interest and understanding. g.	Watch News or Movies: watch a video and discuss what you saw. This can help improve speech, comprehension, and listening strategies. h.	Correction of Mistakes: an activity that can improve students vocabulary by giving them a written passage with mistakes and having them find them and identify the correct grammar.

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•Grammar + Vocabulary technology tools and resources appropriate for elementary EL students at different proficiency levels– 1.	Voxy: an online website that reads aloud news stories and allows for students to test what they just learned at the end. This is a great program because it allows for listening comprehension along with understanding of comprehension through a test. This website also targets English content and real-world content.

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2.	Starfall: online educational website that teaches grammar, vocabulary, reading, mathematics, and plays songs. This website is perfect for elementary ELL students because it provides basic understanding in numerous ways. This program can benefit new ELL students and more advance students due to the level of difficulty.

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3.	ESL Vocabulary Games: an online website that has vocabulary games for ELL students of all different levels. This website tests memory, math, science, verbs, body parts, etc. Through all different outlets of learning, students can access different games to test their knowledge and comprehension.

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•Content specific tools and resources for EL students– 1.	Social Studies: a.	National Geographic Photography: this website can help support content specific instruction by emerging world updates and English instruction. The educator could pick a specific update and have her students write, retell the story, or draw what they learned. b.	National Geographic Education: through multimedia lessons and magazines educators could use this website to help create a lesson plan that regards the topic of the day and have her students write, retell the story, or draw what they learned to test their comprehension. c.	History for Kids: Teaching Social Studies: educators can use this website to help with their lesson plans. This website provides links and activities that can be used to explore particular topics and lesson plans.

Reference: 2.	Math: a.	DreamBox: resource that helps personalize instruction and promote math development. It helps to create relativity through different games and also helps close any gaps where students might feel challenged. b.	Eureka Math: connects state common core standards with the appropriate grade level (PreK-12) and helps translate the curriculum to allow for coherency and development. c.	My Math by McGraw-Hill: helps bridge the gaps, allow for expansion, and emerge students into the standards of mathematics. Through different approaches and techniques this program helps accommodate all ELL learners and their abilities.

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3.	Science: a.	Encourage group work that accommodates peer language models and mixed-leveled students. b.	Incorporate collaboration through different outlets- art, writing, listening, speaking, etc. c.	Teach new vocabulary that is part of the curriculum and helps solidify the new concepts and research. d.	Use alternative assessments to ensure that all students are receiving the help they need and understanding material.

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