Expanding Vocabulary with an ELL Student
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Working with individuals to develop their vocabulary has been an ongoing and necessary practice, but has taken on a new urgency with the increasing number of students who are just beginning to acquire English.
In this video, Christie works with a fourth grade student named Herman. She approaches the one-on-one conference with the usual focus on comprehension, and takes time to model a variety of vocabulary development processes and strategies that will help him reach his goal of increasing vocabulary.
Notice the high level of accountability built into the end of the conference. The amount of reading Herman will do and when they will meet again are recorded in her Conferring Notebook so Christie can keep track of her thinking as well as tomorrow's appointment.
