Scaffolding Lessons for ELLs

Which is not a scaffold that increases ELL understanding?

• 1. Craft Big Questions and Subquestions to Motivate

• 2. Differentiate your Texts

• 3. Select a Core Set of Academic Vocabulary Terms

• 4. Identify and Repeat Core Learning Tasks

• 5. Change up your routines often.

Showing a video related to the topic and  including focus questions for guidance can increase Ell understanding

• True

• False

This strategy activates prior knowledge of a topic and helps ELLs make connections between a new topic and their prior knowledge, often by showing what they think before and after learning about a topic.

• Jigsaw

• 3, 2, 1

• Anticipation Guide

• Think, pair, share

You can adjust the lexile (reading) level using the newsela website.

• True

• False

This school has the most English language learners on our district

• PES

• PMS

• PHS

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Differentiating texts for Ells can...

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• differ by modality (spoken, written or digital). 

• be various text types and lexile levels.

• represent a range of perspectives and authors from different historical periods, cultures, and belief systems. 

• reinforce the most important information (translate or shorten versions of original text).

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