Re: What to do with newcomers during literature groups?
Posted by Ruth on 9/03/08
Lynne, thanks for the great ideas!
In answer to your questions, there are three groups of about 6
students, each reading a different book. Frecklejuice is being
read by the lowest readers.
The newcomer came today and has zero English -- no oral English
and doesn't know any letters.
There are a couple of kids who could translate, but they may be
in higher groups...will have to check. The comic book idea
sounds like fun!
On 9/02/08, lynne/ca wrote:
> 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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