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By Lisa
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If you have an ESL teacher *use that person*! The ESL teacher should have lots of materials, resources, and ideas. As other people have said, he should be fine in math. For science and social studies, do you have any | other students who speak Spanish and can translate things for him, or can you get access to Spanish versions of the textbooks? With reading/language arts, do NOT just give him the material and hope for someone to translate it. Work with your ESL teacher or someone else to find materials that will meet his needs. I subbed for an ESL teacher awhile ago, and had a non-English speaking | |
student that I worked with. His teacher would send him for tutoring on worksheets that involved grammar rules that he wasn't ready to learn yet and would do him no good until he improved his vocabulary and the basics. I remember trying to work with him on contractions- how could I explain what a contraction was when he didn't know any of the words that made up contractions? The biggest piece of advice I have is to be patient and work with him. Kids like him want to catch up so badly, and are willing to work to improve. Don't look badly at him because he was copying, and don't look down upon him because he can't do everything you wish he could. Support him and give him time! Lisa, bilingual teacher
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