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Welcome!. October 2, 2013 Please sign in and take an agenda. Agenda. Teacher Introductions How students are identified as English Language Learners Overview of the ELA program in DPS What students learn and do in ESL Additional Support. ESL Teachers. Lindsay Reiter

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  1. Welcome! October 2, 2013 Please sign in and take an agenda

  2. Agenda Teacher Introductions How students are identified as English Language Learners Overview of the ELA program in DPS What students learn and do in ESL Additional Support

  3. ESL Teachers • Lindsay Reiter • Kinder, 1st grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade • Email: Lindsay_Reiter@dpsk12.org • Phone: 720-424-3971 • Lindie Brink • 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade • Email: Lindie_Brink@dpsk12.org • Phone: 720-424-3973

  4. Identification • Home Language Questionnaire (HLQ) and Parent Permission Form (PPF) • Any student who speaks another language or who lives in a home where another language is spoken is identified as an English Language Learner (ELL) • All new students are given a placement test

  5. The ELA program in DPS • We are required by law to provide ESL services to ELL students • Students exit the ELA program when they show proficiency on the ACCESS test and in their classroom • Parents have options! • Option 1: Spanish instruction (students gradually transition into English) • Option 2: Mainstream English classroom, students receive pull-out support • Option 3: Deny services, this is HIGHLY discouraged. Students are closely monitored and still take the ACCESS test every year.

  6. Instruction • Small groups (no larger than 7 students) • 45 minutes every day • Targeted instruction to enhance academic English language abilities • Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing

  7. Instruction • Avenues program • Unit pre tests and post tests • Vocabulary and High Frequency Words • Grammar • Nouns, verbs, adjectives, subject/verb agreement, complete sentences, etc. • Writing • Writing process (plan, first draft, revise, edit, final copy) • High interest thematic units • Fiction and nonfiction reading selections • Reading Comprehension and Decoding Strategies

  8. Additional Support • PAC Meetings • 4 times per year • District PAC Meetings • Monthly • Southmoor Representative • English classes for adults • Anything else you need???

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