Teaching Beginner Ells Using Picture Books

For beginning English language learners, a picture really is worth a thousand words! Picture books can unlock puzzling cultural and social meanings for students at all ages and grade levels. Ana Lado illustrates how picture books are an especially useful tool for building important language and social foundations

For beginning ELLs, a picture really is worth a thousand words! Picture books can unlock puzzling cultural and social meanings for students at all ages and grade levels. ELL educator Ana Lado illustrates how picture books are an especially useful tool for building important language and social foundations--foundations that students may miss through traditional instruction. Lado provides all the tools you need to engage your ELLs with picture books, including how to design lesson plans around themed units, select appropriate picture books using specific criteria, incorporate fun and engaging strategies like singing and reenacting, integrate picture-book learning to facilitate development of English language proficiency. In addition, you will gain access to a searchable online database to find just the right book for your lessons, based on author, title, genre, and English language proficiency level. With practical classroom-friendly techniques, Teaching Beginner ELLs Using Picture Books helps you transform your lessons into richly illustrated learning opportunities.

K-8 ELL Teaching Materials Covering: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary & PhonicsBuilt for Flexibility and DifferentiationPairs perfectly with the Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership where you can find loads of additional supplementary resources, worksheets, flashcards, activities, and more.Teaching newcomers and beginners with little English can be hard.You only have so much time with them and there are so many obstacles to overcome. You are pressed to find activities that are both interesting and effective. You are torn between the English they need to make good grades and the English they need to make good friends. You are a coach, preparing students for English language assessments and standardized tests, and you are a mentor, helping students navigate the stresses of a new culture and starting way behind everyone else.My goal is to help you shine in your role as an ESL teacher by providing you with engaging, unique materials that make it easier for you to differentiate, challenge, connect, and make a difference.Here is what's covered in pack 2:Phonics: Consonant Blends & Digraphs (i.e. cl, br, st, th, ch, sh, qu, etc.)Vocabulary: Common verbs, Adjectives & More (i.e. He is tall. Are you sad? What do you like to do? Which animal do you like the most? How is the weather? etc)Speaking: Common Descriptions and Wh-Questions (i.e. Do you like...? Put your...on my desk. Do you have...? I am... What color is it? etc.)Reading: Fun, simple, multi-sentence passages that strictly follow the phonics rules the students have learned up to this point.Writing: Copying multiple, slightly longer sentences.Easy-to-teach, Fun Printables, Flash Cards and Activities--Just Print and Go

In this practical book, the author encourages teachers to make more use of picture books in the language and literacy curriculum of the primary classroom. He suggests that picture books can be of immense value to teachers concerned with the development of children's literacy by making activities both purposeful and pleasurable. He argues that far from being mere illustrations, pictures are an integral part of the storytelling process.