ELA Antics

Guided Reading questions for the novel Messenger by Lois Lowry. Check out my free vocab word handouts in my store that go along with the guided reading questions.

I use this template to work with my entering and emerging ELLs in my stand alone ENL class. After learning vocabulary terms that are important in a core class, I reinforce the meanings of the words and also how syllables work with this syllabication template. The words I choose are relevant to the unit/lesson from their core class. We clap out the syllables and then write down how to break the word apart. If students know how to write in their first language, they can also write the word in thei

I use this template to differentiate instruction for my entering and emerging ELLs when the language objectives in their classroom is too challenging for them. This breaks down a topic that students in the class might be studying in other ways into a simpler method for learning key terms for a lesson or unit. The full version has spaces for 10 vocab words, but you can edit to add more or less!

I use this document to assist my ELL students when they are working in small groups in class to discuss texts. It helps them to know how to add to the conversation if they don't know how to jump in.