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Planning for English Learners

Planning for English Learners. Saraland City Schools. Enrollment. Home Language Survey W-APT (Placement Test) Administered within 30 Days if pre-registered 10 Days if registered on/after 1 st day. ACCESS Test & Data. Annual EL Test Exit Score = 4.8

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Planning for English Learners

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  1. Planning for English Learners Saraland City Schools

  2. Enrollment • Home Language Survey • W-APT (Placement Test) Administered within • 30 Days if pre-registered • 10 Days if registered on/after 1st day

  3. ACCESS Test & Data • Annual EL Test • Exit Score = 4.8 • AMAOs : Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives • AMAO-A : Adequate Progress in Language Domain (APLA) • Percentage of students who gained 0.5 or higher • AMAO-B : Attainment of Proficiency • Required 16% reach proficiency • AMAO-C : AYP in Reading & Math for EL • NA • 2012-2013 School Year: 5/14 reached proficiency (4.8 or higher)

  4. Culture • What are some things that define a culture? • What does culture mean to you? • How can it upset Els if teachers don´t know their home or school culture? • How can it assist teachers to know their Els´ culture?

  5. Language Development Standards Language Domains Listening Reading Speaking Writing Receptive Productive Language Development Standards Social & Instructional Language Language of Language Arts Language of Math Language of Science Language of Social Studies

  6. Academic Language Academic Standards Language Development Standards Standards Academic Achievement Language Proficiency Assessment Language Content Curriculum & Instruction

  7. How to Plan Objectives for ELs • Consider the students English Proficiency Level (1-6) • Review the WIDA Can-Do Descriptors for each language domain • Consider how the student will demonstrate understanding • How will the student be given information to which he will respond? • Listening? Reading? • How will the student be expected to respond? • Speaking? Writing? • Do the tasks and objectives meet the linguistic needs of the student? • Is the input comprehensible? • Is the expected output possible at the student´s proficiency level? • What support can be provided to ensure the student can be successful?

  8. How to Write Objectivesfor ELs • MPI (Model Performance Indicator) = Objectives • 3 Parts • Language Function + Content Objective + Support • Examples • Labelthe parts of a plant using graphic support and previewed vocabulary. • Write a sentence describing each step in the life cycle of a plant, using picture cards. *Blooms Taxonomy is a great tool. However, please remember that students at lower levels of English Proficiency can complete high level cognitive tasks with the appropriate support.

  9. Academic Language A prepubescent male situated himself near the intersection of two supporting structural planes at right angles to each other. The aforementioned subject was involved in the ingestion of a saccharine composition prepared in conjunction with the ritual observance of an annual fixed-day religious festival. Insertion into the syrupy constituent of the opposable digit of the forelimb was followed by removal of a drupe of genus prune. Subsequently, the subject made a declarative statement regarding the high quality of his character as a masculine human.

  10. Drupe of Genus Prune = Plum? A prepubescent male situated himself near the intersection of two supporting structural planes at right angles to each other. The aforementioned subject was involved in the ingestion of a saccharine composition prepared in conjunction with the ritual observance of an annual fixed-day religious festival. Insertion into the syrupy constituent of the opposable digit of the forelimb was followed by removal of a drupe of genus prune. Subsequently, the subject made a declarative statement regarding the high quality of his character as a masculine human. • Little Jack Horner • Sat in the corner,Eating his Christmas pie.He put in his thumb • And pulled out a plum,And said • "What a good boy am I!"

  11. Resources • WIDA – Language Development Standards, Can-Do Descriptors & More wida.us • Ipots– Activities; Interactive Peer-to-peer Oral Technique; based on SIOP https://sites.google.com/site/florencecityschoolsesl/ipots-in-action • Colorin Colorado– ESL Resources for Teachers, Parents, and Students; multilingual http://www.colorincolorado.org/ Strategies Think – Pair – Share Graphic Organizers Prepared Readers/Sticky Note Readers

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