Elementary Language Development & Fluency

PreK–23–5
Written By FULCRUM

Grade: 2

School: P.S. 109, The Sedgwick School

Location: Bronx, New York

Instructor: Leonor Delgado & Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan

What makes this a strong model?

  • Intentional integration of language and literacy, weaving vocabulary and oral language practice into the fluency lesson by asking students to define words, use them in complete sentences, and act them out with visuals and gestures

  • Strong scaffolding for English learners, highlighting how providing wait time, prompting with sentence frames, and explicitly discussing sounds and meaning (e.g., rhyming, word endings, synonyms) supports multilingual learners

  • Allowing fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension to reinforce one another by targeting reading accuracy, as well as story retelling and comprehension skills, building confidence using academic language

Source: Reading Universe

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