Welcome Spring with this lesson on growing flowers for your young English language learners. Teach students to record observations in a journal as they watch their plants grow from seedling to flower. Simple awareness on the part of mainstream staff members will help them deal more effectively with cross-cultural dissension. Stimulate imagination and develop oral language with this creative lesson.
Content based instruction and cooperative groups spell success for English language learners.
Sensitize mainstream students to newcomer challenges. ELLs need to negotiate meaning through interactions with fluent English speakers. This exchange provides second language learners with corrective feedback and knowledge about how to communicate their ideas. The children in the Yang family want to adapt to American culture, but their parents stick to Chinese customs. Meet Yang the Youngest, Yang the Second, Yang the Third, and Yang the Eldest and experience multicultural America firsthand.