The classroom teacher has one ESOL student who is falling behind in all of his academic subjects. The main reason for this is because he does not comprehend English very well. The teacher has been trying everything she can think of to help him with his English proficiency. She allows him to have extra computer time on a program called i-station. This program helps him with his reading by teaching him new vocabulary words. Another thing she realized that helped him was to make him repeat important things back to her. The rehearsal process has helped the student not only with the important information but with his English proficiency. They were doing math and going over a problem that had more than one answer because she had him repeat the things she says, he was the first to tell her, “It will never be just one and it will never be them all.” This made her very happy and she was bragging about him to the other teachers at lunch. The teacher also uses a lot of visual images in her classroom not just for her ESOL students but for all of her students. The classroom is filled with chart paper that has all kinds of information on them. Some of them are reminders in math and to how to write the perfect hook in an essay. The students know where to look in the classroom for reminders because it is organized by subject. They know to look at the visual reminders before coming to ask the teacher for help. If they do not look at the reminders that is the first thing she asks them before giving them the help they need.
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