[LIT] students that do not speak english

[Lisa Tierney]

I had that experience when I taught reading a few years ago.  Our ESOL 
teacher suggested that I get them some Kindergarten workbooks that had 
the picture and the English word.  I did as she said and, along with 
ESOL, it did seem to help them learn English words.  As for teaching 
them to read?  The best I could do was get them Spanish copies of the 
books we were reading.  That really didn't help them much since their 
reading skills were far below their sixth grade level.  As for you 
students, I'm not so sure about finding books in Chinese or Hebrew (That 
is what the child from Israel speaks, isn't it?)
Lisa T.

FineArt11 at aol.com wrote:

>any suggestions for students that do not speak english at all?  I have  two, 
>one from China and one from Israel.  I love our diverse population in  south 
>Florida, but it has its challenges. I do not mind at all, I just want to  give 
>these kids a good start.  Thanks!!!  Oh...they are 9th graders  and I teach 
>reading.  
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