A2 lack of cultural knowledge and background that teachers take for granted (eg knowing basics of black history for black history month lessons) #ELLCHAT
#ELLCHAT 💖 2 strategies for teaching US History to ELLs we use at FCPS @fcpsnews. 1. Primary sources from the Library of Congress (photos, @LOCMaps) make great visuals. 2. SHEG @SHEG_Stanford Think Like a Historian lessons are relevant and promote higher order thinking.
A2) ELs often lack the background knowledge to independently synthesize US social studies/history. Teachers can’t make any assumptions on prior knowledge!#ellchat
#ELLCHAT 💖 2 strategies for teaching US History to ELLs we use at FCPS @fcpsnews. 1. Primary sources from the Library of Congress (photos, @LOCMaps) make great visuals. 2. SHEG @SHEG_Stanford Think Like a Historian lessons are relevant and promote higher order thinking.
A2. I think a challenge is that ELLs often lack background knowledge in SS content, especially when related to USA history. Another challenge can be the complexity of academic texts used to teach the content with minimal visuals. #ELLCHAT
A3. Use graphic organizers to make content/language comprehensible, preteach vocabulary, show video clips to build background & activate prior knowledge, the more visuals the better. #ELLCHAT
A3 I have been using articles from @Newsela They are great bc I can assign the same topic at the appropriate reading level of the students. Have made a huge difference. #ELLCHAT
@ELLevationED has an awesome resource called hanging hashtags where you compare two visuals and come up with hashtags. Easily incorporated into Hx! #ellchat
A3 The use of L1 when appropriate and available; building background knowledge; media that doesn't require a strong base of language (photographs & videos); graphic organizers; modified text levels #ELLChat
A3)Now...#ELLCHAT 💖 2 strategies for teaching US History to ELLs we use at FCPS @fcpsnews. 1. Primary sources from the Library of Congress (photos, @LOCMaps) make great visuals. 2. SHEG @SHEG_Stanford Think Like a Historian lessons are relevant and promote higher order thinking.
A3 The use of L1 when appropriate and available; building background knowledge; media that doesn't require a strong base of language (photographs & videos); graphic organizers; modified text levels #ELLChat
A3) I tell the content of the day's social studies lesson like I would tell a story using relia and photos, documents, etc to support my words. #ELLCHAT
A2 My HS ELLs struggle so much with US History! Background & context, vocab... often Ts take these things for granted in social studies & forget to preteach!! #ellchat
A4: the content the students are expected to learn. Info and background about the students country and educational background. This helps make connections. #ellchat
A4) The Ss themselves. The discussions Ss have with each other enrich social studies lessons, and make them more meaningful, than any text or article ever could! #ellchat
As previously mentioned @Newsela. Also @SkypeClassroom for Virtual Field trips and experts. Have also been using other tools for review and practice. I’m a big fan of @quizlet and @GetKahoot. #ELLCHAT
A4 https://t.co/PacLA8K80f; https://t.co/qsYYaV1oBi; Oxford Picture Dictionary for Content Areas; students' own knowledge of history, civics, geography that they can use for connecting previous experiences or understandings to new content #ELLChat
A4) I love the National Geogrpahic books on short topics with bolded vocabulary and lots of pictures. I used them extensively for social studies and science. #ELLCHAT
A3) I regularly use @Newsela too, with leveled text. Recently used articles to teach about MLK Day and to build background knowledge for #SOTU. #ELLCHAT
A3 I have been using articles from @Newsela They are great bc I can assign the same topic at the appropriate reading level of the students. Have made a huge difference. #ELLCHAT
