[LIT] students that do not speak english

[Onyx, Karen]

I'm in the same situation with a child fresh from Korea.  I'm trying to find some of our 7th and 8th graders for translations in case of emergency.
 
In the past I used some of the old Richard Scarey??? books. I'll have to find the titles.  I remember one had pictures of animals doing things and everything was labeled.  I also have 2 picture dictionaries for her.
 
Karen Onyx
Carusi Middle School
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

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I would want to find out if the children are literate in their home language, as this makes your job a bit easier than if the
children are not literate in their spoken language. Find out if there are Hebrew Day schools in your community-- they often
meet after school for study and might have some resources or suggestions for you. 

Lori

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:27 , Lisa Tierney <ldtierney at alltel.net> sent:

>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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