Language Function Icons and Visual Supports

Description

Make language visible for multilingual learners with this set of colorful Language Function Icons! These instructional visual supports help students understand the purpose of language across speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Create a visual language resource your students can reference all year; and that you can use year after year.

Use the icons to create a Language Function Board, classroom wall display, bulletin board, focus wall or anchor chart. You can also add them to learning targets and language objectives or reference them during instruction.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• 14 language-functions

• 6-inch labeled icons

• 6-inch unlabeled icons

• 4-inch labeled icons

• 4-inch unlabeled icons

• Separate printable language-function labels

LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS INCLUDED:

• Describe

• Explain

• Persuade

• Sequence

• Compare

• Justify

• Retell

• Opinion

• Inquiry

• Summarize

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Analyze

• Problem and Solution

The labeled icons provide ready-to-use visual supports, while the unlabeled versions allow you to add terminology that matches your curriculum, grade level or instructional goals.

IDEAS FOR USE:

• Create a Language Function Board

• Build an academic language classroom display

• Add icons to anchor charts

• Pair them with language objectives or learning targets

• Use them as visual cues during instruction

• Print smaller copies for student notebooks

These language function visuals are especially helpful for ESL, ELD, ESOL and general education teachers supporting English language learners and multilingual learners.

PLEASE NOTE:

All lettering shown in the classroom photograph inside the preview was created with a school die-cutting machine and is not included. Printable language-function labels are provided as an alternative, but the font and size differ from the lettering shown in the photograph.