Though this topic hits home, it's somewhat unclear to me how to teach ELLs because I've never been taught. Last trimester I had a student who mainly spoke Spanish. I paired him up with a bilingual student because he was too shy to ask me questions during the lesson (which is understandable). During the last 20 minutes of class I would have the students break into groups and practice math. Though I went around the classroom to help everyone, this was the time when I would occasionally sit with him and teach him math (translating from English to Spanish). I wanted to help him more, so I asked him to see me after school for additional tutoring, but he was not interested.
Now I'm wondering what I would do if a student speaks another language other than Spanish?
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How annoying. I had a comment on this post earlier and it got lost. Well, it will make you happy to know (ha ha) that we will be spending lots more time on this topic this year-- and you will have an entire book to work with that is devoted to this topic! Your strategy of pairing the student with another student to support him is a good idea-- it also cuts down on the stress for the student if he has a peer support.
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