Saturday, August 18, 2012

Working with ESL students in Reading (and non-English speakers)

This year, I am team teaching, meaning I teach Language Arts to two fourth-grade classes. I teach extra Writing, Science, and Social Studies to my homeroom. The teacher next door teaches Math.

In my homeroom, I do not have any ESOL students, but my team teacher is the ESOL teacher for the grade level, meaning she has seven students who speak English as a second language. One does not speak English at all. Two students came from another country this year. Needless to say, I am ECSTATIC to work with them because it's something I have rarely done before.

I have approximately 1,500 books-- and only about ten of them are in Spanish. So first, I am looking to expand my collection a bit, and second, I am looking for wonderful online (and offline) resources. Here are a few FANTASTIC resources I located. I don't exactly know what I plan too purchase.

A few other books in Spanish: 
How many of you have taught ESOL students reading? Thank you. Hopefully I found great resources to share with you. 

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