a 6 REALLY HELP WITH ESSAY AND CASE STUDY

Question 0

With struggling students to teach concepts of print

Answer 0

• make sure you PRE-teach the concepts to them (ex: big book show them book parts - talking about the title, show me the title)
• teach ISOLATED concepts - don’t do it all at once - do chunks (only focus on letters today, only do words on a page the next day)
• follow up with a small group instruction on concepts the same day, using a hand on approach

Question 1

Different instructional activities for EL, special needs, struggling students, advanced learners.

Answer 1

focus on those for case study.

Question 2

Students with special needs - how to teach concepts about print

Answer 2

Accommodate needs - do they have visual issues - do I need to make font bigger in the book? What other disabilities?

Isolate concepts for them - stay to one topic, check in with them

• Use different more modalities - visual, audio, movement, tactile
• REPEAT - additional practice

Question 3

How to help English Language Learners with concepts of print

Answer 3

Definitely PRETEACH - they might be lost the entire lesson if you don’t.
Needs to relate to what they already know
-Teach the concepts in isolation - create building blocks for them
-DO NOT BLEND SKILLS - teach title one day, teacher front cover one day, teach back cover one day
- Use T-charts (show word in their primary language, then transfer over to English - you can also use pictures - translate the information so its not a brand new concept for them)

Question 4

Advanced learners with concepts of print

Answer 4

• start blending concepts - showing the bigger picture, compounding
• expand activities to reading the letters, words, and sentences
• not more work, but higher level work

Question 5

Struggling Students - help with Letter Recognition and the Alphabetic Principle

Answer 5

• teach a small set of letters and sounds until mastery occurs (letter of the day)
• use a variety of materials: ex: letter tiles, letter cards, songs, magnetic cards, magnetic letters, and interactive activities -make it colorful, make it fun, make it repetitive
• Pre-teach and re-teach in small groups to isolate unknown skills.
• repeat practice and instruction

Question 6

How to help Special Needs students with letter recognition

Answer 6

• very, very similar to struggling students
• small set of letters until mastered
• preteach and reteach
• different materials and modalities
• REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT practice!

Question 7

Assisting English Language Learners with Letter Recognition and Alphabetic Principle

Answer 7

• Transfer concepts in primary language to the English language
• Use a variety of materials: letter cards, letter tiles, songs, magnetic letters, interactive activities
• preteach
• repetition

Question 8

advanced learners learning letter recognition and alphabetic principle

Answer 8

• assess for mastery of concepts
• beginning stages of phonics instruction
• small group instruction for reading - decodable books
• begin the writing activities