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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. ESOL teacher, how long are your sessions with your students every day? I work in co-taught classes with an ESOL teacher. Our classes are 55 minutes long. I'd love to include the ESOL students in the mini-lesson (which usually lasts 10-15 minutes) and then let them work with either me or the ESOL teacher doing either QuickReads or  Abcedarian. Would this work?[/quote]

I am in my schools 2 or 3 days a week (5 days in 2 weeks), because my schools don't have a lot of ESOL students.  So I see small group sizes, but not daily.

If I just have one student at a time I can see progress with 20 minutes, 5 times in 10 days.  If I have two students, I plan for 30 minutes.  If I have three or four students, and they are all about the same level, and not very far below grade level, I still aim for 30 minute sessions.  If they are far below grade level I either try for 45 minutes with them, or split them into groups of 2.

If the students are **very** far below grade level I might try to work with them individually for 30 minutes, twice a day when I am there. I take advantage of any down time that happens due to assemblies, field trips, testing, or other students being absent, to pull my kids for an extra session.  Once they have caught up to be able to work with the lowest reading group in a teacher's class I move back to once a day (for the days I am there).[/quote]

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