Explicit skill instruction (SRES)

● Systematic, Relentless, Engaging, Successful

● S- instruction focuses on critical content and is sequenced logically (easier
skills before harder skills), it is organized and focused
● Example- I, We, You
● R- continuous practice, reviews, and teaching until mastery
● E- responses are encouraged, performance is monitored, feedback is always
provided
● Examples- walking around to monitor, hand signals, facial expressions for
comprehension
● S- with all of this, comprehension works!

Student-directed Activities

● This type of teaching allows students to make choices

● Students can explain what interests them
● The teacher can then determine what the students will learn based on their
interests
● The teacher and students can come up with a rubric for a project together
○ The ELL student can see how the teacher comes up with the rubric
and the students can learn from each other’s ideas
● The teacher can let the students decide why the project is important to them
and what purpose it serves
○ This helps ELL students because they can understand the purpose of
projects through other students ideas
Instructional strategies that enhanced understanding
● Make it visual
● Build in more group work
● Communicate with the ESL teacher
● Honor the “silent period”
● Look out for culturally unique vocabulary
● Pre-teach whenever possible
● Always take them seriously

Opportunities for Practice

● Integrated Group Classrooms- ELLs enter their grade level, and

instructors use specially designed academic instruction in English.
● Dual-Language Programs- Students work in English for a designated
percentage of the school day and in another language (often Spanish) for the
other percentage of the school day. Each year the percentage of each
language changes.
● Self contained ESL Classrooms- Students first do academic work in their
core subjects with other ESL students. They then are mainstreamed for non-
academic subjects such as physical education, art, library, computer lab,
lunch, and recess.
Systematic Student Assessment

● This is the process of collecting data to see how well students are learning
and if the programs within schools are working and making sure all students
succeed
● This will help ELL students because schools can understand by collecting
data if programs for ELL students are working

A balanced Curriculum

● A balanced curriculum is a tool that school districts use to create, align,

assess, and manage their curriculum development and implementation.
● Each course the school district offers is divided into units with specific tasks
to go along. Those tasks are aligned with state standards and assessment
specifications.
● It is designed in the way that teachers must follow, however with the
freedom and creativity to make it work for their own unique classroom.