All children have diverse learning styles. This is especially true for English Language Learners. As a teacher it is important that I am knowledgeable of my students(scholars) and use differentiated instruction as needed. Differentiated instruction is a teaching method in which teachers adapt their instructions to accommodate a variety of learning needs.
My goal is to become a Kindergarten Teacher and I will be teaching the foundations, English, Math, Writing, Science... I will introduce my lesson plan and show how I will accommodate 4 of the learning stages of acquisitions.
I will use as an example teaching my scholars the letters of the Alphabet. In the beginning I will have all the scholars sitting in one group and read them a story. The Story I will use is "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" For the Pre-Production stage which is known as the silent stage reading a story to them is great. This is when they observe and absorb the most. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a very colorful book with great illustrations, and it allows the children to get involved which creates a fun and relax atmosphere for all the scholars. Afterwards I will choose a scholar whose is at the Early Production stage to come to me and pull out a flash card I have that will introduce the letter of the day. The letter for today's lesson will be "J". The Early production stage is when the individual begins to use short words and sentences. I will say the letter J and ask my scholar to repeat the letter. Then in turn I will ask the rest of the group to say the letter J together. This still will help my Pre-Production stage learners because they are absorbing and are very observant and may repeat what the other scholars are saying. The letter J with its sound and a symbol of a Jacket will be on the flash card. Before I transition the scholars into individual groups I will have them stand for a short movement break, and will play a Letter J song from Sesame Street. Scholars at any stage still need visual and songs are a great tool for memorization. The movement break also gives a time to stretch so they are able to sit and pay attention for the individual groups. Here is a link to the video. Who doesn't learn better with Elmo? https://youtu.be/mC7jki5cJ24
Once the scholars are in their groups I will pass out worksheets according to the stages.
For my Pre-Production group they will have a letter J to color. This way they are in a group and coloring the letter but they do not have to speak. As I hand out the sheet I will ask each scholar in that group to point to the letter J. My Early Production group will have work sheet with the letter J, but they will be able to color, trace, and write the letter a few times. It will also have an activity where they will have to find the letter J and circle it. Early Production stage scholars can use short word and sentences. They still emphasize on listening and absorbing. For my Speech Emergent Group they will have picture books about the letter J and various pictures that coincide with it. In this group speech becomes more frequent and words and sentences become longer. Their vocabulary continues to increase. At this stage they are able to finger point to words as they read. I would sit with this group and have them take turns reading the A level picture book about J. I can also download and print "printable reading books" about the letter J. This will also allow the scholar to practice writing vocabulary with the letter J as well. My Intermediate Fluency group are a little more independent and will be able to create their own sentences with words that start with the letter J. This group is more fluent. They will be able to demonstrate higher order thinking skills like problem solving. This group will be able to use software like Accelerated Reading. Where they will read a story about words that begin with the letter J and answer short questions in regards to the story.
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