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INST 363
Language Development Plan
The ESL student that was observed is a 6-year-old female from Korea who has
excelled in her Kindergarten classroom. She speaks fluent English and is able to read
at/above grade level. The student also seems to be proficient in writing, and is able to use
words that are above the kindergarten level when writing sentences. The ELL is a great
speller, and seems to have her phonemes and sound blends down. In the classroom, the
student only speaks English. She speaks, writes, reads, and spells in English. However,
the teacher shared with me that her family typically speaks Korean at home. As a whole,
the ethnic makeup of the student population in this classroom is mixed. The school as a
whole is probably made up of half white students, and the other half being a mix of races
including African American, Korean, Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, etc. The language
model that is used in the classroom is a typical, kindergarten instruction classroom. There
was not specified instruction used such as sheltered, because of the high English
One type of instruction that is used often in this classroom that benefits the ELL is
partner and individual reading activities. The teacher includes several different activities
where student practice their reading fluency and comprehension skills in the classroom.
They are given the opportunity to read aloud with a partner, as well as read on their own.
Another activity that helps all students, especially the ELL is the writing time. During
this time, the teacher models for the students how to construct a sentence/story that
relates to their personal experience, and explains how to illustrate their writing. The ELL
has shown great proficiency through practicing her writing skills through activities like
this.
open spaces around the room to allow for students to work together in
groups for various activities. Located by the door is a desk where
talk with, and learn from one another. The teacher placed an ABC
carpet directly in front of the smart board where students sit in rows
distance to the teacher so that they can clearly hear and see all that is
discussed. The students are assigned desks where they can sit close to
learning from their peers. There is a teacher table in the back of the
room where the teacher pulls different groups of students each day to
setting. There is also a reading table in the back of the room, along
with beanbags where students get to go and sit while reading during
both partner reading time and individual reading. This provides a quiet,
are designed where the students can sit near their peers and learn
from one another. It was also designed to where the teacher can easily
move around and monitor/ assist all students during each lesson. With
in math is using a book like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. This is a book
see_____________________________________
Once all of the letters are in the tree, I think that
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learning is through using a song like the weather song. This is a great
the use of language through lyric. Students will have the opportunity to
learn about the concepts that are described in the lyrics, while reading
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When it storms, I feel
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My favorite holiday is
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________________________________________________ is during
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important to understand who your students are and what their family
learning.
objects from their culture into the classroom. For example, if you have
an ESL of Mexican heritage, you could bring Mexican candy into the
of their culture with the class, and relating this to their educational
experiences.
activity, teachers can integrate outdoor activities into their lessons. For
year, they can take students outside during science class to have
students investigate things that they find in nature that reflect the
season that they are in. If the present season is fall when this lesson
takes place, a teacher could ask students to identify 5 things that they
notice about the weather that reflect the fall season (leaf color, leaves
students are learning about soil and plants, you as the teacher could
bring students outside, giving them each a plastic cup, and directing
students to fill their cups with soil from the ground. Then, teachers
could provide students with a seed and direct them in planting their
seed into their cup of soil, and watering it. This would connect their
funds of knowledge because just like they spend time after school
outside in nature with their families, they are learning how to build
connections between those times and their learning about the nature
worked with was involved in the community with her family. She attend
church events and visited many places like food banks to volunteer,
stated) while also reading stories about what these members do, and
how they give back to the community. As the ESL visits these places in
their daily home lives, they can connect what they have learned about
for ELLs
One way to develop oral language in students is to integrate
you could ask students what they think will happen if it rains over night
and the temperature drops below freezing. The teacher would prompt
the students to discuss in their groups what they feel will happen. After
they feel would occur for the teacher to see where each student is
has a quotation from the text. This quotation would provide evidence
for one side of an issue. The students would share their quotations as
well as their opinions to why this side is correct. This is effective for
ELLs as they are given a quotation and allowed to form an opinion off
partner each time to share their opinions, allowing them to make their
facts and argument stronger. Through this activity ELLs would be able
about their prompt, and share their response with a partner. This
communicate it with their peer, and hear the response of their peer.
chart where students share what they know, what they want to know,
and what they have learned about a topic. This helps ELLs as they
their language. After teaching a lesson, teachers could allow time for
writing.
for ELLs as they learn to read and analyze a text, then explain what
their reading level and read this text, then explain what they
Cause and affect frames also help ELLs to develop their oral
the teacher could use a cause and affect frame stating ___________
temperature dropped and froze the rain. This helps students to put
what they have learned into their own words using sentence prompts
that the students will need to meet based on their current level of
reading has been completed, the teacher will analyze the results and
students work throughout a long time period. Using this method allows
reflects their growth and progress over time. The types of products
understand the information, and put their thumbs down if they would
thumbs up if the answer is no. The teacher can then decide if he or she