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    The document provides tips for helping newcomer students adjust to American schools. It emphasizes giving students time to adjust to their new environment and using visual aids and gestures to enhance language learning. Strategies suggested include incorporating labels, using visuals in instruction, and Total Physical Response and Whole Brain Teaching techniques that connect words and concepts to movements. Resources highlighted for newcomers include vocabulary, phonetic sound charts, decodable texts, classroom labels, survival flashcards, and visual cue cards.

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    The document provides tips for helping newcomer students adjust to American schools. It emphasizes giving students time to adjust to their new environment and using visual aids and gestures to enhance language learning. Strategies suggested include incorporating labels, using visuals in instruction, and Total Physical Response and Whole Brain Teaching techniques that connect words and concepts to movements. Resources highlighted for newcomers include vocabulary, phonetic sound charts, decodable texts, classroom labels, survival flashcards, and visual cue cards.

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    Newcomer Tips and Tricks

    What is a newcomer? IMPORTANT NOTE:


    A newcomer is a student that It's easy to become focused on
    has newly arrived (within a what the student can't do or
    year) from another country. how to help them, but it is
    Their experience with the important to slow down and
    American school system and give the student time to adjust
    English varies. and take it all in!

    Strategies:
    Incorporate labels around the classroom to increase
    student's school vocabulary.
    Increase the amount of visuals used in daily instruction.
    Visuals enhance an ELL's ability to connect to the content.
    Total Physical Response (TPR): A strategy to teach
    language or vocabulary by using movement or gestures to
    connect to a specific concept.
    Whole Brain Teaching (Mirroring Strategy): Students will
    mirror teacher's actions and words. Keep the language
    simple and concise! (Example: The teacher and students
    say, "Problem is what went wrong" while making a X with
    their arms.)

    Newcomer Tips and Tricks


    Highlighted Resources:
    Vocabulary
    Office

    Phonetic Decodable
    Sound Chart Texts
    Classroom Labels

    Survival Flashcards

    Visual Cue Cards

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