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PD Opportunities with English Learners in Mind - June 2022
This site offers PD in several manageable 5-hour courses all with our English Learners in mind. Some of the topics include: literacy, collaboration, scaffolding, IEP+ELL, language of math, cultural proficiency, family engagement, etc. Also, they have convenient prices and offer digital certificates/badges.
Also, here you can find a list of webinars recorded in 2020, all ELL related, and under an hour of duration, most are free!
Regards,
Gre
ELL Help Desks for Teachers
ELL Help Desks for Teachers
- Click here to access the ELL-related Help Desks: one for ECE and another for ES Teachers.
News for Teachers of English Beginners (Newcomers)
News for Teachers of English Beginners (Newcomers)
● We will be delivering four PD Wednesday sessions on strategies to support Elementary Newcomers. Maria, Any and I will be informing you of dates/times ASAP.
● We will be delivering four PD Wednesday sessions on strategies to support Elementary Newcomers. Maria, Any and I will be informing you of dates/times ASAP.
●Check out this article by A World of Language Learners with specific strategies to support your Newcomers right now.
●Check out this article by A World of Language Learners with specific strategies to support your Newcomers right now.
Practices that hinder comprehension for English Learners
Practices that hinder comprehension for English Learners
Avoid falling into these patterns, infographic by Tan Huynh from empoweringells.com. Also, see what Larry Ferlazzo says about this topic in his article 9 Mistakes We Make with ELs (2020).
Avoid falling into these patterns, infographic by Tan Huynh from empoweringells.com. Also, see what Larry Ferlazzo says about this topic in his article 9 Mistakes We Make with ELs (2020).
Total Physical Response: a Language Teaching Method
Total Physical Response: a Language Teaching Method
ELL Profiles 2021-2022
ELL Profiles 2021-2022
On these slides you will find information regarding your students' speaking and writing WIDA proficiency levels, their second language acquisition stage, their strengths and linguistic scaffolds to use across the different subjects.
On these slides you will find information regarding your students' speaking and writing WIDA proficiency levels, their second language acquisition stage, their strengths and linguistic scaffolds to use across the different subjects.
Tips for Teaching Science/Social Studies Vocabulary
Tips for Teaching Science/Social Studies Vocabulary
Amount: limit the amount of words taught per lesson/unit, ideal: between 10-12 words. See How to choose key vocabulary by BridgeUniverse here.
Method: Teach the vocab at the beginning of the lesson or as words are found in your lesson. I do recommend you use the HRR method (see tip #1 below)
More Strategies: see Reading Rockets' highly practical tips here!
See the brief below with HRR method and more tips!
Access the slides and links here. With appreciation, Gre.
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Listen to Nancy Cloud discussing Co-Teaching for English Learners (2:30) in the video below.
ELL Co-Teaching News for ES/ECE
ELL Co-Teaching News for ES/ECE
Co-teaching for ESL will start in Quarter 1 for both ES and ECE.
Please make time to see the 3 ELL co-teaching models described in detail on these slides (5 min reading).
ELL Checks will take place this coming week (August 16-20) to plan co-teaching.
Early Childhood Education*
Early Childhood Education*
The support model for ECE will be ELL co-teaching cycles (4-5 weeks per cycle)
KG3, KG4 and KG5 classes will rotate quarterly to receive ELL support (i.e. KG5 classes do one ELL co-teaching cycle each during Quarter 1)
ELL Co-teaching cycles will start first with KG5, second with KG4 and last with KG3 (dates to be sent to each team).
Nancy Cloud on Co-Teaching
Open this Gift to:
- Learn about the 5 stages of second language acquisition that all English learners go through (4-minute video).
- Find 4 infographics with strategies you can start using today to support your English Learners.
"To be a Language Learning instructional coach offering research-backed and structured support to teachers and students to ensure our children's school success while developing their academic and social language proficiency."
See specific ELL Specialists roles here.
Find Older ELL News here.
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