2. Student Engagement
• All students need to be engaged in the
lesson in a fun and interesting way.
• ELL students especially need this to
help bring their language to life.
• This is done at the beginning of a new
theme or topic or as an introduction to a
lesson.
3. HOW?
• Short and snappy.
• Not more than a few minutes.
• You want to grab their attention.
4. Sing songs or chants.
Read poems with visual
support.
5. Visual Support Examples
Stuck On A New Word?
Look at the pictures
-Look at the picture
for clues
Get your lips ready
-Say first sounds
• Photos -Read & say it again
Stretch it out
-Stretch word out
-Put sounds together
• Posters
Chunk the Word
-Look for word chunk
-Look for a word part
• Real objects Skip It, Skip It
-Skip the word
-Read to the end
-Hop back & read it
• Charts Try it again
-Try to reread
-Try a new word
Ask for help
-Ask for help after
you have tried the
other strategies
Never let the word win. Read on!
6. Read Short Interesting Books
• Act out actions.
• Sketch key vocabulary.
• Reread the story the next day.
• Work on a theme or topic with several
books during the unit.
7. Selected Passages
• Choose a few pages from a book to grab
attention
• The pages should contain clear pictures.
8. Read and act out:
• Stories and simple
plays with
straightforward
plots.
• Various scenarios of
everyday
interactions.
• Teach frequently
heard words.
9. T
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• Model the rhythm and cadence of the N
English language through reading: E
• interesting passages T
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• poems
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• short stories
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10. Recreate scenarios or retell
stories through actions,
drawings, and sentences
using frames they complete
with learned words and
phrases.
12. Write then Read
• Write--One word at
a time so students
see and hear words.
• Read--Slowly as a
whole, then at
normal speaking
speed.
13. Use known works to focus on
phonological awareness.
Make this brief and lively!
14. Language Pattern Songs
• Use Language
Pattern Songs to
engage students at
the beginning of a
lesson.
• These help the
students to practice
the vocabulary,
language patterns
and cadence.
15. Sing a New Song
• It tunes the ear to a language pattern.
• Helps to internalize the new language.