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Beginning Vocabulary & Literacy Instruction in

the ESL Classroom

Elisabeth BowmanESL Program Coordinator & Teacher

Pontiac Middle School

Your PresenterElisabeth Bowman

BS Elementary Education (K-12 ESL), 2000

Ma Ed TESOL, 2008Ma Curriculum & Instruction, 2013Visited/taught in 17 different countriesCurrently:

ESL Program Coordinator& Teacher atPontiac Middle School

• Large number of beginning and low intermediate English language learners

• Lack of phonics instruction in upper elementary and middle school

• Need to produce grade-level ability readers in very short time

• Students also struggling with new grapheme system

The Problem

Will intensive and direct phonics instruction help English language learners become better readers more quickly than the general English language development that has been provided to them in the past?

The Question

Pre-intervention average growth: 82%

Post-intervention average growth:year 1: 245%year 2: 336%year 3: to be added after June

testing

The Results

• Self-developed word family based phonics instruction– Review vowel sounds: short and long– Read aloud books with target phonemic

element signal (snap fingers)– Decodable books–Word work

The Intervention

• at• an/ad• ap/ag• og/op/ot• eg/en/et• ug/un/ut• ig/ill/ip• R-controlled

• Vce• SH• CH• TH• WH• ST• QU• oi/oy

• aw/au• Kn• -tion

The Word Families

• Reading A-Z• Scholastic Word Family Tales & Readers• Scholastic Word Family Mini-Storybook• www.superteacherresources.com• www.littlebooklane.com• www.hubbardscupboard.org

The Books

Sort Cards:matching cardsflashcardsalphabetizing“Memory” gamesquick writes

The ActivitiesWord Family Bonanzas

Bulletin Board:list wordswords from our bookswords the kids findtransfer to a poster

The Activities

Magnet SpellingPlace picture strip

on panUse magnets to

spell the word

The Activities

Scrambled Words:Choose an eggUnscramble the lettersWrite the word next

to the picture.

The Activities

Match Up Boards:Slide in the cardsMatch the word to

the picture withrubber bands

Flip center card tocheck answers

The Activities

Word Family Clip It Cards:Look at the pictureUse a clothes pin

to clip the wordthat matches

The Activities

Spin, Spell, Sentence:Spin the CDSay the word, spell it

and use it in a sentence.

The Activities

CD Spinner

Journal:draw a pictureuse the words in a sentence

The Activities

Journal 1

Journal 2

• cut & paste• alphabetical order• crossword• cloze• word search

Word FamilyBonanza Worksheets

Muffin Tin Toss:Write the word families on wrappersToss the buttonSay a word, spell

it, and use itin a sentence.

Expansion / Review

Folder Game:short a version in Word Family Bonanzaroll the dice, movename, spell, and use

the word for thepicture on whichyou land

Expansion / Review

Expansion / Review

Beach Ball Bat:Write the word families on the sections.Toss the ball.State, spell, & use a word

for the section yourthumb falls into.

Expansion / Review

Body Boggle:Alphabet rug or tilesCall a word & students

spell by jumpingon the letters

Jeopardy:Version for each Bonanza set (click pictures for

hyperlink)

Expansion / Review

Organization

Plastic Shoe Boxes:copies of the bookssort cardsmagnet spell stripsCD spinnersMatch It cardsBulletin board templates

Contact Me

E-mail:ebowman@pontiac.k12.mi.us

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