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Materials for ESL

Choosing appropriate materials for ELL students is very important because they need to be able to comprehend the content and strengthen their reading and comprehension skills. Teachers have to look at the vocabulary, the illustrations, the availble discussion opportuniites, and the metacognitive activities. Below is a table evalutating three different types of reading materials. All three are appropriate for ELL Students at the Kindergarten level. The proficiency levels are given for each book.

The Ship by Leslie Ellen || ** Literature ** Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse by Lindsay Barrett George || ** Non Fiction ** Sense Suspense by Bruce McMillan || ** Reading Level: ** 2 ** Proficiency Level: ** Intermediate ** Summary: ** Two dogs scuba dive down to look at objects by a ship. ** Vocabulary: ** sight words (come, see, the) focus- sh vocabulary ** Illustrations: ** Visually appealing to young children. ** Discussion: ** Does not include discussion questions but could easily be invented by the teacher. ** Activities: ** No activities are given. Suggested activities include sequencing the items and animals the dogs found, and drawing something else they could have found. **Use:** This book would be used in a small reading group or as a center activity. It could also be read aloud when introducing the SH sound. || ** Age: ** Pre-k through 1st ** Proficiency Level: ** High Intermediate ** Summary: ** Two mice are moving on and around different objects. ** Vocabulary: ** Position words and indoor and outdoor vocabulary ** Illustrations: ** very realistic and appealing ** Discussion: ** The author offers some higher order thinking questions inferring about the lives of the two mice. ** Activities: ** No activities are given. Suggested activities include playing Simon says with position words by placing an object in the correct position. Drawing a picture by directions from the teacher. ** Use: ** This book would be great as an opening to a math lesson on position words. || ** Age: ** Pre-k and Kindergarten ** Proficiency Level: ** Speech Emergence ** Summary: ** Readers are to guess what the picture is revealing and decide what senses they can use with that object. ** Vocabulary: ** In English and Spanish: see, touch, smell, taste, and hear; food, animal, and plant vocabulary ** Illustrations: ** Photographs of Culebra, an island of Puerto Rico ** Discussion: ** All five senses are put to question for each picture. The students can ask or make a statement of which sense they will use. ** Activities: ** A guessing game is played throughout this book. ** Use: ** This book would be a great activity or opening to a science lesson on the five senses. || ** References: ** Ellen, L. (2000). //TheShip//. USA: Modern Curriculum Press. George, L. B. (2004). //Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse//. China: South China Printing Company. McMillan, B. (1994). //Sense Suspense//. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
 * ** Great Materials for Promoting ESL Readers ** ||
 * ** Basal **
 * **Age:** Kindergarten

Contact Information: Jennifer Lloyd Una Elementary jennifer.lloyd@mnps.org