English Language Learners in Rural Schools: Designing and Delivering Instruction

1. English Language Learners in Rural Schools: Designing and Delivering Instruction Jane Manner, East Carolina University Diane Rodriguez, East Carolina University Maria Delgado, East Carolina University Yvonne Hardy, East Carolina University Wendy Piro, East Carolina University

2. Connecting with your students Student Biography Cards Interest Surveys Home Visits

3. Connecting with your students Cultural MindMaps Students’ T-shirts Student Artwork

4. Connecting with your students (Cultural MindMaps)

5. Connecting with your students Culture Bears Country of origin/Birthplace Countries lived in Strengths Cultural traditions/holidays/celebrations Dress, Foods, Religion Languages Interest Talents Family Age you came to United States/NC Personal goals(career, marriage, etc) Struggles/Challenges Traditional clothes Most difficult adjustment Fears

6. Setting Your Students Up For Success Language and Content Objectives posted daily (Bilingual) Cooperative Learning Groups

7. Setting Your Students Up For Success Using Multiple Intelligence: Gardner, H. (1999) Visuals Cognates

8. Learning Strategies to Lower Your Students’ Affective Filters Map Projections- “Orange Activity”

9. Learning Strategies to Lower Your Students’ Affective Filters Tic Tac Tell (Vocabulary)

10. Learning Strategies to Lower Your Students’ Affective Filters Vocabulary Quilt/Foldable

11. Learning Strategies to Lower Your Students’ Affective Filters Demonstrations Experiments

12. Learning Strategies to Lower Your Students’ Affective Filters Bomba (Spelling/Warm-up)

13. Learning Strategies to Lower Your Students’ Affective Filters Hands-On Activities Graphic Organizers Interactive Notebooks

14. Questions ¿Preguntas?

15. Gardner, H. (1999). Intelligence reframed: Multiple intelligences for the 21st century. New York: Basic Books. Herrera, S., Murry, K. (2005) Mastering ESL and Bilingual Methods, Boston: Pearson. Herrera, S., Murry, K., Cabral, R. (2007) Assessment Accommodations For Classroom Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student, Boston: Pearson. The learning strategies contained in this presentation have been adapted to fit our classroom instruction and students’ needs. Learning strategies have been gained from the instruction and lesson materials within the Project LEAP coursework. The above listed textbooks are references to where more information about the learning strategies presented in this presentation can be found. Resources