Strategies for enhancing instruction through planning
Predictable routines and signals : reducing anxiety
Visual scaffolding : providing language support through visual images
Realia strategies : connecting language acquisition to the real world
Interactive read-aloud : reading designed to support understanding
Advance organizers : getting the mind in gear for instruction
Preview/review : building vocabulary and concepts to support understanding
Language focus lessons : planning lessons to support the acquisition of English vocabulary and structures
Academic language scaffolding : supporting student use of language in academic settings
Language framework planning : creating a framework for language success
Skills grouping : planning for more individualized instruction
Strategies for supporting student involvement
Total physical response : integrating movement into language acquisition
Shared reading : demonstrating how reading works
Leveled questions : adjusting questioning strategies to the language levels of students
Manipulative strategies : using objects to connect concepts
Partner work : practicing verbal interaction
Communication games : creating opportunities for verbal interaction
Bilingual books and labels : supporting biliteracy awareness
Cooperative learning : group interactions to accomplish goals
Culture studies : learning research skills and valuing home cultures in one project
Learning centers : extending learning through hands-on practice
Imaging : creating visual pictures to support understanding
Integrated curriculum projects : using authentic projects to bring knowledge together
Sorting activities : organizing information into categories
Collaborative reading : what to do when they can't read the textbook
Multimedia presentations : oral reports for the new millennium
Reciprocal teaching group : group work with an interactive structure
Strategies for building vocabulary and fluency
Modeled talk : showing while you talk
Reporting back : verbal practice in curricular connections
Vocabulary role play : building vocabulary through dramatization
Vocabulary processing : a multistrategy approach to building and using vocabulary
Word walls : displaying and organizing words for easy access
Story reenactment : making stories come to life!
Scripting : practicing verbal interactions
Talk show : practicing verbal communication to build confidence, vocabulary, and comprehension
Writing workshop : supporting the acquisition of English writing competence
Strategies for building comprehension
Read-aloud plus : supporting understanding while teaching comprehension strategies
Language experience approach : building on an experience to create a written account
Interactive writing : developing writing skills through active scaffolding
Guided reading : providing individual support within a group setting
Interactive comprehension building : using technology to build background knowledge
Cloze : using context to create meaning
Attribute charting : organizing information to support understanding
Cohesion links : understanding the glue that holds paragraphs together
Learning strategy instruction : acquiring self-help skills
Dictoglos : a strategy for improving listening and oral communication skills
Free voluntary reading : nothing helps reading like reading
Repetition and innovation : getting to deep comprehension through multiple interactions with a book
GIST : exploring tough text
Syntax surgery : visually manipulating English grammar
Multiple intelligences strategies : teaching and testing to student-preferred learning modes.