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HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Classroom Recommendations

المؤلف:  Jane D. Hill Kathleen M. Flynn

المصدر:  Classroom Instruction that works with English Language Learners

الجزء والصفحة:  P84-C8

2025-09-13

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HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE

Classroom Recommendations

Classroom Instruction That Works suggests three approaches to classroom practice with this strategy.

1. Ask students to chart their speed and accuracy. Some skills depend on speed, and some depend on accuracy. Telling time is a skill requiring both speed and accuracy; converting metrics to standard English measurement requires accuracy but not speed. This recommendation would not apply to early- to mid-stage ELLs, but it can be introduced to Intermediate Fluency students and used with Advanced Fluency students.

2. Design practice that focuses on specific elements of a complex skill or process. For example, if there is a particularly difficult skill in the reading or writing process for ELLs, give them assignments that work on strengthening that one aspect.

3. Plan time for students to increase their conceptual understanding of skills or processes. There is no way to become truly fluent at a task if automaticity is not accompanied by background understanding. The reasoning behind the skill or process will need to be made explicit for ELLs; this can be accomplished through think-alouds, which let teachers use the language of reasoning as they perform and describe the steps required for a particular skill. Think-alouds contribute to conceptual understanding for ELLs.