English
Language Learner
Strategies
Suggestions for Students:
*English Language Learning students should be placed under AESS contract
*Review State ELD Standards: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/englangdevstnd.pdf
*Enroll in classes at local learning center to develop vocabulary development
Example: Readers Theater, Writing Classes, Hands on Science, Arts & Crafts
*Find appropriate classes offered through the local community
*Set up peer tutoring partners/groups
Example: Find somewhere in the community parks, public library, etc.
*Order Textbooks/curriculum in home language;
Example: Steck/Vaughn; American Guidance Service; Houghton-Mifflin
*Contact California Department of Education Clearing House to provide any state adopted text books on audio tape: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/sm/
*Offer SDAIE (Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English) curricular
activities to promote oral language
watch a news broadcast and orally tell your ES what happened
listen to audio books and re-tell what happened
life skills projects find a local hospital, make a doctor appointment,
open a checking/savings account
set up times of the day with in the household where only English is used
use SRA Reading Comprehension series