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. Language Development Activities for English Learners.



= = . We're Trip'n!.

 __Field Trips__ are good for english students because they expose (students) to new linguistic and cultural input they would not ordinarily receive. Field trips encourage learners to practice English outside a classroom setting (Werber 2001).

__Preparing Students for Their Fieldtrip__
 * **Discuss the purpose of your field trip and how it relates to students’ everyday lives.**
 * **Show photographs of the field trip site.**
 * **If available, explore the website of the place you will be visiting.**
 * **Assign a research project for students regarding a topic or place they will be visiting.**
 * **Introduce vocabulary words that will be used by used during the trip.**
 * **Introduce visual observation skill and have students describe in detail ordinary objects, like a, paintbrush, clothespin, or comb to their classmates.**
 * **Discuss with students how to ask good questions.**
 * **Brainstorm and record a list of questions students want to ask.**
 * **Review the field trip schedule.**
 * **Review rules and set standards of conduct.**

__10 TRIPPY Field Trip Ideas __
 * 1) ** Visit a greenhouse in the spring **
 * 2) ** Tour a fish hatchery **
 * 3) ** Visit a local farm **
 * 4) ** Set up a tour at a local grocery store, bakery, or bread making company **
 * 5) ** Visit a bird sanctuary or nature center **
 * 6) ** Visit the Fire Station **
 * 7) ** Attend a High School play **
 * 8) ** See a show at the planetarium **
 * 9) ** Visit a museum **
 * 10) ** Set up a pizza restaurant tour **

__Check out More Field Trip Ideas Here__: [|50 Fun Field Trip Ideas]

<span style="background-color: #00b7ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">. Dual Language Reading. <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;"> __Bilingual books__ bring the two languages together in ways that teachers can use to help emergent bilingual develop biliteracy. <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">During interactive reading, pairs or small groups of students read together to support each other. Reading aloud provides support for struggling readers and students still developing proficiency in a second language. Above all, when teachers read aloud, students enjoy the experience. <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Read-alouds help students come to value reading (Freeman, //Between Worlds//, pg 204-205, 222).


 * __** Check out these recommended Bilingual English/Spanish Children's Books: **__

<span style="color: #0076ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">**T<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">he Bossy Gallitl = El Gallo de Bodas ** <span style="color: #0076ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">by Lucia M. Gonzalez <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//A Cuban folktale about a bossy rooster who must clean his beak before his uncle's weeding//.

<span style="color: #0076ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">**Alien Invaders = Invasores Extraterrestres** <span style="color: #0076ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">by Lynn Huggins-Cooper <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//A little boy wonders whether the strange creatures he sees around his house are really aliens.//

**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">In My Family = En Mi Familia ** <span style="color: #0076ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">by Carmen Lomas Garza //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Mexican-American traditions and customs are reflected in words and pictures of a family's life in a town near Mexico. //

**<span style="color: #0076ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">A Gift From Papa Diego = Un Regalo de Papa Diego ** <span style="color: #0076ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">by Benjamin Alire Saenz //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">When young Diego gets a Superman outfit for his birthday, he hopes to fly to Mexico to be with his Grandfather. //

<span style="background-color: #4aff00; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">. Glitter and Glue. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Participating in an __**art and craft**__ project creates a learning environment where students are talking about the new subjects, discussing aspects of creativity, developing different designs and ideas, and using language with instruction and detail.

<span style="color: #4bca16; display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Although art and craft projects take some time, few activities offer greater opportunity for natural language use and development in the ELL classroom. Students may develop listening, reading, <span style="color: #4bca16; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">and comprehension skills as they attempt to understand oral and written directions. <span style="color: #4bca16; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">They may build their vocabularies through meaningful interaction. <span style="color: #4bca16; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">They may develop speaking skills as they ask questions about the task, discuss the <span style="color: #4bca16; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">project with their teacher or classmates,  <span style="color: #4bca16; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">or describe their creation after the fact. //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">-Julie Vickery-Smith- //


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">When involved in a craft project students will: __**


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">learn new vocabulary relating to a craft not known to them
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">encourage kids to work in teams
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">use language to help each other communicate and function
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">pique students interest in a new hobby
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">inspire students to think outside the box through brainstorming and discussion based on a new craft
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">expose students to working with their hand which will develop fine hand motor skills

**__<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Insect Fingerprint from DLKT __** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">............__**Materials**__**:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** .......__Instructions__: **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Cardstock
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Paint
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Black Marke
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Using the visual provided, make thumbprints on the paper.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">thumbprint a caterpillar with alternating colors,
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">thumbprint a flower (4 prints for the petals and 2 prints for the leaves),
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">thumbprint a butterfly (4 prints of the same color),
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">thumbprint the sun (a whole bunch of prints in a circle),
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">thumbprint a bush (prints in a bunch) and
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">thumbprint grass (prints in a row)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Let dry
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Take your black marker and draw legs a face on the caterpillar, a stem and center on the flower, and a body and antenna on the butterfly.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Check out other arts and craft ideas at [|DLKT Crafts], [|Clorox-Recipes for FUN], [|Enchanted Learning Crafts] , [|Family Fun Crafts] **

<span style="background-color: #0076ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 210%;">. Classroom Drama? .

__**Reader’s Theater**__ is a great way to get students involved in everyday language. Find free and purchasable Reader’s Theaters online. Many school libraries have sets of Reader’s Theaters in their collection. You can locate Reader Theater scripts relevant to the grade level you teach using the following links. Reader’s theaters build fluency and social interaction. Students can even create their own scripts. ** Reader's theater gives students an outlet for creative expression and a ** ** safe platform for building reading confidence which ** ** translates into success in many other areas of their lives. ** Readers Theater can fosterfluency, overall reading achievement, and vocabulary acquisition. - Susan Keene 2008


 * Click on each link to discover a few Reader's Theater Online Resources: **
 * __[|Whootie Owl Reader's Theater]__
 * __[|Have Fun Teaching]__
 * __[|Action Magazine - Scholastic]__
 * __[|Playbooks Reader's Theater]__
 * __[|Aaron Shepard's Reader's Theater]__

<span style="background-color: #9e00ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">. Using Videos to Create Model Students. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Use __ Modeling and Videos __ to make learning vocabulary interactive. Students can learn from others how to say something, or how to complete a task. Modeling can be done with an individual, a small group, or an entire class and is an intentional action by the teacher (Freeman, 2011).

**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Show a video like this one and have students model vocabulary and physical actions: ** media type="custom" key="15370040" width="200" height="200" align="center"

**<span style="color: #9e00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Another Example of Video and Vocab : **

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**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">More: [|ESL Videos for Learning] **

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