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Beginning Vocabulary & Literacy Instruction in
the ESL Classroom
Elisabeth BowmanESL Program Coordinator & Teacher
Pontiac Middle School
Your PresenterElisabeth Bowman
BS Elementary Education (K-12 ESL), 2000
Ma Ed TESOL, 2008Ma Curriculum & Instruction, 2013Visited/taught in 17 different countriesCurrently:
ESL Program Coordinator& Teacher atPontiac Middle School
• Large number of beginning and low intermediate English language learners
• Lack of phonics instruction in upper elementary and middle school
• Need to produce grade-level ability readers in very short time
• Students also struggling with new grapheme system
The Problem
Will intensive and direct phonics instruction help English language learners become better readers more quickly than the general English language development that has been provided to them in the past?
The Question
Pre-intervention average growth: 82%
Post-intervention average growth:year 1: 245%year 2: 336%year 3: to be added after June
testing
The Results
• Self-developed word family based phonics instruction– Review vowel sounds: short and long– Read aloud books with target phonemic
element signal (snap fingers)– Decodable books–Word work
The Intervention
• at• an/ad• ap/ag• og/op/ot• eg/en/et• ug/un/ut• ig/ill/ip• R-controlled
• Vce• SH• CH• TH• WH• ST• QU• oi/oy
• aw/au• Kn• -tion
The Word Families
• Reading A-Z• Scholastic Word Family Tales & Readers• Scholastic Word Family Mini-Storybook• www.superteacherresources.com• www.littlebooklane.com• www.hubbardscupboard.org
The Books
Sort Cards:matching cardsflashcardsalphabetizing“Memory” gamesquick writes
The ActivitiesWord Family Bonanzas
Bulletin Board:list wordswords from our bookswords the kids findtransfer to a poster
The Activities
Magnet SpellingPlace picture strip
on panUse magnets to
spell the word
The Activities
Scrambled Words:Choose an eggUnscramble the lettersWrite the word next
to the picture.
The Activities
Match Up Boards:Slide in the cardsMatch the word to
the picture withrubber bands
Flip center card tocheck answers
The Activities
Word Family Clip It Cards:Look at the pictureUse a clothes pin
to clip the wordthat matches
The Activities
Spin, Spell, Sentence:Spin the CDSay the word, spell it
and use it in a sentence.
The Activities
CD Spinner
Journal:draw a pictureuse the words in a sentence
The Activities
Journal 1
Journal 2
• cut & paste• alphabetical order• crossword• cloze• word search
Word FamilyBonanza Worksheets
Muffin Tin Toss:Write the word families on wrappersToss the buttonSay a word, spell
it, and use itin a sentence.
Expansion / Review
Folder Game:short a version in Word Family Bonanzaroll the dice, movename, spell, and use
the word for thepicture on whichyou land
Expansion / Review
Expansion / Review
Beach Ball Bat:Write the word families on the sections.Toss the ball.State, spell, & use a word
for the section yourthumb falls into.
Expansion / Review
Body Boggle:Alphabet rug or tilesCall a word & students
spell by jumpingon the letters
Jeopardy:Version for each Bonanza set (click pictures for
hyperlink)
Expansion / Review
Organization
Plastic Shoe Boxes:copies of the bookssort cardsmagnet spell stripsCD spinnersMatch It cardsBulletin board templates
Contact Me
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