Entry 3: ELL Teacher Interview
Mrs. Brown Interview Mrs. Brown is a Kindergarten teacher in Katy ISD. Over the years in her teaching experience, she states that for some students, Kindergarten is the first time they have been in a school environment. Her primary focus, especially in the beginning of the school year, is to have students understand school routines. She does this by labeling most things in her classroom using pictures and words. According to Wright (2015), “Labels not only help students learn the names of classroom objects in English but also send students the message that their home language is valued as a resource for learning in the classroom. They can also help monolingual English-speaking students in the class learn vocabulary in the home language of the ELLs (p. 301).” Mrs. Brown also stated that sometimes ELL students have a hard time communicating to the class what they wan...