Reflection Of The Ell Student

It was playtime for the class. My first real experience with classroom management was when a little boy by the name of Tranell did not want to share the toy phone with his classmate who was a girl. I went up to Tranell and ask him “Can she have a turn with the phone?”. He nodded his head and let her have the phone for a little while. But as soon as my back was turned he snatched the phone back from her and she began crying. During this time, I told his teacher about and she told him to give it back to her. Tranell gave it to her, but sudden he began crying. He loved the toy phone so much that he literally would take it and keep in his pocket. When play time was over, I informed Mrs. Gain, Mrs. Pace classroom helper of what Tranell had done. She told me that he takes and keeps the toy phone in his pocket all the time and she will let Mrs. Pace know about it. After playtime it was time for them to go the

School is a place where individuals grow, develop, and explore their future interests. This necessitates that the classroom is an environment where students feel supported, respected, and competent. I

presence in class, told him to keep quiet, and publicly insulted him about his hardship

There was a new language and new people. The first school there was to enroll there was no acceptance for a third grades with no knowledge of a six grader. The lower grades were in vacations, there was no way to get in the school as a third grader. The next school that was chosen was a temporary one; the wait for the normal one would affect studies. In the school everyone was kind even though the first day was confusing and getting lost was easy since the language was different. The office ladies knew how to speak Spanish and English. The first day in class everyone was nice, teachers were helpful even thought they didn’t know any other language other than

Based on the observation, yes the student were aware on the language and content that was being used to access the activity. The children were asking questions and observing the examples giving to do the activity lesson; and there were assistant when they had difficulties. During the lesson there were a few children who needed more help trying to figure out what to do; because they were not getting it. The language the teacher used and the content was clear and consist of every detail, to understand what she was teaching and what she wanted them to learn.

As a result of the location of the school in a suburban community, the parents are very actively involved in the school. As a result of the active of the supportive parents in the community, the students arrived every day with a smile on their faces and generally prepared for learning. However, as with

The fact that ELL student’s are given the exact same educational services provided to native English speaker, seem to be very unfair for the ELL student’s and instead of helping the ELL students to succeed academically we are preventing them from succeeding in their classes. When I was reading this section I couldn’t stop thinking about the video that we saw in class, the student was very smart but the fact that he couldn’t understand the material being taught, this was preventing him from showing how brilliant and smart he is. Just imagine how many brilliant ELL students can’t succeed in class because they don’t understand the language of the instruction.

I had an opportunity to meet the ELL teacher who is responsible for educating ELL students in the district. She allowed me to observe her teaching a couple of her students at Brighton Elementary School. The teacher informed me that she teach ELL students using Scholastic books and a Scholastic app. Additionally, she informed me that the scholastic app is usually used to help students replace missing words in a sentence, and also assist students with pronunciation, punctuation, & comprehension. The students were able to tap on a word and the computer would pronounce the word. The teacher had several strategies that she utilize in her classroom to help students understand the English as their second language, for instance, she mentioned

Anthony Perez enjoys coming to school, and likes to see his friends and hang out with them. He likes his classes that he has this year, because they are good classes to learn something, but sometimes school can get hard because of the tests and projects. Anthony likes coming to Chino Hills High School, because the school does a good job making the school great and keeping it clean. Anthony believes that while in school if you do not do the work, and do not try you will have a hard time doing well in school. It is a challenge, and it can be really difficult if you put in no effort into what you do.

Andres Hernandez was fourteen years old when he moved from Venezuela to America. He moved to America because his father’s job was transferred to America and Venezuela was no longer safe for him and his family due to the lack of security and the multiple riots. When I asked Andres his thoughts on the opportunity on moving to America he answered “ Yes, now I have a chance to achieve my goals”. Andres’s goals are to go to Harvard and attend medical school to become a surgeon. School is very important to Andres and he has experienced two different school systems, in America and Venezuela. When I asked him the difference between schools he responded “ American school’s are easier academically and you have the chance to pick the courses you want

This is actually the first time i've felt welcomed in a school. Almost all the teachers are there to help and answer your questions if you have no clue but most importantly they are all there for the same reason and that reason is to help the students. All the teachers want to see the students succeed and improve. Honestly the location of the school is not the best but the teachers make the best out of it. The school recently invested in a safe security system and the school has many beautiful cesar chavez

Another challenge immigrant students face is trying to get and maintain good grades with lack of sufficient help and parental support. Immigrant parents often times have to work long hours in more than one jobs in order to sustain their families. School aged children suffer because they do not get the encouragement they need at home and neither do they get it at school. As with Marissa’s case, she is not able to get assistance at school. Among the issues immigrant students face in urban education, are low self-esteem, stereotyping and lack of support at home and in

The student make-up of the class consisted of three African American females, two African American males, one Caucasian male, two African American/Caucasian males, and two Hispanic male students. Three of the students are in third grade, four are in fourth grade, and four are in fifth grade. There are no ELL students, nor students with physical challenges. One African American male wore glasses for his vision, other than that, there were no noteworthy

I have seen both types of assessments when I worked as a special education assistant with ELL students with special needs. It seems to me that formative assessment is the one which can be the most useful for ELL students as it is a kind of instructional strategy which is used to enhance a teacher’s instruction and improve students’ learning. I would also say that it is a planned process rather than a single test, wherein the results are used to meet students’ academic needs by monitoring students’ comprehension and targeting knowledge any gaps students may be displaying. Formative assessment also allows students to communicate in a variety of ways; they can use gestures, pictures, semantic maps, their first language, etc. Teachers should keep

Overall, I am even more motivated as a student support teacher in reading and ELL to increase the intensity of my lessons of alphabet knowledge and phonological awareness. It is really a big eye opener to the quality of my own explicit instruction with my EL students to better prepare them to being lifelong learners. I am more aware of building upon their strengths and recognizing their weaknesses while developing language-specific concepts and knowledge.