One day, shortly after the Columbine, CO shootings, the elementary school decided to have am active shooter drill. The morning it happened, I had six non-English speakers in my room. Because of the language barrier, I could not explain what, why and how the drill works. Instead, after locking my classroom door, I had to model what we had to do. I demonstrated to the students how to get under their desks and cover their heads to hide from the shooter. The students thought I was a little crazy, but they followed directions.
ESL advice for the day:
Pre-teach important vocabulary:
- Write ELL friendly definitions and post them in the room
- Choose different strategies to teach the words
- Ask your ESL teacher or English teacher to give you ideas on how to teach the words
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