https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20 en-us 2017-11-07 14:07:24 UTC 2025-11-05 11:41:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205105453 More words=higher reading comprehension
Higher reading comprehension = higher level of academic success]]> 2017-11-09 01:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205105453 shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205105892 Children enter kindergarten knowing approximately 1,000 words and add another for every year of schooling.]]> 2017-11-09 01:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205105892 shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205106175 In order to truly know the word, we must be able to:
Speak it and have receptive knowledge of it in oral language
Pronounce it and use it appropriately in conversations
Understand it and identify it in written form
Use the correct form of this word in writing]]> 2017-11-09 01:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205106175 shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205106582 ELL students need the most high frequency words as these words are used in even the earliest of children’s picture books.]]> 2017-11-09 01:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205106582 shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205106823 The following are current classroom strategies that can also be used to support ELL students;
Shared reading
Small group conversations about Words
Word charts
Cloze sentences

]]> 2017-11-09 01:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205106823 shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205116462 Making inferences from context through teacher modelling.
Word analysis- discuss root word, prefix, suffix
Using dictionaries and other reference tools; picture dictionaries, bilingual dictionary]]> 2017-11-09 02:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205116462 shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205116972 Provide a variety of materials, both fiction and non fiction
Provide time for independent reading
Include texts specifically for your ELL students

]]> 2017-11-09 02:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205116972 shelley_watson https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205117233 Assessment for ELL students is not the same as English-speaking students due to different starting points and goals. Assessment needs to contain two components: vocabulary size and vocabulary acquisition skills.]]> 2017-11-09 02:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley_watson/2z8uagtxej20/wish/205117233