Honoring student contributions while reinforcing key vocabulary (in this case, “bigger”)
Focusing ELs’ attention on spelling
Teaching the pronunciation of difficult words
Matching words to definitions & mastering difficult vocabulary
Teaching ELs how to break a long word into syllables
Integrating language instruction of key concepts into a science lesson to teach scientific practices
Imbedding the teaching of noun plural forms
Pre-teaching superlative forms of adjectives
Integrating language instruction of different graph types into a data analysis activity
Integrating language instruction of English conventions into a science lesson
Activating Prior Knowledge before reading a text
Incorporating total physical response into a text
Utilizing total physical response to check for understanding
Identifying parts of speech
Organizing instructional steps
Identifying linguistic patterns
Increasing phonics awareness
Making predictions prior to experimental explorations
Matching sentence slips & comprehending sentence structures
Identifying and blending phonemes to pronounce the word “inch”
Eliciting students’ prior knowledge and clarifying misconceptions about the definition of “tension”
Scaffolding language through a group KWL chart
Using a video to engage students with learning objective
Open-ended questioning with language scaffolding
Making and comparing predictions
Referring to a visual and repeating student responses
Explicit language instruction and clarifying words with multiple meanings
Using sentence stems to scaffold making predictions
Making predictions using key vocabulary
Reviewing a text using a graphic organizer together in a small group
Honoring all students’ experiences and ideas
Addressing student misunderstanding of task and using a graphic organizer to guide communication
Connecting back to the text and relating theme to the real world