EAL Support Grade 2

This week all my grade 2 EAL students had to complete the WIDA test. It was a lot of work for my students, but the results are really excellent and it it is very exciting for me to observe my students' growth.

During the EFL classes we read several books about staple crops and grains. My Grade 2 ELLs focused on comprehension activities and we practiced drawing conclusions, identifying important facts and making connections. We also had a Think-Pair-Share session, where the children had to discuss and compare how rice, oats and wheat are grown.

KimVeng, Hailey, Alicia and Maly presented their findings about how rice is grown.

EAL in Grade 3

During in-class EAL support with my Grade 3 ELLs we enjoyed creating limericks and performing them for the rest of the class. At first my students were not sure that they could create their own limerick, but after a couple of attempts they became very confident and had a lot of fun discussing characters and making sure their limericks made the others smile.

Miss Michelle's students creating limericks.

In EFL class we read books about performing and created shadow puppet skits.

Sofia, Thomas and Rothida performed a short story about a dog, a bird and a butterfly.

Jan and Minato are performing.

We also discussed the fact that only 15% of communication is verbal and the rest we understand from facial expressions and body language. My students thought it was an important piece of information for them as performers.

We also read a book about stage fright and learned about strategies to overcome it.

My Grade 3 ELLs discussing how to overcome stage fright.

EAL Beginners

Both of my groups of beginners continued to work hard developing their reading and thinking skills, discussing characters and analyzing their actions, predicting events and discussing the main idea of the story. 

Alicia and Hailey are the leaders in the group.

Reading books together and discussing them is fun!