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    Diverse Learners: Supporting ELL

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    The document discusses strategies for supporting diverse learners in the classroom, including English language learners (ELLs) and children with exceptionalities. It recommends that classrooms provide materials in students' home languages to reflect their cultures. It also suggests differentiating instruction for each child's needs, implementing universal design to support all learners, and ensuring the classroom environment is accessible for students with physical needs. Teachers should get to know each student well to understand their developmental and educational requirements.

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    The document discusses strategies for supporting diverse learners in the classroom, including English language learners (ELLs) and children with exceptionalities. It recommends that classrooms provide materials in students' home languages to reflect their cultures. It also suggests differentiating instruction for each child's needs, implementing universal design to support all learners, and ensuring the classroom environment is accessible for students with physical needs. Teachers should get to know each student well to understand their developmental and educational requirements.

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    The document discusses strategies for supporting diverse learners in the classroom, including English language learners (ELLs) and children with exceptionalities. It recommends that classrooms provide materials in students' home languages to reflect their cultures. It also suggests differentiating instruction for each child's needs, implementing universal design to support all learners, and ensuring the classroom environment is accessible for students with physical needs. Teachers should get to know each student well to understand their developmental and educational requirements.

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    Diverse Learners: Supporting ELL

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    The document discusses strategies for supporting diverse learners in the classroom, including English language learners (ELLs) and children with exceptionalities. It recommends that classrooms provide materials in students' home languages to reflect their cultures. It also suggests differentiating instruction for each child's needs, implementing universal design to support all learners, and ensuring the classroom environment is accessible for students with physical needs. Teachers should get to know each student well to understand their developmental and educational requirements.

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    MODIFICATIONS UNIVERSAL DESIGN LANGUAGE SUPPORT DIFFERENTIATION

    CHANGING ELEMENTS IMPLEMENTING REPRESENTING KNOWING THE NEEDS OF


    OF YOUR PROGRAM OR STRATEGIES THAT HELP DIFFERENT LANGUAGES EACH CHILD AND
    ENVIRONMENT

    DIVERSE LEARNERS
    Supporting ELL
    Classrooms in Toronto are diverse learning environments.
    Many students have multiple languages and some students
    come to the classroom with emerging English language skills.
    Classrooms must be set up to support these burgeoning skills.
    The classroom environment should be rich with text in both
    English and the student’s home languages. There should be
    books and materials available that reflects the children’s
    cultures and home languages. Parents can be invited to share
    resources with the class, including books, magazines and even food packages (for use in the
    drama centre) that feature the child’s home language. The classroom can have a word wall that
    contains both words in English and words translated into the children’s home languages.
    Teachers need to be prepared to work one to one with ELL students and differentiate the work
    according to their needs. Extra time can be devoted to building vocabulary and understanding
    before read-alouds or teaching circles to build confidence and bolster self-esteem. Teachers can
    also model language for ELL during play experiences. Play is a comfortable time for children to
    practice and use new vocabulary in a safe and fun environment.

    Supporting Children with Exceptionalities


    Children are diverse; they bring different cultural backgrounds, languages, experiences,
    knowledge and needs! We need to truly get to know our students to find out how best to
    understand and respond to their developmental and educational needs. We must differentiate
    instruction for each child, enabling them to learn comfortably within their zone of proximal
    development. We have to make learning accessible for all our students, by making sure the
    classroom and the content of our lessons reflect our student’s diversity. The physical environment
    must also be accessible depending on the children’s psychical
    needs. Universal design is a great strategy to implement
    changes to the program or the environment that supports all
    learners. We can also make sure our instruction has visual
    supports and that we provide a structured environment
    where children can rely on the predictable schedule. We can
    use assistive technology to provide access of learning to all
    students. Additionally, we must assess the environment and
    content of lessons for sensory stressors to ensure that all
    student’s sensory preferences and needs are met.

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