4 easy ESL strategies every classroom should use. These techniques work for any child that is struggling with understanding the lessons. Daily immersion in social language allows students to quickly make associations between routine words and meanings. Learning academic language, however, with its unfamiliar words and often novel contexts, is more of a challenge. English … Read more
This easy method for building vocabulary skills can be used with any book, at any grade level and in any subject. I can’t believe nobody else has ever thought of teaching vocabulary like this, but lucky for me (and you!) I tried it out in my own classroom and it works. Even the ESOL teachers … Read more
This is the vocabulary graphic organizer you need to be using in your classroom – simple and highly effective for any subject and grade level. Kids usually don’t need instruction in Tier 1 vocabulary. This is their everyday language that they use with each other in social settings. It is part of receptive vocabulary as … Read more
It’s really hard to watch kids struggle with reading and writing. This is where sentence frames can make a huge difference for ESOL and struggling learners. Teachers are looking for new strategies to use with all of their students. I know I do, but I consistently come back to a few core strategies, and this is … Read more
Teaching vocabulary isn’t just part of a literacy block. It has to happen in all subject areas. and these 5 ideas can fit into every lesson. Children who come from impoverished language backgrounds or are ESOL have to be directly instructed in word play and descriptive language. When we consider the idea of creating vocabulary … Read more
Easy lessons – great results. There’s no mystery about how to teach vocabulary when you put these strategies to work in the classroom. We know that all kids need solid instruction in developing their “toolbox of words.” This is why it is critical that we incorporate solid vocabulary lesson plans into our day. Teachers must always … Read more
These vocabulary strategies are perfect for elementary students. With a little tweaking, these indirect instructional techniques can be done every day. When children learn the meaning of words through oral language and reading experiences, it becomes locked into their long-term memory. This means we have to teach higher order thinking skills and give our students … Read more
Effective vocabulary instruction is both direct and indirect, and provides multiple opportunities to use a word in a variety of ways. Vocabulary is the cornerstone of comprehension. Many of our kids have difficulties in this area due to a poorly developed vocabulary. Teachers can increase comprehension skills by teaching vocabulary in a variety of ways. … Read more