Teachers:

Please familiarize yourself with all the ESL students in your classroom by:

(1) Logging on to pisd.edugence.com

Search for ESL (students being served by the ESL program)

(2)Speaking to one of the ESL teachers

ESL FAQS

What do the codes next to ESL students' name mean?

Limited English Proficient (LEP)

• · In the ESL Program,

• · Denials

Non-Limited English Proficient (Non-LEP)—

• · M1, M2 (monitored students for two years after they are exited),

• · DNQ (did not qualify for ESL—MAP reading and language scores were higher than 40^th percentile when they were tested when they enrolled in the district),

• · CM (completed two years of monitoring

What do these students need to be successful in mainstream classrooms?

Students need to receive ESL accommodations in every class they are in. These linguistic accommodations are required by law to give ESL students an equal opportunity to grasp the curriculum (§74.4. English Language Proficiency Standards: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter074/ch074a.html)

What is a linguistic accommodation?

Please look at page 22 and 23 for linguistic accommodations for each proficiency level (ELPS):

http://8thgradepsja.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/elpsresourcesupplementfinal.pdf

Other accommodations:

*** Note*** ESL students who are not in special education cannot receive MODIFICATIONS . Please do not give them a special education test. There will not be any modifications on STAAR for them.

Please provide the following accommodations to ESL students:

• · Extra time to complete assignments/tests

• · Use of a bilingual dictionary (please let me know if you need any) (beginner/intermediate students)

• · Read aloud of words or phrases upon request in tests/quizzes (Translation/simplification by teacher or student if possible)

• · Electronic translator or Google Translate on the computer for beginner and Intermediate students (only paper dictionaries allowable on STAAR)

Where do I find resources to help my ESL students?

Bilingual Glossaries:

https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/resources/glossaries

https://sites.google.com/a/pisd.edu/esl/

Instructional Strategies in the classroom

1. Use sentence frames to reduce the burden of the language and to focus on the skill/

concept being taught (cloze procedure).

https://sites.google.com/a/pisd.edu/esl-approach-in-the-classroom/academic-language-frames

2. Cognates

1. Try to intentionally use cognates with Spanish speakers (words that look/sound the same in English/Spanish) as often as possible.

2. Many science and math terms are cognates (you are welcome to borrow the below-mentioned book of cognates. It has sections of math, science, history, and language arts concepts).

3. Point out cognates when possible and make students aware that they probably know the term in their native language.

4. Provide ESL students with a list of cognates at the beginning of a unit and have them glue it in their notebook.