My kiddos come with a SMALL amount of ENGLISH print.
MOST..not all..but MOST have enough English to communicate
everyday NEEDS to me.
BATHROOM, Recess, and When is LUNCH?
How to help my EL’s with writing, when you don’t speak the same language?
We are OK.
BUT…
English PRINT?
WOWZA! Another WORLD!
FIRSTLY…
We begin…BEGIN…with Phonemic Awareness.
Sounds…
ORAL…
However, NO PRINT!
Letter Sounds, Vocabulary Words, Rhymes, Alliterations,,
SOUNDS
and LOTS OF THEM!
Secondly,
We ADD
PHONICS!
A symbol (letter/word) to the sounds.
Alphabet, HFW, Word Families, emergent readers, etc.
For those who make READING a priority…
they excel!
For those who don’t have a LOT of support at home..
It can take LONGER…
But then…
We WRITE!
We write well and we write A LOT!
Lists, poems, booklets, stories, and they LOVE IT!
The problem occurs when they don’t have an ENGLISH word to attach to the “word” in their head!
Vocabulary MUST be a HUGE part of the daily writing minilessons.
And RESOURCES!
We use Step Up to Writing…
and
I “supplement”…Ummm
SUPPLANT
with
LUCY CAULKINS!
YESSSS!!!
Click HERE to see it…
Lastly,
We use my
WRITE ON!
papers because they have
VOCABULARY
built in!
Available HERE…
My kids are doing GREAT!
(Most could only write their names at first!)
Daily PROGRESS! 🙂
First Grade Student Writing
First Grade Student Writing
And so..
we
AND ..we
WRITE ON!
And HERE is a FREEBIE to Help you on your way!
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