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Step by Step
Activities
Reflection
Objectives
Content Objectives:
-SWBAT Use books or the internet to locate information on nonfiction topics
Language Objectives:
- SWBAT Individually share a fact they gained from the text out loud to their group
- SWBAT to create 5 facts about the topic, then verbally share them with the class
What is it?
A strategy used to help ELLs when reading for information
Provides students of all reading abilities to participate in research on a
specific topic
The teacher selects about 4-5 different texts for students of various reading
levels on 1 specific topic. Students then search for information in their texts,
each becoming an expert, and have a group discussion of what information
they found.
How this strategy supports ELLs
ELL students are not isolated to their own groups, rather they have the
opportunity to work with native English speakers
English language learners may contribute to the collaborative effort by
drawing a visual to represent the main points of the collaborative research.
This allows them to provide a translation of the information by reporting orally
to the group if there are other students who share the same home language.
They have texts with simpler language and illustrations.
Step By Step
Students are broken into small groups to read on a topic (varying abilities)
Once each student completes the book they are given they will compile the
information they learned into a data chart
Steps: