Share your Song Lyric Sheets – EFL CLASSROOM 2.0 Let's share here, our song lyric sheets! I will upload most of mine, many which go with the videos in the discussion - International Singers in English. Here are the complete videos but for info. about each singer go to the discussion. Also, in our videos tagged "lyrics" - you can get a lyric sheet with the video and also activity ideas. Also, get our Glee Songbook with videos! Most of the time, I do a "foldem" lyric sheet. Using Photos With English Language Learners "A picture is worth a thousand words." -- Unknown Though the origin of this popular adage is unclear, one thing is clear: using photos with English-Language Learners (ELLs) can be enormously effective in helping them learn far more than a thousand words -- and how to use them. Usable images for lessons can be found online or teachers and students can take and use their own. The activities presented below connect to multiple Common Core Standards including the following ELA Standards: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. Picture Word Inductive Model The Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) is one of our favorites. The PWIM uses an inductive process (in which students seek patterns and use them to identify their broader meanings and significance), as opposed to a deductive process (where meanings or rules are given, and students have to then apply them). Thought Bubbles Picture Dictation Bloom's Taxonomy
Programs | YOUmedia YOUmedia is designed to support a leveling up process, which is a concept derived from the video gaming community that reflects how gamers advance through various challenges. Each level becomes slightly more challenging than the last. Players remain in a level until they have mastered it and are ready to advance. Youth at any level of expertise should be able to begin a program based on their personal interests and work individually and in collaborations with peers to gain experience. For example, in the student-developed video game podcast at YOUmedia Chicago, students level up by moving from being organized and directed by a mentor in creating a podcast to creating their own rotating feature for the podcast. Students can also level up by taking on specific roles within the production team including audio producer, host, editor and web master. Leveling up happens not only in terms of critical thinking about video games but also through acquiring digital skills.
Do's & Don'ts For Teaching English-Language Learners The number of English-Language Learners in the United States is growing rapidly, including many states that have not previously had large immigrant populations. As teachers try to respond to the needs of these students, here are a few basic best practices that might help. We have found that consistently using these practices makes our lessons more efficient and effective. We also feel it is important to include a few "worst" practices in the hope that they will not be repeated! Modeling Do model for students what they are expected to do or produce, especially for new skills or activities, by explaining and demonstrating the learning actions, sharing your thinking processes aloud, and showing good teacher and student work samples. Don't just tell students what to do and expect them to do it. Rate of Speech and Wait Time Do speak slowly and clearly, and provide students with enough time to formulate their responses, whether in speaking or in writing. Use of Non-Linguistic Cues
10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports Resources >> Browse Articles >> Utilizing Technology Featured Author: Mrs. Kelly Tenkely is a technology teacher in a private school. 6. A bookcast is a movie trailer-like audio review of a book that students can create and share with one another. 7. Capzles is an interactive timeline creator. 8. Wetpaint PBWorks and Zoho Wiki are outstanding online wikis where students can write reviews about books they have read and share them with other students. 9. This incredible website motivates students in 3rd to 8th grade to read using fun podcasts and web videos. 10. This is a great place for students to discuss common genres and books online. Technology brings interest back into reading and helps students continue to find reading that they enjoy while providing the teacher with feedback about student reading comprehension.
Ideas for E.L.L.s | 'Gangnam Style,' Emotion Words and More “Long Division Style,” a parody of PSY’s “Gangnam Style” made by a Brooklyn teacher and her students. Go to related SchoolBook post » Each month we post a list of ideas for English Language Learners written by teacher and “edublogger” Larry Ferlazzo. The goal of all of our E.L.L. posts, however, is to suggest ways to make The Times accessible for a range of learners. Times Videos Using Video Clips The Times’s video page has a very useful search engine, and searching the word “clip” brings up many short clips from movies and television shows that can be effective with this simple strategy, adapted from the book “Zero Prep”: Divide into pairs with one student facing the screen and the other with his or her back to it. For example, there’s this segment from a Nickelodeon show called “Yo Gabba Gabba.” Even better, The Times periodically has special video features that show multiple versions of similar scenes. Or, take a pop-culture phenomenon and do the activity “Gangnam Style”… Times Photos
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Express 8.02 - Strategies for Teaching English Learners and Students with Learning Disabilities Strategies for Teaching English Learners and Students with Learning Disabilities John Carr As a researcher, I have always been interested in learning about the instructional strategies that work for students with learning disabilities, for English language learners, and for students in general. I began my search with Classroom Instruction That Works (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001), a synthesis of research on strategies for students in general, and Classroom Instruction That Works with English Learners (Hill & Flynn, 2006). From these two sources, I went on to look for other effective strategies for students with learning disabilities that fit the following criteria: The strategy should not be entirely new so that teachers don't feel overloaded. Based on these criteria, I discovered six instructional strategies that research suggests are effective for native English speakers and English learners (Carr, Sexton, & Lagunoff, 2007; Carr et al., 2009). Six Strategies Scenario References
Five Alternatives to Traditional Book Reports On Tuesday evening I gave a presentation in Second Life for school librarians and media specialists. One of the topics that I talked about was alternatives to traditional book report assignments. While this post is a follow-up to that presentation, the post on its own should give you some ideas for alternatives to traditional book report assignments. 1. Create book trailers. 2. If stop-motion videos are more your speed, Kevin Hodgson's Making Stopmotion Movies is a fantastic resource for directions and advice on making stop-motion movies. 3. 4. 5.
More Ideas Than You’ll Ever Use for Book Reports Submitted by Teacher-2-Teacher contributor Kim Robb of Summerland, BC Create life-sized models of two of your favorite characters and dress them as they are dressed in the book. Crouch down behind your character and describe yourself as the character. Tell what your role is in the book and how you relate to the other character you have made. Create a sculpture of a character. Replace Boring Book Reports with Projects Kids Love Do your traditional book report assignments seem old and tired? Here are some alternative assignments that share the same benefits and instructional results but are infused with fun. These alternatives can be more appealing and that will give the students a chance to express themselves in alternative ways. Students can complete a book report assignment in artistic formats or in formats that foster good communications skills while still deriving the same benefit from the task. Bringing Out the Artist in Your Students Students love to showcase their budding artistic skills and you will be surprised by how much fun your students will have by turning a traditional book report into a work of art. You may find that some students are more clearly able to express what they learned from the book through artwork. Create a Picture or Collage of the Book According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, educators should... Create a Book Jacket Create Life Size Characters Create a Comic Book