Level+1

__**1. Beginning Stage (<6 months)**__ __**Possible Strategies for Level one Students:**__ > Interactive reading __Possible groupings for Level One students.__ Mixed with fluent English speakers. Appropriate for hands-on, concrete activities not conceptually demanding. Mixed with one or more student from the same native language background. Appropriate for conceptually demanding or abstract content, when the students’ English is not sufficiently developed.
 * May remain silent/active listening
 * Uses gestures to convey a message
 * Yes/No Responses predominantly
 * Gives 1- to 2-word expressions
 * Follows oral directions when modeled
 * Students can progress as quickly as a few weeks but they can be in this stage for up to 1 1/2 years.
 * Even if a student cannot speak the language DOES NOT mean they don't understand.
 * Sometimes it is necessary to help a student by speaking their native language if the translations do not make sense.
 * Total Physical Response
 * Use of pictures and realia
 * Progressive questioning
 * Dialogs
 * Role-play
 * Structured language elicitation activities
 * Read-aloud/think aloud activities
 * Shared reading Word sorts
 * Use of graphic organizers: clusters, charts, diagrams
 * Literary response journals
 * Writing frames
 * Using the writing process
 * Shared writing Interactive writing
 * Interactive editing