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John Wolfe, MPS Multilingual Department john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn Rita Platt, St. Croix Falls SD

The BIG 5 in ESL (What English Learners Need) A Synthesis of the Syntheses of Research-Based Recommendations. John Wolfe, MPS Multilingual Department john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn.us Rita Platt, St. Croix Falls SD ritaplatt@hotmail.com. An invitation to a conversation! . Conversational

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John Wolfe, MPS Multilingual Department john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn Rita Platt, St. Croix Falls SD

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  1. The BIG 5 in ESL(What English Learners Need) A Synthesis of the Syntheses of Research-Based Recommendations John Wolfe, MPS Multilingual Department john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn.us Rita Platt, St. Croix Falls SD ritaplatt@hotmail.com

  2. An invitation to a conversation! Conversational Collaborative Continuing

  3. http://www.mplsesl.wikispaces.com/ • Para los despapelados … sin handouts • http://www.mplsesl.wikispaces.com/

  4. The Wikihttp://www.mplsesl.wikispaces.com/

  5. Questions to be Answered • What are the “Big 5”? • Why are they the “Big 5”? • What are some easy-to-use resources to help with implementation of the “Big 5”?

  6. The Big 5 • Assessment Data  • Achievement Focus   • Systematic/Common Approach  • Standards-Based Instruction   • English Language Development (ELD) A Sampler!

  7. Why These 5? • Synthesized the syntheses—based on our understanding of the research • Focused on Ed Source Research • We made some hard choices! An invitation to a conversation!

  8. The Research Base • Ed Source Similar ELs (Hakuta) • What Works Clearinghouse (US DOE) • Saunders & Dutro • Hattie

  9. Ed Source (Hakuta)

  10. What Works Clearinghouse

  11. Dutro

  12. Saunders

  13. Gold

  14. Gold

  15. John Hattie Hattie’s 4 Keys (LICENse) Teacher must know 1. Learning Intention, 2. Criteria for success, 3. Each students’ towards the goal, 4. Where to GoNext

  16. Assessment Data  (Teachers: Know your impact! Students: Manage your data!) • Achievement Focus  (Success is possible! Eyes on the prize!) • Systematic/Common Approach  (Do what works! Do it together!) • Standards-Based Instruction   (Do what is important! You can’t do everything!) • English Language Development Separately  (We have to teach English!) Tell us what you want!

  17. Assessment Data • DIBELS/IDEL/Easy CBM (Reading) • WIDA Progress Monitoring Tools (Speaking & Listening: Can Do Descriptors) • Goal Setting (Class/Student Level) Teachers: Know your IMPACT! Students: Manage your own learning! (Hattie—Visible Learning For Teachers)

  18. Why CBM? Assessment Data • It is a “dipstick” • It is QUICK & EASY • It is free (DIBELS/IDEL/Easy CBM • Reading correlates with language development • It’s nationally normed • It can help us learn to look at data productively • It focuses attention on growth • It is INCREDIBLY motivating ! Reading CBM

  19. WIDA Tools • Can be used as an ELD progress-monitoring tool • Statewide annual assessment of speaking and listening • It helps students “see” their learning • WIKI: WIDA Tools Galore! Can Do!

  20. Goal SettingSuccess doesn’t just happen….you MAKE it happen! Goals for school, class, student! Students: Manage your own learning! Teachers: Know your IMPACT!

  21. Achievement Focus   Success is Possible! Eyes on the Prize! (Ed Source/Hakuta) •  SMART Goals Student/Classroom/School (Start SMALL!) • Data Wall • Begin to Establish Expectations & Norms: Have the conversation—What is acceptable achievement for our school? 

  22. SMART Goals Success Breeds Success! Motivational All Small

  23. Data Walls To be effective goals must be front & center!

  24. Establish norms & expectations What do we expect? What is “good enough”? What is “normal”? How do we move forward? What do we need?

  25. Systematic/Common Approach Do What Works! Do it TOGETHER! (What Works Clearinghouse & Reeves 90% Implementation) • Marzano Academic Vocabulary/Tennessee Vocabulary Lists • Kinsella Structured Interaction

  26. Marzano: Systematic Academic Vocabulary Instruction

  27. Kinsella: Structured Interaction 90 Minutes Per Week

  28. MPS SD’s own • Available on Amazon

  29. Standards-Based Instruction • Embrace the Common Core • Embrace the MN Content Standards Only Do What’s MOST Important! You Can’t Do it All! (Ed Source/Hakuta & Dutro)

  30. Common Core Standards

  31. Minnesota State Standards

  32. English Language Development We have to teach English! High school foreign language classes got something right! (Saunders, Dutro, & Ed Source) • 30 minutes a day, Through Level 5 • Grammar Matrix (Focus on Form) + Speaking & Listening • Corrective Feedback Strategies • Can Do Descriptors & Kid Friendly Can dos

  33. Dutro

  34. Student-Friendly Can Do Descriptors

  35. Corrective Feedback

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