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Routine for newcomers
​PREMIUM

On this page, you will find videos that are appropriate for newcomers.  They can watch them every day.  They can participate with the videos.  You will also find several ideas for teaching your newcomer ELLs the basics.  

If you're teaching a class of ELLs, choose 2 or 3 to begin each lesson:


Routine (5 min): 
1. Identify and repeat the letters and letter sounds of the alphabet. 
Teacher speaks, and then scholars speak: 
A, apple, /a/; B, bat, /b/; C, cat, /c/, etc.   

Some letters warrant a gesture.  Use a large chart with visuals. 


Here is an example from a class I was teaching: 
The chart I am using is from a program called Fundations.

You may want to eventually graduate to a more difficult, more explicit method. For each letter have the students repeat chorally:
"The letter is ____."  &  "The sound is____."   

​Alternatively, you can have the students repeat:
​"A says /a/, B says /b/...."

For more advanced classes, you may just want the students to tell you the letter and sound:
​"What letter is this?"   &   "What sound does it make?"

2. Sing the Alphabet Song.     

​My version: Alphabet Song

3. Letter of the Day on SmartBoard.  Focus on words that begin with that letter.  For more advanced classes, focus on middle and final letter sounds.
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4. Review common questions and phrases.

5. Blends/Digraphs for more advanced classes.

6. 
Months of the year.
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7. Days of the week 
video song
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8. Today's date:
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The date is ____________  _____ , ________
 
or  _______/________/ _________

 
 
​9. Colors song.
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10. Shapes song.
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alternative lyrics (shapes)
alternative video (shapes)

11. Animals:
Sing “There was an old lady who swallowed a fly”   or

“Old MacDonald” 


12. Parts of the body, Simon Says, or sing “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes."
13. Weather and Seasons.
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  • Routine for Newcomers
  • ELL Testing Accommodations
  • Need Help?
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