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Createdtoassistinthemanagementofbehavioralproblemsinthegeneral
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who:
Elementarystudentswhoexhibitexternalizingbehaviorsandwhoare

regularlydisobedient.Particularly,thesecardsaremeantforstudents
whosebehaviorhasbecomeadisturbanceinclassfornotonlythestudents
learningbutthatofhis/herpeers.

Purpose:
Researchhasshownthatsingleinterventionsarelikelytobeshort

livedwhenitcomestostudentswithbehavioraldisorders(Vaughn,220).
Thepurposeofthesecardsistoimplementacontinuousreminderforthe
studentthattheteacheriseasilyabletosliphim/herwithout
interruptingtheclassorshamingthestudent.Researchalsoshowsthat
teachersshouldresistthetemptationtosolvestudentsproblemsforthem
(Vaughn,225).Thecarefulwordingofthesecardsallowthestudenttofind
his/herownwaytofixabehavior.

TeacherDirections:
Cutoutthecardsandlaminatethem.Pullthestudentyou

plantousethecardswithasideandtogetherdiscussguidelinesforthem.
Givethestudentexamplesofwhenhe/shemightbereceivingeachkindof
cardandwhatshouldbedonewhenoneisgivenout.Youmayevenwantto
createsomesortofpoint/rewardsystemforthecardsdependingonhowmany
greenorredcardsthestudentreceivesinadayorweek.Havethecards
accessibleduringlessonsandwithoutsayinganything,slipacardtothe
studentatyourdiscretion.

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AninclusionActivityforELLstudentsintheGeneralEducationClassroom

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ClassroomRecipeBook

Who:
GreatforELLswhoareneedinoflearningaboutAmericancultureandforteacherswho
areworkingwiththeadditiveapproach.

Purpose:
Thepurposeoftheclassroomrecipebookistojointhestudentsofageneraleducation
classroomtotheELLlearner.Byhavingeachstudentshareatleastonerecipe,theELLstudent
willlearnofculturesotherthanherownandwillgetachancetoshareherownculturewith
theotherstudents.Accordingtotheprejudicereductiondimensionofmulticulturaleducation,
studentsshouldlearntodevelopanappreciationforculturesotherthantheirown.Thisagreat
toolforteachersworkingwiththeadditiveapproachsinceitcaneasilybeaddedtothecurrent
curriculumwithouttransformingit(Vaughn,105).

TeacherDirections:
Printoutenoughrecipepagesforeachstudentintheclasstohaveone.

Sendhomeashomeworkandbindinabookonceallhavebeenreturned.Printoutcopiestogo
homewitheachstudentandencouragestudentstotrydifferentrecipesathome.

Otherwaystherecipebookcanbeused:
TaketimetocreatetheELLstudentsrecipeinclassif

possible.Haverecipethemesmultipletimesthroughouttheyear.Forexample,youcould
createarecipebookwiththetitleHowtoMakeaFriendwhereeachstudentsshareshis/her
recipeformakingafriend.ThiswillgivetheELLstudentachancetosharedifferentaspectsof
his/herculturewiththeclass.

RecipeName:____________________________________________
From:______________________________

Ingredients:

Directions:
1. _____________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________

PictureJournal

Who:
Studentsinbilingualeducationwhoarelearningenglishasasecondlanguagewhilestill
tryingtoperfecttheirnativelanguage.However,thisisalsoagreattoolforanyELL.

Purpose:
Tobuildvocabularywithfirstlanguageasafoundation.WiththisjournalELLstudents
areabletofocusonmeaningofwordsintheirnativelanguageandEnglishbywritingthe
writtendefinitioninbothlanguagesandthendrawingapictureofthewordsmeaning.
Lowbeginningstudentsdependonthingslikepicturestounderstandandtobeunderstood.
Havingasingleworddrawnoutandwritteninbothlanguageswillhelpstudentsmakethe
transitiontoEnglishonlyinstruction(Vaughn,121).

TeacherDirections:
Firstprintoutasmanycopiesasyouwantofthefollowingjournalpage.Put
togetherinabookletandwriteoutanexamplepageforthestudent.Decidehowyouwillwant
thestudenttousethejournal.Forexample,youcouldleaveituptothestudentsdiscretion,
requireadailyentry,orevenhavetherestoftheclassdoajournalentryeverysooften.This
willallowforanexchangeofknowledgewhilealsomakingtheELLstudentanexpertthe
otherstudentcanaskforhelp.

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Wordinnative
language:

WordinEnglish:

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