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Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words 

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Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words 

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Phonology is the study of the patterns of sounds in a language and across languages.

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Phonology is the study of the patterns of sounds in a language and across languages.

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Syntax is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences.

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Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning

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Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning

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Pragmatics is the branch of linguistics that studies implied and inferred meanings. 

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Pragmatics is the branch of linguistics that studies implied and inferred meanings. 

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Students need to be able to hear and work with the phonemes of spoken words to be able to relate the phonemes to letters, when they see them in written words

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Morphology should be taught within the context of vocabulary instruction as a strategy for understanding the relationships among words based on their shared meaningful units.

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Syntax is one of the foundational skills of reading and speaking. In English, word order is important for establishing the relationships of meaning between and across propositions.

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Hickey, P. J., & Lewis, T. (2013). The Common Core, English Learners, and Morphology 101: Unpacking LS.4 for ELLs . Morphology 101, 23, 69–82.

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Build a sentence. Students will look at picture posted on the smartboard. Teacher will ask what do you see. Teacher will write responses on the whiteboard around the picture. There will be nouns verbs and adjectives. Once all of the words have been written have students write a sentence.

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Jenga game in color cubes. Have students read a question and give a response or read a word.

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Sentence scramble have students put the words in a correct order to form a sentence.

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Roll a story. Students use a dice and a given worksheet to roll a story. Whatever number the dice lands on is the character, then a setting and then a problem and students have to put the story together using their own words.

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Rhyming with students is a great way to learn . Have students practice reciting nursery rhymes listening for the rhyming words.

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Move a block for each sound you hear in the word.

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Have students make an alphabet picture book. Have students take pictures of items that begin with the letter A. Then continue on with the photos up to the letter Z.

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Rhyming bingo game, students can listen to the rhyme and see the picture then find a matching word that rhymes with picture and cover that spot.

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Starfall.com is a website for students to be able to work with and learn letters and letter sounds. It is a free site and students can access the site at home on a tablet or phone. Students could touch a letter tile and the site would say the letter. Students could also learn to distinguish upper and lower case letters. There are also stories and songs for students to read and listen to.

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Word Tree Prefixes and Suffixes. After students have been taught about Prefixes and suffixes. Place the root word on the trunk of the tree, Then place Prefixes on the left and suffixes on the right. Use the tree as a reference for students to refer back to. You can also have students work together to make words.

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Make anchor charts with students. Hang them in the room for reference.

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Scavanger Hunt-students in small groups each group has prefixes/suffix. Then students will go a hunt to find words they can look in books, magazines etc.. Students will make a list of found words and use them in a sentence.

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Build a word with legos-base words, Prefixes, and suffixes written on Legos. Students put words together.

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Syntax is one of the foundational skills of reading and speaking. In English, word order is important for establishing the relationships of meaning between and across propositions.

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Sedita, J. (2022). Syntactic awareness: Teaching sentence structure. www.education.ne.gov. https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/syntactic-awareness.pdf

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In order for second language learners to acquire pragmatic competence, they need to acquire cultural understanding and communication skills.

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Teaching semantics helps students develop their vocabulary by introducing them to new words and phrases and helping them understand their meanings.

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At home activity

Morphology search with environmental print-have students read the text then break the word apart. Have them make an environmental print notebook. Circle the affixes and box the root.

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Use wordless picture books for students to make up a story by using the pictures in the book. Books can be found on EPIC. Students could also make up their own story. Students could also make up their own story and illustrate it. This helps students to start using vocabulary and thinking skills.

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Idiom of the week, have students read the idiom. Discuss it with the class the meaning behind it. What do they think it means. Have students draw a picture of the idiom. Use the idiom in a sentence.

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Vocabulary Power-Students will roll a dice and then for 1 they will say the word, for 2 name one or more synonyms, for 3 draw its meaning, for 4 say its meaning in your own words, for 5 name the part of speech (verb,noun, adjective, or adverb). Teacher will provide a vocabulary word list.

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Have students play Headbanz game with each other in a small group. Teacher can put in vocabulary words. Students would have to guess what the word is by the other students giving clues.

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Compound word puzzles-student could work on putting compound words together with a pictoral support. Teacher would have compound words and their pictures together and students would make the word and tell the word once it was put together.

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An at home activity would be to have parents read stories to their children. While the parent is reading have the child listen for a word that is different or new to them. Parent can stop and have child write the word down in their vocabulary journal. When the story is over parent and child can discuss the word and find the word meaning in the dictionary or through clues in the story or they can look it up online. Then the student can write a definition for the word in their own words in there journal

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Story telling is a great way to teach pragmatics. As you read you can change your voice to show how the character is feeling or what they think the character would sound like. Using facial expressions to show the feelings in the story.

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Dramatic Play allowing your student to pretend to be a veterinarian and having pets they can do check ups on. Allowing the child to be imaginative and role playing will allow them to use different types of language and conversation starters.

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Having students paint and describe what they are painting. Allowing student to illustrate their own story and add words to their story. Then having them come up and share what they wrote about with their friends.

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Play sports games during outdoor time, like soccer or red light green light. Students have to be able to follow directions and talk about what is going to happen next and make plans and how to get to the end point or to score a goal.

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Play board games at home children will have to be able to take turns, follow directions, and use language to discuss the game rules and actions. This will allow ELL students to speak about the rules. They would have to engage in the game and it would be a fun learning game. Candyland for the younger students this would get the student counting and learning colors as well as following directions.

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Sedita, J. (2019b). Syntactic Awareness: Teaching Sentence Structure . https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/syntactic-awareness.pdf.

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Colorín Colorado is pleased to present the following classroom videos highlighting effective instruction of English language learners (ELLs). The videos are presented as professional development modules with related resources.

These videos were created through the following projects:

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Colorín Colorado is pleased to present the following classroom videos highlighting effective instruction of English language learners (ELLs). The videos are presented as professional development modules with related resources. These videos were created through the following projects:

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Teaching English Language Learners: Strategies for Overcoming Barriers

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Teaching English Language Learners: Strategies for Overcoming Barriers

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Helfrich, S. R., & Bosh, A. J. (2011). Teaching English Language Learners: Strategies for Overcoming Barriers. The Educational Forum, 75(3), 260–270. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2011.578459

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The ESL Teaching Podcast episode 41 - Language, inclusion and moving beyond for English learners

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Book for teaching English Language Learners

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Book for teaching English Language Learners

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An easy 3-step framework to support English language learners in the classroom.