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How to build a personal picture dictionary for MLs
How To Build A Personal Picture Dictionary For MLs

How To Build A Personal Picture Dictionary For MLs

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A personal picture dictionary is a helpful tool to build your students’ vocabulary. Newcomer ESL students and Multilingual Learners (MLs) benefit from seeing pictures as they learn new vocabulary words. Beginning readers also benefit from using a picture dictionary to help with spelling. When you create your own picture dictionary for students to use, this gives you the flexibility to introduce the vocabulary or phonics words before adding them to the dictionary. Add in content vocabulary that goes along with…

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Helpful Handwriting Tips For MLs

Helpful Handwriting Tips For MLs

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When preschool aged, or PreK, students are learning how to write, their fine motor ability impacts their handwriting. Following a sequence of introducing letters that takes fine motor skills into account sets students up for success. This is true for all students, including MLs. For older MLs, the order to introduce letters with handwriting in mind depends on the students’ prior literacy skills and fine motor skills. Preschool Fine Motor Skills Certain letters are easier for young children to form….

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Vocabulary Workbooks
How to Use a Newcomer Vocabulary Workbook

How to Use a Newcomer Vocabulary Workbook

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Learning basic vocabulary will help newcomer students improve in all areas of English development. For the majority of the day, many newcomers will be in class with English speaking peers. They will learn a large amount of vocabulary when their teacher uses visuals and by listening to what is happening in the classroom. It is important that this is taking place. That newcomer students are a part of the classroom and not off to the side doing separate work the…

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supporting elementary newcomers
Supporting Elementary Newcomers

Supporting Elementary Newcomers

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Newcomer students receive some support from an ELD (English Language Development) teacher in most elementary schools. The majority of their time is spent in their grade level classroom. Here are some strategies for supporting a newcomer student both in their grade level classroom and areas to focus on during targeted language development lessons. Create a Welcoming Environment Helping the student feel safe and comfortable is your main goal. Teach survival vocabulary at first so that the student can express their…

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newcomer decodables with photographs
Newcomer Decodables with Photographs

Newcomer Decodables with Photographs

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Newcomer decodables are a simple way to build vocabulary and phonics skills. Photographs are a simple yet effective tool to use with newcomer English Language Learners. They illustrate a vocabulary word in a way that a drawing can come close to but not quite achieve. Have you heard about the Science of Reading? Research shows that it is helpful to give beginning readers decodable passages so that they can systematically practice new phonics skills. For newcomers, including pictures to help…

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newcomer phonics
Newcomer Phonics

Newcomer Phonics

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Phonics is an important component of teaching students how to read and write. Phonics connects sounds with letters and combinations of letters. In the English language, there are 26 letters and 44 sounds (called phonemes). A grapheme is how to spell each sound with either a single letter or letter combinations.  It is part of both structured literacy programs and balanced literacy programs. Teaching a newcomer phonics has many similarities to teaching a native English speaking student phonics. Use a…

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comparing contrasting
Comparing and Contrasting with MLs

Comparing and Contrasting with MLs

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Learning how to compare and contrast are higher-order thinking skills and an important component of reading comprehension. They are also a great way for students to practice language skills and build academic language. When students compare they look for things that are the same. When they contrast they look for items that are different. Here are some activities to introduce comparing and contrasting to students. Comparing and Contrasting with Pictures Show students two sets of pictures. Have them compare and…

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Digital Newcomer Vocabulary

Digital Newcomer Vocabulary

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Learning basic vocabulary will help newcomer students improve in all areas of English development. Students with basic reading skills can benefit from reading simple sentences and matching pictures with words. Google slides is one format students can use the practice new vocabulary. Learn more about teaching newcomer ELLs.  Accessibility Tools For students that are not able to read in English, having a screen reader can help them improve their English. Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader– This extension…

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Picture matching for ELLs
Picture Matching for ELLs

Picture Matching for ELLs

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Matching pictures with text is one strategy to assist English Language Learners and primary students with reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Students can match pictures in a range of ways. This includes matching pictures with words or sentences. Here are some ideas for using picture matching with ELLs. Match Pictures with Words Choose pictures from a text that students are reading or relevant vocabulary words. Depending on the choices of words, students are able to practice beginning and ending sounds…

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How to Display Words to Support ELLs
How to Display Words to Support ELLs

How to Display Words to Support ELLs

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English Language Learners benefit from easy access to sight words and from seeing vocabulary words in many places. It is important to refer to word walls and other labels to help students get into the habit of using them. Here are some ways to display words around your classroom to support ELLs. Interactive Word Walls Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase….

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