Sentence starters / Sentence frames:
These are helpful for giving ELLs a concrete way of starting a conversation or for answering a question. They may be differentiated for their English level.
For example:
Beginning (Entering): I like to eat ___________.
Intermediate (Emerging/Transitioning): I like ____________, but I don’t like ___________.
Advanced (Expanding): In my opinion, ___________ are better than _________, because ___________________________.
Click HERE to watch an interesting video from teachingchannel.org about using sentence frames!
These are helpful for giving ELLs a concrete way of starting a conversation or for answering a question. They may be differentiated for their English level.
For example:
Beginning (Entering): I like to eat ___________.
Intermediate (Emerging/Transitioning): I like ____________, but I don’t like ___________.
Advanced (Expanding): In my opinion, ___________ are better than _________, because ___________________________.
Click HERE to watch an interesting video from teachingchannel.org about using sentence frames!
An example from a kindergarten lesson comparing shapes.