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Create low Stress Level:

Speak slowly (when needed)- enunciate clearly

Use eye contact

Celebrate Success

Honor all Students

Praise

Engaging voice

Motivation - motivate and be motivated (find a way to love what you teach)

Jokes-humor, create connections

Create or tap into Background Knowledge of content and try to make connections using their culture

Use Repetition- repetition strengthens connections in the brain

Paraphrase

Reduce/Simplify sentence structure then build up to more complex structures

Time for Reflection- ask students to elaborate - provide evidence; say it another way, how, what if

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Model what you want students to say by using stem sentence starters

Graphic Organizers

Cognates

Vocabulary

Teach Idioms (avoid w/beginners)

Check for Comprehension

TPR- Total Physical Response

Realia - real life objects

Use (all) body  for deeper explanations (act it out) -Gestures

Pictures

Use and refer to anchor charts often add simple pictures no matter the grade level

Learning Styles

Use supplemental books if students are below level readers

Record chapter, paragraph, or book for student to take home and listen to repeatedly

Record Step by Step Instructions for completing a task or project

Model a process, task or assignment

Games

Videos

Songs

Acronyms

Use heterogeneous groups according to TELPAS ratings

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Marzano's Six Step to teaching Vocabulary - American Sign Language (TPR)

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Tier Two Vocabulary Instruction - Safeshare.TV

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Explore this section and discover useful web resources, some in multiple languages, to help our current and future generations of English language learners succeed. While we continue to check and update these links to other websites, some may have changed since our most recent update.

Search Tip: Many of the resources will appear only in one of the categories below. If your search doesn't yield many entries, try reducing the number of selecting categories.

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The videos are presented as professional development modules with related resources.

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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.

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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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Real life objects

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Using Hands-On Games with Very Young Learners - Safeshare.TV

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Cognates are words in two languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. 30-40% of all words in English have a related word in Spanish and this guide provides a helpful list of cognates in Spanish and English.

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The Science Behind "Red Sky At Night" | @curiositydotcom

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Earlier this year I shared QuoDeck an interactive learning content creator that promotes game-based learning. QuoDeck is a learning tool that lets teachers create and host content with a few simple steps. Users are able to create interactive learning content all in one place. This content creator includes gamified decks, quizzes, flashcards, assessments, learning games, and more.

I'm always excited about tools that teachers can use to make the learning experience in their classroom engaging and meaningful. If you're looking to make a case for game-based learning, here are 5 reasons to get started. Already using game-based learning or QuoDeck with you students? Make sure to leave a comment at the end of the article or tweet a link to the page with your reason for incorporating gaming into your instruction.

5 Reasons to Use Game-Based Learning in Your Classroom

1. Highly engaging - Quality game-based learning includes games that highly engage students. When your learners of any age are motivated to dedicate their time to moving through new levels or achieving their goals, they'll interact with course content at the same time.
2. High retention - Students who are highly engaged interact with content on a deeper level. This helps kids retain what they have learned.
3. Cost effective - QuoDeck's interactive learning content creator let's teachers design and customize game-based learning experiences for their students.
4. Repeat Value - Once you've created a game, you can use it as many times you want. Students can play a game multiple times as they work to master content.
5. Immediate Learning - Students can recieve immediate feedback as they play each game. Kids can see how they're progressing over the course of game-play instead of waiting for their teacher to review material or assign a grade.

Interested in exploring game-based learning in your classroom? Visit QuoDeck's website to learn more about this easy-to-use content creator tool!

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Author: Monica

Monica Burns is an Author, Speaker, Curriculum & EdTech Consultant and Apple Distinguished Educator. Visit her site ClassTechTips.com for more ideas on how to become a tech-savvy teacher.

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Earlier this year I shared QuoDeck an interactive learning content creator that promotes game-based learning. QuoDeck is a learning tool that lets teachers create and host content with a few simple steps. Users are able to create interactive learning content all in one place. This content creator includes gamified decks, quizzes, flashcards, assessments, learning games, and...

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A Wordle is simply a word cloud that can be great resource to teachers. This post will look at a number of ways they can be used in the ESL classroom.

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A very happy New Year and a welcome back to you all. 2013 is a new year and I have many fresh ideas to start the term anew.

So, what is a Wordle? A Wordle is simply a word cloud that can be great resource to teachers. This post will look at a number of ways they can be used in the ESL classroom.

Grammar

Wordles can be a great way to introduce grammar. Not only can you use them to introduce a grammatical structure but you can also use them for revision. They are a great way to revise grammar in groups or individually.

2. Write a sentence that you want your class to study.

3. Give the Wordle to the students (or project it on the board!). They must reorganise the sentence in groups.

Wordle here used with conditionals.

Summarize A Text

Wordles can be a great way to improve students writing skills. I use Wordles with teens and exam classes (PET, FCE, CAE, CPE) as a way to improve their writing.Make a Wordle from students writing. Show it to the class and see which words are used most, how could they improve the vocabulary etc.

Create two or more Wordles of the same writing task and get your class to compare the language used.

Revision

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http://www.kidtopia.info/

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