ELL Strategies Worksheet

Instructions: As your peers present their strategies, complete the chart with the information that is most relevant to you for each
strategy.
Name of strategy Purpose Grouping Teacher role Student role In my class

Integrated 1. New vocab is Pair ELL students Relate the project Brainstorm, ask “Wonder” book to
Curriculum Projects used in a variety of with “strong to CCSS and ESL questions about address bullying in
subjects, contexts. language models.” standards. concerns, give school, present the
2. Aids in language Group work also Brainstorm ideas ideas, current idea to the
development possible. with your class. events, etc. principal.
Advanced Bridging the gap Whole group, Create comparisons Share out their “tomatoes” bring
Organizers between current students work and connections for thoughts and ideas, different colors and
knowledge and new together to make students share their prior shapes to the class
knowledge comparisons knowledge
Leveled Questions Low floor, high Whole class Ask guiding Point to the correct Reading, stopping
ceiling, tasks about activity but also can questions to words/place, to ask students
language that assists be individual students relying on answers the guiding “what happened
in academic speech acquisition questions next?” “what was
language the character
acquisition doing?”
Visual Scaffolding Gives pictures to Whole group is best Provide pictures for Students should You can use
give context to the so you are not our students and incorporate visuals youtube/draw
content being taught singling out one add pictures to in their pictures to scaffold
learner student worksheets presentations in visually for
class students
Manipulatives Use manipulatives All class or small Have materials Students could Rotations,
Strategies to understand a groups should work need to support bring their own recreations,
topic deeper together student learning, objects and be scavenger hunt, act
have field trips actively engaged. it out
Learning strategies Teach strategic Whole group is Model and explain Demonstrate how Use in literacy and
introduction approaches to learn recommended, but strategy, provide a they used the build on skills that
new concepts help students can do rubric for each strategy, reflect they already know
ELL students apply small group work strategy to students
self monitor/self with peers.
help skills