Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners

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Instructional Strategies for English Language
Learners

• Presented by Amy Geis

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Vocabulary

• Environmental print, word walls, and calendars
  are examples of supporting language development
  through making connections.

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Phonemic Awareness
Games and activities are a fun and effective way
to provide students with an authentic
opportunity for language use. Theses activities
also emphasize the connection between letters and
sounds.
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Phonics

• Combining phonics with games helps students learn
  letter/sound
• relationships in a fun and memorable way! This
  particular game
• is called the Zz Zoo. Students pick up a
  picture card and detect
• the beginning sound of the word displayed. If the
  word starts
• with the Zz sound, students lift the gate and
  place that card
• inside the Zz Zoo. If the word doesnt begin
  with the Zz
• sound, the card is set aside.

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Realia
This activity uses realia to introduce and review
vocabulary. Students place their hand inside this
box to touch and feel each hidden item. After
making predictions, the teacher reveals the
hidden items and discusses all vocabulary words
with students.
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Interactive Lessons
This lesson incorporates a variety of skills such
as comprehension, following directions, and
writing. After listening to Froggy Goes To Camp,
students made their own frogs and wrote a few
sentences about where their frog went.
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Differentiation
Differentiation allows students to experience and
understand the many purposes for language.
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Classroom Environment
One way to create a positive classroom
environment is to display student work. Students
feel accepted when their work is displayed
throughout the classroom.
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My Experience

• While student teaching for seven weeks at Bledsoe
  Elementary in Frisco ISD, I was able to utilize
  these strategies to meet the needs and interests
  of ELLs.
• I found vocabulary, phonemic awareness, realia,
  interactive lessons, differentiation, and
  classroom environment to be effective
  instructional strategies for ELLs.