English as an Additional Language (EAL) Parent Workshop Venus Lee and Lynn Xie

Organization of EAL groups at RP Venus Lee Year 1 Beginner 8:00-9:30 Year 4 Intermediate 11:00-12:30 Lynn Xie Year 1/2 Beginner 8:00-9:30 Year 3 Advanced 11:00-12:30 Lydia Tkaczuk Year 1 Intermedite 8:00-9:30 Year 4 Advanced 11:00-12:30

EAL Programme Four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening From the National Curriculum for England EAL students learn the same English language concepts as in the mainstream.

Importance of the Mother Tongue The level of development of children’s mother tongue is a strong predictor of their second language development. Children who come to school with a solid foundation in their mother tongue develops stronger literacy abilities in the school language. Jim Cummins University of Toronto (2000)

At Home Developing their native language first will help promote English language and literacy. Age appropriate books - written in the native language and second language.

Get Reading Right Unit 1: s m c t g p a o Unit 2: r l d b f s h i u Unit 3: v w y z j n k e Unit 4: ll ss ff zz Unit 5: sh ch wh th Unit 6: ck ng qu

Get Reading Right Camera Words Unit 1: I the was to are she Unit 2: day of a he today for Unit 3: all is me no they said Unit 4: you play this come my have Unit 5: like do says what going give Unit 6: away see look very once we

Camera Word Learning Increases fluency in reading. Tricky words do not correspond with phonetic patterns. Regular practise is necessary. Here are some strategies –Snap games with sight words –Find words in the real texts –Hangman

Helping Your Child at Home Reading at Home – Three Important Steps –Pre-reading –During reading –After reading activities

STEP ONE Pre-reading –Picture walk –Make connections with what your child already knows –Identify letters and sounds and high- frequency words in the story.

STEP TWO During Reading Share the responsibility for reading. Child chimes in on predictable parts. Pretend to make a mistake and child corrects you. Prompting strategies -reading along with fingers -what would make sense here -what does the word start with -do you see the word inside the word.

STEP TWO Encouraging Good Reading –I like the way you are using your finger when you are reading. –I love the way you are looking at the picture for clues. –I am glad that you notice the word you tried the first time didn’t make sense in the sentence.

STEP THREE After reading activities –Change the title or the ending of the story. –Pick a word to create rhyming words for. –Identify/Draw a picture of favourite part. –Write a sentence(s) to describe the picture. –Re-tell the story using words like first, next, then and finally. –Act out a scene in the story.

Helpful Resources for Home Good English Picture Dictionary at home School library Parent Online: Use the computer at home for English activities.

Writing Write for a purpose with your child –Make writing handy by creating a box with special stickers and note pads, pens and pencils, coloured paper. –Make lists – shopping list, packing list –Postcards –Journal – about vacations

ONLINE ACTIVITIES ctionary.htmlwww.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/di ctionary.html