Spanish Language Arts
Students see instantly how words come together when you pull syllables from the El centro de las sílabas (Spanish Syllables Pocket Chart) and demonstrate how to combine them into words. Then give students a chance to build words on their own or in small groups. Once they master syllable combinations, encourage them to use the Reading Rods® Fonética y vocabulario (Phonics & Vocabulary) Kit to identify unique sounds and make words, rhymes, plurals and more.  Be sure to leave time for play because group games like Mar de sílabas™ (Sea of Syllables) give opportunities to practice in fun social settings. 

Math for ELLs
Working with color tiles, pattern blocks, tangrams and geoboards feels like play. That’s why students pay closer attention when the teacher uses them along with lessons from the Hands-On Standards: Photo-Illustrated Lessons for Teaching with Math Manipulatives, Grades 1-2 to teach early math skills.  Let your students get a feel for the concepts of counting, measuring and performing operations in hands-on centers. Then they can use Radius™ Audio Learning System and Radius™ CD Card Set for English Language Learners: Math Concepts & Vocabulary in centers to help label their discoveries with the correct mathematical terms and hear how content-area vocabulary words are pronounced. 

To assess skill levels, let students write or draw in journals. For a challenging reward, students can play games that require them to apply what they know.  Check out the games section for games that target specific math skills you would like your students to practice.

Vocabulary & Grammar for ELLs
Small groups give children a safe place to work on communication skills.  Sit a few children together in a center and use Reading Rods® for ELLs Language Patterns & Vocabulary Kit to show them how to tell stories about the pictures using the dialogue and activity cards to help. Then have students use Reading Rods® for ELLs Vocabulary-based Themed Readers to reinforce the vocabulary and grammar concepts during individual practice. Finally, have them listen to the Reading Mentor® to practice their pronunciation and establish appropriate phrasing and sentence patterns.

Dual Language Programs
There’s more than one way to say cat. Show how two words can represent a single object by teaming the Alphabet Center Pocket Chart with El centro del alfabeto (Spanish Alphabet Center Pocket Chart). Naming the same object in two languages helps students recognize and be alert to the crossover between the languages.

Send them off with partners and Reading Rods® to the spiral-bound Alphabet Big Book and El libro grande del alfabeto (Spanish Alphabet Big Book) to practice word-building with words taken from their reading.  Words are color-coded to match the Rods so students self-check easily.