Activities:
Read to and Snack:
- Emperor Penguins
Brain Break:
- Playground
- Playdoh
- Hallway games
Learning Materials
- Working on information and general questions. The currently only knows yes and no questions.
- Information Questions: Information questions are asked with the question words what, where, when, how, why, and which. These questions require longer answers to provide the specific information requested.
- General Questions: General questions are questions we ask to help us start a conversation or keep the conversation going. Here are some common general questions:
- ELL Match Question and Answer worksheet
- Short stories with comprehension questions - Science-based readings because he enjoys science
Information
This week I learned that my second-grade level material in English was too hard for Christopher. I had him working on reading one-page stories and answering comprehension questions. On Tuesday I tried to give him the comprehension questions in English, and he didn't understand. On Thursday I had my friend who came to translate for us, ask him the question in Spanish. This helped a little but both times he only got 4 out of 10 comprehension questions right and got frustrated near the end. I am no longer going to use these sheets with him. He read the story just fine but couldn't comprehend much of what he was reading.
I am going to take a new approach next week of working on taking phrases and sentences and making sure he understands what they mean in English and Spanish. I am going to look for worksheets and flashcards to help him with this. I plan to continue to have him make a character or object from the book I read out loud to him from the book after I read to him because it shows me he understands parts of what I am reading to him and he enjoys doing it.
Information Translated
Esta semana aprendí que mi material de nivel de segundo grado en inglés era demasiado difícil para Christopher. Lo tenía trabajando leyendo historias de una página y respondiendo preguntas de comprensión. El martes traté de hacerle las preguntas de comprensión en inglés, y él no entendió. El jueves tuve un amigo que vino a traducir para nosotros y le hice la pregunta en español. Esto ayudó un poco, pero en ambas ocasiones solo obtuvo 4 de 10 preguntas de comprensión correctas y se frustró cerca del final. Ya no voy a usar estas sábanas con él. Leyó la historia muy bien, pero no pudo comprender mucho de lo que estaba leyendo.This week I learned that my second-grade level material in English was too hard for Christopher. I had him working on reading one-page stories and answering comprehension questions. On Tuesday I tried to give him the comprehension questions in English, and he didn't understand. On Thursday I had my friend who came to translate for us, ask him the question in Spanish. This helped a little but both times he only got 4 out of 10 comprehension questions right and got frustrated near the end. I am no longer going to use these sheets with him. He read the story just fine but couldn't comprehend much of what he was reading.
La próxima semana voy a adoptar un nuevo enfoque para trabajar en la toma de frases y oraciones y asegurarme de que comprenda lo que significan en inglés y español. Voy a buscar hojas de trabajo y tarjetas para ayudarlo con esto. Pienso seguir tenerlo hacer un personaje u objeto del libro que leí en voz alta a él desde el libro después de leer a él porque me demuestra que entiende partes de lo que estoy leyendo a él y le gusta hacerlo.
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