Planning for English Language Learners

This is a reading class that I am going to be teaching next semester for 4^th grade that has four second language different stage students. It could be used for teaching any second language

The objective of the class will be:

Build Vocabulary 

Build comprehension strategies.

Use technology effectively for learning purposes

Read for enjoyment. 

My classes usually start with a catching song in the language being taught. It is a greeting song that has easy words that everyone can remember after singing it for about a week. Some of them might not know all the meaning of the words but they like and it helps students to get in the mood to use the second language.

Since the books are stories for children the warm up question will be

Do you know where wolves come from?

The materials needed: Projector, books, scissors, glue, worksheets, candy

I will be showing some images related to the vocabulary words in a projector.

I will distribute books to the class. In this activity students will be paired in couples. This always encourage kids to enjoy more the activities.

The lowest group-Early production stage

Students will have books with larger font and colored images. They will need scissors and glue.  In the back of the book will also have pictures that they can cut.

After reading to each other the very short story, which it will help with pronunciation, vocabulary, they will ask each other the names of some objects. They will clip pictures to try to match with words. They will glue pictures next to words.

The second group-Speech emergence stage

Students will also read to each other. The books will still be the same as the first group. They will ask each other simple questions about where, who, when. They will try to find in the text the vocabulary words shown in the beginning of the activity. They will draw in a drawing paper the main characters in the story.

The third group-Intermediate fluency stage

Students will have higher leveled books. Children also will read to each other. They will have worksheets where they will choose answers about questions in the book. They will describe in a few words the characters.

The advanced group-Advanced Fluency stage

These students have a higher of vocabulary and understanding of the second language. They read for enjoyment. They are able to skim, scan, predict, and read for detailed comprehension. They will read just half of the story. They will be asking each other questions about how they can solve the problems in the story or if they would be one of the characters, what they would have done.

Once the activity is finished children will gather around the whiteboard for a game. There will be a competition on the vocabulary words of the stories. There will be prices (candy) for all.

We will review the name of characters of the stories and vocabulary words before dismissing the class.