Many
times ESOL children need to reread books to improve their reading fluency. My
school is all about fluency. Children need so much time to read books in order
to increase that fluency. The backpack idea mentioned by Peregoy and Boyle
(2013) is a great one. My daughter’s kindergarten class had many individual
books made at school. The books then came home for children to practice their
reading. I would like to twist this idea, and have my students create their own
books to take home and read. If they did not return them, it would not be a
problem.
I
am not currently teaching reading, so I have not made any class books. Having
the books children make added to the classroom library is definitely
worthwhile. This idea will be utilized in my classroom once I teach reading. This
made me think about having children make a book of math concepts for the next
unit.
Families
should be involved with their child’s reading. Peregoy and Boyle (2013)
mentioned teaching families of ELs different read-aloud techniques. This is
such a great idea. I am also trying to figure out how to encourage my school to
offer English classes for the families of the ELs. So many of the students in
the EL program at my school do not speak any English, and therefore, cannot
help their child/children with reading. Many of the students have not heard reading
in their native language. They certainly have not written anything in their L1.
Students read better, when they have experience in their L1.
I currently teach kindergarten and my kids love making books too. They've made little books about MLK, George Washington, and Lincoln and they keep them in their reading bags to bring home and share like your daughter's class. We've also made a few class books that are now in our classroom library and they literally fight over them during reader's workshop.
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