Clips & Tips

For inspiration on how to reach our ESL learners, this quick read will give many ideas:

• https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/phonics-instruction-middle-and-high-school-ells

The above blog post referred to this resource that targets adolescents with literacy needs whether they are second language learners or not. This resource helps understand what good readers do, then describes the struggles of those who don’t read well. Most importantly, the article recommends specific strategies for supporting classroom learning within the context of their subject area:

• https://www.adlit.org/topics/phonics-word-study-decoding/key-literacy-component-decoding