![]() ![]() Only constant interaction with the print and following along will allow students to connect with what I am saying and how I say it with what they are seeing in the print. ![]() All students should be able to follow along with their own student copy. Lee & Low: I would read the text aloud so students who cannot comprehend the text independently can access the text whole group. Read the excerpt aloud at the start of the lesson. IES: Introduce the topic of the text by asking about students understanding of the topic and personal experiences. Using Drumbeat In Our Feetand the IES’s process, my target words are origins, vital, ethnically, diverse, unique, vibrant and varied from the “Origins of African Dance” excerpt in Drumbeat In Our Feet. I will continue to focus on the guide’s first recommendation: Teach a set of academic vocabulary words intensively across several days using a variety of instructional activities. Last week I applied the guide’s recommendations on how to choose an appropriate text and vocabulary words for English Language Learners and I modeled it with the Lee & Low informational text, Drumbeat In Our Feet. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Science (IES) and What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) released the latest educator’s guide to present best instructional practices for English Language Learners.Īlthough we cannot explicitly teach all academic and content-specific words our students will need to know in their educations and careers, we can be strategic in how we teach 5-8 words a week so they can apply these word strategies to new words they come across on their own. In her column she offers teaching and literacy tips for educators. She is certified in Project Glad instruction to promote English language acquisition and academic achievement. She went on to become a literacy teacher for third grade in San Jose, CA as a Teach for America corps member. Jill Eisenberg, our Resident Literacy Expert, began her career teaching English as a Foreign Language to second through sixth graders in Yilan, Taiwan as a Fulbright Fellow.
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