Be a HERO to your ELLs
Published on Nov 18, 2015
School librarians learn how to support your English Learners.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
GOALS:
- Fill your instructional tool belt with tools to break down barriers in your Media Center
- Use academic language to advocate for your ELs & your library program
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Free Voluntary Reading
Krashen (2003) makes the claim that Free voluntary reading 'may be the most powerful educational tool in language education'. It serves to increase literacy and to develop vocabulary.
Promoting FVR for ELs
Schedule trips to the library
Reyna Grande author of The Distance Between Us (2012) was influenced by her school librarian.
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Library Visit
- SMILE
- Use gestures and visuals
- Clarify
- Bilingual signage
- Watch your tone
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Promoting FVR for ELs
Read aloud to students
Make story time interactive:
Use gestures, visuals, chants, puppets, flannel board pieces, props, realia (tangible items) to enhance the story experience.
Use gestures, visuals, chants, puppets, flannel board pieces, props, realia (tangible items) to enhance the story experience.
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Promoting FVR for ELs
Encourage SSR (DEAR Time)
Gomez & Gomez DL model has DEAR time included as part of their model.
Library Tool Belt
- Foreign language display
- American holiday or culture display
- Multicultural display
Foreign language display should be like a world wall, constantly changing.
American holiday/culture display allows you to share why we celebrate the holiday and why it's important.
Multicultural display allows library to validate ELs traditions. This will also give ELs an opportunity to share their celebrations with others.
American holiday/culture display allows you to share why we celebrate the holiday and why it's important.
Multicultural display allows library to validate ELs traditions. This will also give ELs an opportunity to share their celebrations with others.
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Promoting FVR for ELLs
- Give ELs option to select books in English or home language
Inter-shelving bilingual books gives the opportunity for ELs to select for themselves what language they want to read a book.
Inter-shelving doesn't limit books for ELs.
ELs learn how to use the library.
Social activity
Inter-shelving doesn't limit books for ELs.
ELs learn how to use the library.
Social activity
Gomez & Gomez
Dual Language Model
Gomez & Gomez DL model has library and read alouds included in their model.
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Bilingual Research Centers
Gomez & Gomez DL Model
Provide reference materials in English and native language if available.
Remind teachers how to access online databases.
Many online databases have a feature that allows you to have article translated into another language.
Remind teachers how to access online databases.
Many online databases have a feature that allows you to have article translated into another language.
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Library Tool Belt
- Provide eAudio materials and instructions on how to use them
Online interactive books.
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Lesson Preparation
- Supplemental Materials
- Adapted or various texts
- Differentiate Instruction
Remind teachers how to access databases.
Teach teachers how to find differentiated lessons on Britannica and Gale.
Text can easily be adapted on World Book and Britannica online.
The library has a wealth of supplemental materials.
Teach teachers how to find differentiated lessons on Britannica and Gale.
Text can easily be adapted on World Book and Britannica online.
The library has a wealth of supplemental materials.
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Library Tool Belt
- Use visuals with your correspondence home
Recognizing library books: Prepare a short translated note explaining when library books must be returned. Include a bar code, a spine sticker, and library stamp on the letter to help parents identify library materials, which must be returned in a timely manner, as opposed to RIF books and Title I materials.
Overdue notices: If books are overdue, send home a print-out from your catalogue that contains the book cover, or send an e-mail with the book cover graphic. Visuals can get better results than a translated note simply listing the name of the overdue book.
Overdue notices: If books are overdue, send home a print-out from your catalogue that contains the book cover, or send an e-mail with the book cover graphic. Visuals can get better results than a translated note simply listing the name of the overdue book.
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Library Tool Belt
- Remember to promote your local public library
Encourage families to get a library card.
Promote outreach programs.
Promote outreach programs.
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Tabatha Sustaita-Robb
tsustaitarobb@dallasisd.org
Dallas Environmental Science Academy
Contact information: tsustaitarobb@dallasisd.org
DESA (972) 794-3950
DESA (972) 794-3950
Resources
- Krashen, Stephen D. http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles.php?cat=5
- Colorin Colorado! http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/33008/
- TEA Curriculum & Assessment Update: ELLs. TEPSA June 10, 2010
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