Question 1

What are graphic organizers and how do I use them?

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Graphic organizers usually include boxes for writing information and pictures to help students organize information they read from a text. Below is a picture of a historical timeline which is a perfect example of a graphic organizer to help students organize important dates from a historical text.

![ESL-Teaching-Graphic-Organizers6.jpg](https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/VJjCVlXBck/resources/ZMOnaK5ADk/ESL-Teaching-Graphic-Organizers6.jpg)

Graphic organizers are incredibly helpful tools for organizing information, regardless of whether students are English learners or not.

For our English learners who are attempting to access grade-level materials, they can be crucial.

In the ESL Curriculum Membership, you can find a growing library of graphic organizers you can use to scaffold learning for your English learners.

[Click Here to Check Out the Graphic Organizers](https://kid-inspired.com/paths-to-fluency/graphic-organizers/)

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Question 4

Why do phonics lists in the beginners levels have so few words?

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Here is a picture of one of the phonics practice pages from Beginners 3.

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The lists on these pages are quite short.

I learned this the hard way, through experimenting with lots of students over a lot of years.

**Longer lists of words are fine for stronger students, but weaker students feel overwhelmed when looking at them.**

Also, stronger students who can read all the words on a simple list are probably ready for simple texts instead of lists.

Use the short lists to help students master a new sound.

Once they have mastered that new sound, you can have them try longer lists of words, but they are probably going to be more motivated to reaad simple texts instead.

Question 5

What's the difference between Diphthongs, Blends, and Digraphs?

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# Diphthongs, Blends & Digraphs

I had no idea what these were when I first began teaching phonics.

Not that I needed to know what these terms meant in order to teach phonics well, but it did help when it came to sorting out the different combinations in my head as I was teaching them.

**Here are the basic differences between Diphthongs, Blends, and Digraphs:**

* Blends - Consonant Blends include letter combinations like st, pr, and nk. You can hear the individual sounds even as you are blending them. 
* Digraphs - Digraphs include letter combinations like oo and ew. They only make one single sound when blended together.
* Diphthongs - Diphthongs include letter combinations like ai and oa. They make one sound that morphs into a second sound when blended together. (For example, "ai" sounds like "aaaeeee" if you say it really slowly, like a long a morphing into a long e sound 😁 .)

Question 6

How do I use the vocabulary pages in the curriculum?

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Click below to check out the video on how to use the vocabulary pages inside the ESL Curriculum Membership! You can also check out how the vocabulary page can be used by heading over to one of the [Grammar/Speaking Lessons Plans](https://kid-inspired.com/memb_materials/lesson-plan-grammar-lesson-b4-l3/).

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Question 8

How does the numbering on the lesson pages work? (i.e. Unit 1 #1, Unit 1 #1.1, etc)

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If you've started using the curriculum, then you've probably noticed the numbers at the top of the pages within lessons.

The numbering system may seem a little odd at first.

Let me explain the logic behind the system and why it can be a little odd at times:

**Here were the criteria I wanted to meet: **
1. Each page, organizer and worksheet had its own number in case you were assigning a single page to students and needed to refer to it. 
2. Subsidiary pages would be numbered in relation to their primary page. (Primary page like a vocabulary page for instance = Unit 1 #1; Subsidiary pages like vocabulary worksheets related to the primary page = Unit 1 #1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.)

**Here were some of the challenges that came up: **

Over the course of creating materials for the curriculum, some of which were created only for the site (we don't use them at our school) a couple of things happened from time to time:

1. Sometimes, subsidiary pages could relate to more than one primary page and when I chose to put them in one lesson as opposed to another, the numbering was sometimes off. 
2. Sometimes, I chose to leave out a page from a lesson because I didn't feel like it was up to standard or was one too many pages for that lesson or still needed work. This has created gaps at times in the numbering.

The primary reason for the system is to give you a way to refer to a specific page, so you can safely ignore it if it does not benefit you.

Question 9

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If, for any reason, you don't absolutely love all the time you save using the ESL Curriculum Membership, you can get a full refund anytime within the first 14 days after your initial purchase. To request a refund, please contact support@kid-inspired.com or click the bubble at the bottom right hand corner of the screen and click "Get in touch."

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Question 10

How do I assign materials online using Google Classroom?

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## Using materials on-line in Google Classroom is simple. If you're already a member of the Kid-Inspired community, you can log in and take the course Engaging Learners Online! for lots more resources and strategies you can use while teaching online. **[Start the Course](https://member.kid-inspired.com/courses/engaging-learners-online/)** **To get access to the curriculum, you can choose from one of the following memberships:** 1. [Kid-Inpspired ESL Curriculum Membership ->](https://kid-inspired.com/esl-curriculum) - Includes the entire curriculum and all supplementary teaching resources. 2. [Independent Teachers Membership ->](https://independent-teacher.com/independent-teachers-membership-sign-up/) - Includes the entire **Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership ** - Also includes your own website, payment processing, scheduling, course-building software, community of other teachers going independent, training courses on topics such as finding students, desigining your site, marketing, etc.

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