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Creating Visual Supports for ELLs

Marisa Foyle, M.Ed. mfoyle@alumni.nd.edu

February 28, 2015 Joliet, IL – Teacher Inservice

Saint Ann’s  

Located in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood ~ 230 students

Large % of ELL students

Visual Supports

Practical strategies to go from

Abstract à Concrete à

Today’s Agenda

ü Realia ü Anchor Charts ü Visual Vocabulary Development

ü Modeling and Manipulatives

Today’s Agenda  For each visual support, we will:

•  Define terms

•  Examine pictures and examples

•  Brainstorm ways to use them in your classrooms

Why Visual Supports? à Build background knowledge and make

connections à Make abstract concepts more concrete

à Make learning more meaningful

à Make instruction more comprehensible

Remember…

Visual Supports are an example of scaffolding.

Scaffolding is essential!

à  Provide support for students’ learning à  Gradually take away support

Help your students feel more confident and independent

Realia

Brainstorm  

Think-Pair-Share

à Field Trip opportunities à Next Science or Social Studies unit

(Write it down – Hold yourself accountable)  

Visual Vocabulary Development

•  Word Walls •  Sentence Strips

Visual Vocabulary Development  

•  Foldables •  Graphic Organizers

Brainstorm  Planning Time

à Choose a subject

à Select an upcoming unit

à Write down 4 or 5 important vocabulary terms

à Tell a partner how you will introduce them  

Anchor Charts

• Make the charts visible for students à Students should refer back to them • Use pictures and words

Anchor Charts  

Brainstorm  

Group Discussion à Where can you get chart paper

(inexpensively)?

à What else can you use besides chart paper?

à How can we solve space issues?  

Modeling and Manipulatives

•  Help create multiple ways for students to encounter information

•  Learning by experience

Brainstorm  

Think-Pair-Share à List math (or choose another subject)

manipulatives you already have

à Name 1 (or more) lesson(s) you will teach next week where you can use them.

Resources  •  Helpful Websites with ELL Resources:

à Colorín Colorado à Reading Rockets à Education Week’s “Learning the Language” blog