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How to Use ELL Strategies: Slice of Pizza

February 14, 2020 by JillRichardson Leave a Comment

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ELL Strategies are helpful to all students! I thought it would be fun to begin a blog series on different strategies to use with your English Language Learners. Of course the ELL strategies are fun with all students.!

Share A Pizza ELL Strategy


Purpose: To teach how parts make up a whole.

Use:

  • After a jigsaw reading activity during which each group of students has been given a section of a chapter or article to read.
  • Teaching a concept or idea that has many parts.

Activity:

  • Cut a large circle into desired parts. Groups decorate the pizza slice with information from their reading or learning.
  • It can be words or pictures.
  • Come back and put the pieces together to make a whole pizza which can be used as a summary.

Here are some examples of ways to use this ELL strategy. I tried this in my first grade classes to teach Science Vocabulary.

ELL Strategy - Slice of pizza using science vocabulary

The children were divided into groups of two and three to show their learning of a science vocabulary word.  It was fun watching them use all four domains (listening, speaking, reading, & writing ) in their learning.

ELL Strategies - whole pizza of science vocabulary
Science Vocabulary

Another way to use Slice of Pizza ELL Strategy is in math. To solve a three digit subtraction problem, the students pair up to discuss different strategies to solve the problem.

ELL Strategies - Slice of pizza to solve a 3 digit multiplication problem
Slice of Pizza is one of many ELL Strategies!
ELL Strategy - Slice of pizza to solve a 3 digit multiplication problem

To explain to rotating students the steps and strategies they used to solve the problem, one partner stayed with the “pizza” slice. Students then rotate to a different problem.  Next, student “listeners” would restate the steps with “What I think I heard you say was…”

There are endless ways to use this strategy. Also it can be used across all subjects. I hope that you will have fun trying this with your ELL students!

See other Blog Posts Here!

ELL Strategies
ELL Curriculum
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