EL Reading Guide

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Teaching ELs to Read Academic English

Tools and Resources to Help You Teach ELS Reading by Dr. Eugenia Krimmel, ESL Instructional Coach, Commonwealth Charter Academy

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The Reading Brain

How Our Brains Learn to Read! There are 5 aspects of reading that require expiicit teaching: Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension

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The Science of Reading states that two critical components of reading are working memory and auditory processing. To lerarn more click on article links

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"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."

Milestones of language and reading development in L1 is NOT the same for L2 learners, but too often educators equate the two. L1 milestones tell us if there is an underlying problem, but L2 rates of learning are expected.

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Reading Horizons StarFall Spelling City

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Teaching Phonemes

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Phonics

1. recognizing which words in a set of words begin with the same sound ("Bell, bike, and boy all have /b/ at the beginning.") 2. isolating and saying the first or last sound in a word ("The beginning sound of dog is /d/." "The ending sound of sit is /t/.") 3. combining, or blending the separate sounds in a word to say the word ("/m/, /a/, /p/ – map.") 4. breaking, or segmenting a word into its separate sounds ("up – /u/, /p/.")

Phonemic awareness is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. Manipulating the sounds in words includes blending, stretching, or otherwise changing words. Children can demonstrate phonemic awareness in several ways. See list on left

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Phonics Rules

Decoding Rules

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1. "One will run" syllable split 2. "Two will split, unless a blend"

Phonetic Skill #1: When one consonant and nothing more follows the vowel, the vowel will be short.Phonetic Skill #2: When the vowel is followed by two consonants and nothing more, the vowel will be short. Phonetic Skill #3: When a vowel stands alone, it will be long. Phonetic Skill #4: When a word ends with a Silent E the first vowel will be long. Phonetic Skill #5: When vowels are adjacent, the second vowel is silent, and the first vowel is long.

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Guidance Inforgraphic: How can I organize my phonics instruction in a research-based sequence?

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The 5 Steps of Phonics Instruction 1. Letter sounds 2. Writing letters and words 3. Blending 4. Segmenting 5. Sight words

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Assess Fluency

Teaching Phomemes

Fluency in reading includes: Accuracy, rate, and prosody (pausing for punctuation and reading with expression. Here are tips for measuring these

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Rubric for Measuring and Recording Fluency Digital Books to Use for Fluency Testing

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SOS Strategies for ELs. Click on TEACH image.

Reading 101: Guide to Teaching ELs Vocabulary

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Phonics

Principles of Vocabulary Teaching to ELs Concept/Word Sort Select Only Words Relevant to ELs WordWall.net

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Your Dictionary

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How to teach content-specific vocabulary to ELs

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Language Experience Approach Literature Circles through Flipgrid Language Dives Language Dives Info Teach Text Structure, Use Graphic Organizers, and SQ3R - a TESOL article

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Reading comprehension is the culmination of the elemental aspects involved in the act of reading. There are many startegies to help ELs learn to read.

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Think about ways to use these techniques in your cyber teaching!

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WhiteBoard.Chat This free interactive whiteboard has a lot of ready made backgrounds to use with ELs reading instruction!

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Story Frames Teach literacy through the power of storytelling! Check out the CCA Story Frames files in the ELD Teams drive: EL Strategies Channel

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Classroomscreen.com Free class management tool to enhance your reading instruction in live lessns. Check it out!

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Virtual 360 Videos build vocabulary and knowledge. Check out Immerse.online to learn more.

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