While it may seem the most expedient solution, it is not appropriate to put an older ELL student in a lower grade to receive the appropriate reading instruction. Age-appropriate activities integrated with academic content give older students the opportunity to make progress as readers.

Concepts

phonics

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Additional Tags

phonetic instruction, adlit, adlit.org, adolescent literacy, ell, kristina robertson and colorin colorado, ell skill development

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)