Literacy and ESL Students

Well, my second graduate class is coming to a close and so is my summer. I am getting ready for a new school year, and I am realizing I have some big challenges before me. This last unit we focused on literacy and ESL students, and while I am not in a position to teach fluency, I need to work on phonemic awareness, phonics (with those students who are ready) and vocabulary! I need to be conscious of working on vocabulary and listening comprehension with stories so that my ESL students will be ready to make the transition to reading when it is time and developmentally appropriate for them to do so.