Language
Supports
Toolkit

Positive sentence starters give Multilingual Learners a headstart on language they can use to give feedback to their peers. Each sentence begins with a positive observation and then leaves room for a suggestion.

Print out this packet full of visual aids to help introduce your students to common theater vocabulary.

This chart lays out the terminology commonly used in the school system to describe the various stages of language acquisition that students pass through. It also includes suggested levels of support for each stage.

The Language Experience Approach is a way to generate authentic meaningful texts from students’ discussions based on a concrete experience they had.
This document provides a structure for how to create an activity using the Language Experience Approach.

This chart lays out a method for how to craft a language objective for students participating in an arts lesson.

Language & Literacy Specialist Jennifer Stengel-Mohr lays out strategies that teachers and teaching artists can use in their classrooms to create a supportive environment where MLs can thrive, take risks and expand their learning

This detailed chart explores the concept of Communicative Competence and how it relates to Multilingual Learners.

This resource includes tips for artists and educators on how to effectively use visual supports to scaffold learning for Multilingual Learners.

Tips for artists and educators on how to effectively use small group structures to create a supportive learning environment for Multilingual Learners.

In the arts – art works are our text. In this activity, students look at a piece of ‘art’ and ‘read’ it for information. We begin looking by describing observable, factual information, and then students make inferences based on their observations. Students dig deeper still pulling emotions, associations and stories from the artwork.