Minicaso C Feelings Charts/Visual Routines
Displaying Visuals and Realia
How can we prevent our students from tuning us out?
Visuals and realia are one of the most effective ways to provide a relatable reference for our students. Visuals are just what you might think they are: a universal picture that accompanies your lesson.
Using realia is just as simple. It just means having a tangible object that students can fully “experience” to help deepen understanding. If you’re teaching a science lesson about trees, have bark, leaves and twigs available. If you’re teaching an English lesson about plurals, have one bean available to show the meaning of “singular,” and two or more beans available to show the meaning of “plural.”
Visuals are invaluable when teaching routines and social emotional skills. Think about those feeling charts or visual schedules. What a great way to reach not only your ELL students, but all of your kids.
By providing just a few inexpensive and interesting items for your students, you’ll soon have your students “Seeing Clearly Now.”
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-teaching-methods/
