https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm en-us 2023-09-27 21:26:55 UTC 2023-10-05 01:04:31 UTC hello@padlet.com anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723840755 Study of sounds in a language (Close et al, 2022). ]]> 2023-09-27 22:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723840755 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723852525 Phonology is important for language and academic learning because it teaches students the sounds of the language and how those individual sounds interact with one another to make words. Phonology is important for reading and progressing from print to speaking. Phonology allows ELL students to decode words and pronounce them the correct way (Gaab, 2023). ]]> 2023-09-27 23:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723852525 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723857916 One activity that can be done in the classroom with your students is the sentence game (Heinricher, 2020). As students line up to exit the classroom, tap the first students on the head with every word of a chosen sentence such as "the cat is fat." The student that you land on has to answer the question "How many words?" Once the student answers, repeat down the line with different simple sentences. You can differentiate this activity based on the various language proficiencies by using longer sentences for more advanced learners. ]]> 2023-09-27 23:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723857916 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723861984 Another activity that can be done in the classroom with your students is the syllable count games (Heinricher, 2020). Model with students how to clap or stomp the syllables for words. Then have them identify how many syllables in classroom objects around the room. This game is simple and perfect for the lower level ELLs in the classroom, even for students that are in the silent period. These students can just be expected to imitate you, the teacher and slowly progress to clapping syllables on their own. ]]> 2023-09-27 23:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723861984 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723866294 Another classroom activity that you can do with your students is "I Spy" with sounds (Reading Rockets, n.d). For example, the teacher or the student can say "I spy something that starts with the sound S sound - ssssss." The students that have a lower language proficiency may need a word bank to identify the letters in the word. This is a great way to reinforce and practice the sounds of the letters. ]]> 2023-09-27 23:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723866294 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723869752 One last classroom activity that you can do with your students is tongue twisters or alliteration exercises (Reading Rockets, n.d).  This can be an easy way for students to practice their speech sounds. To make this a little more challenging for your more advanced ELLs, you can have them pick a sound and create their own tongue twister and share it with the class.  ]]> 2023-09-27 23:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723869752 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723873130 A quick, no prep activity that can be done at home to support the development of phonology would be to ask your child to come up with words that rhyme with a specific word that you choose (Reading Rockets, n.d). For example, ask your child what rhymes with "cat" and see how many words they can come up with on their own. ]]> 2023-09-27 23:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723873130 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723874674 How the words are structured (Close et al, 2022). ]]> 2023-09-27 23:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723874674 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723878268 Morphology is important for language and academic learning because in this branch of linguistics students will investigate the different parts of words and how combining them will change the meaning. Understanding word parts or morphemes can help ELLs make sense of new vocabulary. ]]> 2023-09-27 23:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723878268 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723884843 One activity you can do in the classroom to support morphology development is called "Find the roots" (zeh, 2007). Explain to your students what a root word is and provide a list of challenging words. Have them underline the root words in each word on the list. You can differentiate this lesson by using more complex words for your more proficient students. ]]> 2023-09-28 00:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723884843 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723888913 Another activity you can do in your classroom is "Sort n Spell" (Zeh, 2007). This can be played a variety of different ways depending on the proficiency levels of your students. Lower achieving students can just match root words to affixes to practice creating words. Higher achieving students can group the list of words provided with the corresponding affix. This activity can help students identify spelling differences among words and distinguish patterns. ]]> 2023-09-28 00:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723888913 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723893673 Another activity that can be used in the classroom is called Spotlight (Zeh, 2007). This activity is more or a strategy that can be used in all subjects. When a complex word comes up during a lesson, point it out to your students and break it down with them. For example, in math when you talk about shapes. Point out to the students that the word parts will help them identify the shape such as triangle. Tri means three so a triangle is a shape with 3 angles. This strategy can be easier for lower proficient students if you provide them with the word in front of them to break apart rather than just briefly showing it on the board. ]]> 2023-09-28 00:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723893673 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723896902 On last activity that you can do in your classroom to support morphology is " Big Word Breakdown" (Zeh, 2007). Encourage your students to look for complex words in a piece of text. Ask them to break it down and make an educated guess on what the word could mean based on the meanings of the root word and affixes. Once all words are attempted, then have students find the definition and compare. This can be differentiated for our low achieving students by pre making the list of words they need to breakdown. ]]> 2023-09-28 00:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723896902 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723902343 There are many activities that can be done at home to support morphology development. One activity that can be done is manipulating flashcards. Ask a teacher to provide some or create your own for your child to use to create different words using a mix of root words and affixes. Allowing your child time to explore is an effective way to support your child (Scholarly Elite Tutoring, 2020). ]]> 2023-09-28 00:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2723902343 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730975164 The order of words in sentences (Close et al, 2022).  ]]> 2023-10-03 21:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730975164 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730977567 Syntax is important for language and academic learning because this is how we convey meaning. The arrangement of words in a sentence varies by language. This is the stage where we put our new vocabulary together to make a meaningful summary. Without this knowledge of the language it would be difficult to communicate with others. ]]> 2023-10-03 21:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730977567 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730984019 One activity you can do in the classroom to support syntax is giving your students sentence anagrams (Sedita, 2019). You can start this activity by giving the students a set of words that create a sentence but are not in the right order. Students are tasked with rearranging the words until they make sense in a complete sentence. This activity can be used with all the different levels of proficiency. For example, for the lower proficient students, you might just start with simple 3 word sentences that work on putting the adjectives and the nouns in the right place. For the more proficient students, the sentences can be longer and hold more details. ]]> 2023-10-03 22:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730984019 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730988611 Another activity you could do in the classroom to support syntax is sentence elaboration (Sedita, 2019). This activity can be done whole group or just one on one. The teacher will ask the 6 "W" questions, who, what, where, when, why, and how? Students will create answers to the questions, slowly adding more and more detail to their sentence. This can be differentiated for students based on level. To make it more challenging for the more proficient students, you can ask them to add a dependent clause to make it a complex sentence or add adverbs. ]]> 2023-10-03 22:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730988611 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730995283 Another classroom activity you can do in the classroom to support syntax is sentence combining (Sedita, 2019). Give students 2 simple sentences and ask them to combine them. This can be done orally for your students that are not yet ready to write. For the more proficient students, you can use more detailed sentences or maybe even giving them 3 sentences to work with. ]]> 2023-10-03 22:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730995283 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730999317 Another activity you can do in your classroom to support syntax is to work on oral or written sentence completion (n.d, 2013). This is simple and easy to do as a warm up or exit slip at the end of class. Give the students an open-ended sentence such as "the dog ran into..." You can challenge the more proficient students to expand on their answers more. ]]> 2023-10-03 22:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2730999317 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731001759 There are so many great, quick activities that can be done with your child at home to support syntax. You can play the game "tell me" (n.d, 2013). Ask your child to pick an object and describe it without giving away what it is. The child must say things like "It is yellow" or "It is short." ]]> 2023-10-03 22:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731001759 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731003944 The study of the linguistic meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences (Close et al, 2022). ]]> 2023-10-03 22:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731003944 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731005538 How the language is used by people in different contexts (Close et al, 2022). ]]> 2023-10-03 22:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731005538 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731008905 Semantics is important for language and academic learning because it explains how sequences or language match the proper meaning and said in the proper environment. There can be a grammatically correct sentence that means absolutely nothing. It's the combination of the right words that will convey meaning and shape the language. Some words have multiple meanings, this is why it is important to study semantics so that the sentences that are being created are being said correctly and in the appropriate space. ]]> 2023-10-03 22:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731008905 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731013340 One activity that you can do to support semantics in the classroom is to have your students sort items into given categories (n.d, 2013). This can be differentiated for various levels of proficiency. For example, you can have the lower proficient students use pictures and sort them. The more proficient students can sort longer and more complex words into categories. ]]> 2023-10-03 22:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731013340 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731014752 Another classroom activity that can be done in the classroom to support semantics is to name opposites (n.d, 2013). Allowing students to explore antonyms of words will allow them to gain a deeper understanding of the words and use them in greater amounts. The words can be chosen based on proficiency level. For higher proficient students, you can even do opposites of content vocabulary. ]]> 2023-10-03 22:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731014752 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731018979 Another classroom activity you can do to support semantics is creating word families (n.d, 2013). Give students a topics such as "fruit" and have them name words that would fit under that category. The categories will be different based on the language proficiencies in the classroom. Also, the vocabulary for more proficient students is bigger so they can add more words to their families. ]]> 2023-10-03 23:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731018979 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731021091 Another classroom activity that can be done to support semantics is playing the game "odd one out" (n.d, 2013). Give students a list of words and ask them which word doesn't belong with the others. Asking them to provide reasons will also get them to think a little further. Again, like the other activities the set of words is going to be different based on the language proficiencies you have in the classroom. ]]> 2023-10-03 23:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731021091 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731027776 One way to practice semantics at home is by asking comparison questions (n.d, 2013). For example, you can ask your child "which dog is bigger" or "is the basketball bigger than the softball?" With all of these semantic activities it is going to be important to really know the level of your child so that you can ask very simple questions or higher level questions. ]]> 2023-10-03 23:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731027776 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731033384 Pragmatics is important for language and academic learning because learning this language structure will teach you the culture and how to react in social situations. Most of pragmatic knowledge is learned through being immersed into social situations. Pragmatics are the rules on how people interact and communicate with each other. Without this knowledge, you may not be able to communicate with people in an effective way. ]]> 2023-10-03 23:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731033384 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731043386 One activity that can be done in the classroom to support pragmatics is role playing (n.d, 2020). Acting out situations in different contexts is a great way to get students to understand the importance of pragmatics. Just practicing the different ways to greet different kinds of people is critical. Students need to be able to understand the difference in word choice of greeting their best friend and greeting their teacher. More proficient students can be placed in more challenging situations. ]]> 2023-10-03 23:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731043386 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731050131 Another classroom activity that can be done to support pragmatics can be reading a picture book aloud (n.d, 2020). Picture story books have great ways of showing us how to act or what to say in times of conflict. ]]> 2023-10-03 23:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2731050131 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732933737 Another activity you can do with your class to support pragmatics is to create rules together about accountable talk (n.d, 2020). This is a great way to clearly state the expectations of good listeners and learners in the classroom while also giving students a voice in their environment. This conversation can be more student lead if the students have higher proficiency in the language. ]]> 2023-10-05 00:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732933737 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732939738 2023-10-05 00:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732939738 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732941765 2023-10-05 00:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732941765 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732947159 2023-10-05 00:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732947159 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732952023 2023-10-05 00:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732952023 anavin1 https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732958508 2023-10-05 00:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anavin1/vlx9wer9eu80rshm/wish/2732958508