Modifying and Accommodating Content for ESL Students
- 1. Modifying and Accommodating Content For ESL Students
- 2. My name is Samantha Wanzor and I am a current 8th grade English Language Arts teacher. I am currently finishing a Masters Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education. I am passionate about ensuring that all students receive an education that meets their needs. About The Creator
- 3. PSA! Please make sure to explore all of the links and watch the videos as they are related to the content.
- 4. Our activities Understanding the “Why” Explaining why it is important to modify and accommodate activities Ways to Modify & Accommodate Different ways that content can be modified Including The Home Language Why including the home language is important Links to Resources Links that educators can use to modify their content
- 5. Why is modifying and accommodating for ESLs important? Enhances understanding Allows students to enhance their understanding of the content. Eliminates unease in the classroom Takes away the fear that ESL students have in the classroom. Increases confidence Students will feel more confident in both language and content understanding. Expands Language Acquisition Students are about to expand their knowledge of the English Language.
- 7. Ways to Modify and Accommodate Assessments Expectations Content
- 8. 1. Provide sentence starters 2. Provide graphic organizers 3. Allow the use of translation tools 4. Visual Aids 5. Simplified language Content
- 9. Expectations 1. Less Questions 2. Different Activities 3. Alternative Assessments 4. Writing Production
- 10. Assessments ❏ Extended times ❏ Bilingual terms or glossaries (New York State Education Department) ❏ Read Aloud ❏ Sentence starters ❏ Alternative Assessments
- 11. —Kellie Woodson “In these instances, you’ll change the overall expectations of the individual student and/or make the content less complex. The goal is that this will help the student learn as much as possible while still working toward their overall learning goal (Woodson, 2023).”
- 13. “The more you allow students to engage authentically using their home language (or a combination of their home language and English), the more EL students will gain confidence and build proficiency in both languages and content mastery. (Learning Accelerator)”
- 14. The following are tools that can be used to Links
- 17. Online Resources for ESL Students https:/ /www.edutopia.org/art icle/helpful-online-resources- teaching-ells/ Links
- 18. References Leveraging language: How can students who are learning English use... Resources & Guidance from The Learning Accelerator. (n.d.). https://practices.learningaccelerator.org/problem-of-practice/leveraging-language-how-can-el-students-use-their-home-lan guage-in-a-personalized-classroom#:~:text=The%20more%20you%20allow%20students,both%20languages%20and%20 content%20mastery. Testing accommodations for English language learners. New York State Education Department. (n.d.). https://www.nysed.gov/bilingual-ed/testing-accommodations-english-language-learners Woodson, K. (2023, August 1). ESL modifications: How to set up your students for Success. FluentU English Educator Blog. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-modifications/#:~:text=Using%20Content%20Modifications%20When% 20Necessary,-There%20are%20definitely&text=In%20these%20instances%2C%20you’ll,towards%20their%20overall%20 learning%20goals.