LEADERSHIP 2003
  Working Group 3:
  How do teachers of dual language and ESL children adapt Four Blocks?
     
  Many ESL strategies are embedded in the Four Blocks framework! It will benefit teachers to become familiar with ESL strategies and how they align with Four Blocks. We need more publications, ideas, and materials in Spanish!
  Guided Reading
   

Choral/echo reading

   
Partner reading
   
Chants, rhymes
   
Predictable charts
   
Predicatble books
   
Graphic organizers
   
Build on prior knowledge
   
Story retelling with props/puppets
   
Acting out
       
  Self-Selected Reading
   

Read-alouds

   
Shared reading (whole class/partner)
   
Picture books
       
  Writing
   
Mini-lessons
   
Shared writing
   
Teacher modeled writing
   
Pair editing
   
Sharing
       
  Working with Words
   
Round Up the Rhymes
   
Guess the Covered Word
   
Making Words
   
Word Wall
   
On-the-Back Activities
   
Post word families
   
 
   
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