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Re: What to do with newcomers during literature groups?
Posted by lynne/ca on 9/02/08
On 9/02/08, Ruth wrote:
> We have two 3rd graders (one newcomer, one in his 2nd year)
> in a mainstream class (no bilingual program). The teacher
> has plans for literature groups, and these kids will be in
> a group reading Frecklejuice. We don't yet know the
> newcomer's reading level (if any) and the other student is
> a DRA 2, LAS 1.
>
> What activities could I plan for these students that would
> be meaningful in the context of their reading group? Or
> would it be better for them to do something else
> separately? I'd like to keep them in the group if
> possible.
>
> I am new to working with non-readers. Any suggestions
> would be appreciated!!
>
When you say literature groups, are different students
reading different books? How many students are in a group?
One option might be to make these two students their own
group and have them read different material - stories
designed for ELL students if you have any, or books with
enough visuals to help with comprehension (picture books
that aren't too babyish, for example).
In the group reading Frecklejuice, they could keep a
vocabulary list of words from the story (with illustrations
or translations), make a comic strip representation of the
story, if there are other speakers of their native languages
in the group they could provide a native-language summary
for sections of the book (which will benefit the ELL's as
well as the more fluent student - the ELL's will gain a
better understanding of the story and the more fluent
student will gain summarization skills).
You might also pull decodable words and/or sight words out
of the story and have the ELL's work on reading those words,
along with teaching the meaning. Keep it in context. This
could be done in conjunction with the vocabulary list I
mentioned above. Also, the story might be used for mini-
lessons in other ways - teaching past tense to the ELL's,
find the past tense verbs from the story and use those.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- What to do with newcomers during literature groups?, 9/02/08, by Ruth.
- Re: What to do with newcomers during literature groups?, 9/02/08, by lynne/ca.
- Re: What to do with newcomers during literature groups?, 9/03/08, by Ruth.
- Re: What to do with newcomers during literature groups?, 9/03/08, by esl teacher.
- Re: What to do with newcomers during literature groups?, 9/03/08, by Ruth.
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