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ESOL WORKSHOP. Kim Catoggio-ESOL Teacher Liz Balak, Parent Instructional Support Coordinator. What is ESOL?. Program for students whose home language is not English Program to teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking in English
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ESOL WORKSHOP Kim Catoggio-ESOL Teacher Liz Balak, Parent Instructional Support Coordinator
What is ESOL? • Program for students whose home language is not English • Program to teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking in English • Teach AKS to maximum extent possible while language is developing • Pull out • Small group • Flexible planning
ESOL at Annistown Accepting Only Excellence While Facing Our Giants E- Explicit small group daily Instruction. Guiding the learner to competence. S- Specific content and spelling vocabulary taught to all grades O– Objectives and goals made simpler to learn the ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. L- Language build literacy In listening speaking, reading and writing
How Are Students Qualified? • WAPT in fall of K (Listening and Speaking) • ACCESS in Spring for K and 1-5
Modifications • Classroom changes to make learning easier (visuals, small group, repeating directions) • Modification of AKS (smaller steps to same goal)
Help at Home • Read daily in your native language and English if you can • Have your child read to you • Ask questions during and after reading • Ask your child to point out words, pictures, etc. • If you can not read to your child, tell stories and have them repeat them and draw each part of the story on a different page then let them write the story based on the picture • Make homework a priority every day
Be an Encourager! • Praise them • Challenge them • Quiz them • Share with them • Brag about them • Make them talk about their school life.
Questions and Closing • Questions/Concerns • Please fill out evaluation • Thank you for coming!!!