Early+Childhood+K-2

Teaching English to young ESL students is fun!
One of the best ways to teach EAL/D students in K-2 is to provide a range of language learning opportunities across the curriculum within the mainstream classroom. It is important that EAL/D learners are able to develop a good relationship with their peers and their classroom teacher in their early years of schooling so it is not advisable to withdraw these students for language learning. A better approach is to provide language opportunities for all the students via a range of well placed activities. While it may not be possible for an EAL/D teacher to provide in class support to every student EAL/D in K-2, you can offer resources and support teachers to use them. Alternatively by allocating a period of time an EAL/D teacher can organise a group based rotation of activities that address language and learning within a KLA. see examples attached.



I have placed some resources and websites here for you to try - they are loosely linked to themes.
== =UNIT: Going to school= Save each PDF to your desk top and then you can change the size and the view

||~ Picture cards ||~ Nouns and Verbs ||~ Sentence cards ||~  ||~   || Use your school images and upload them into the flip book for your class
 * ~ Playground image
 * ** Positional Language - prepositions ** [[file:School unit_ using positional language.pdf]] || ** Number language ** [[file:School unit_ using number.pdf]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Useful websites for school [|Beginning school booklet] [|Alpahabet images][|Days of the week] [|We wash our hands] =UNIT: All about ME= =[|oral recount cards]= (a time) || ** Who ** click on link
 * ** When **
 * (a person) ** || ** What **
 * (an action) ** || ** How **
 * (by what means) ** || ** How **
 * (a feeling ** || ** Where (a place) ** || **Why (a reason) ** ||
 * =How to use the recount cards =
 * ====You can leave the cards in an A4 or A3 page ====
 * ====Display or have several sets laminated ====
 * ====Allow students to create their own recounts using the prompts individually, in pairs or groups ====
 * ====Share with class and create a class book ====
 * ====**Or** ====
 * ====Cut up the cards for pages 1-6 ====
 * ====Place each page of cards separately in an envelope or plastic bag labelled who, what, where etc. ====
 * ====students in groups choose a picture from each bag to create their own story/recount ====
 * ====write, illustrate and share story with class ====

**Or**
=Resources and links= [|Seasons]
 * ====give one bag/envelope to each groups ====
 * ====ask one student in each group to choose only (1) one picture from the bag ====
 * ====ask the students with the picture card to spend 5-10minutes collaborating on a story (about one clause or sentence each) ====
 * ====they can write what they will say during the planning ====
 * ====group presents the story to the class ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">later the group can rewrite their recount for display/publication ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">repeat this process with a new person from each group until all have had a turn ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">now all groups can rewrite and publish ==== ||

[|Feelings]
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