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Guided Language Acquisition by Design (GLAD) Update. Cambrian School District April 18, 2013. Overview. Key Components GLAD and the Common Core Implementation in Cambrian Moving Forward. “GLAD helps us talk more with the kids in our class so we learn things better.
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Guided Language Acquisition by Design (GLAD) Update Cambrian School District April 18, 2013
Overview Key Components GLAD and the Common Core Implementation in Cambrian Moving Forward “GLAD helps us talk more with the kids in our class so we learn things better. The songs really help us get ideas stuck in our heads.” 4th grader
Key Components Clear, practical instructional strategies which actively engage the students in their own learning. • Supports: • Language acquisition • Academic achievement • Cross-cultural skills • Metacognitive use of high level academic language and literacy
Key Components Grounded in latest brain research Making Information Retrievable
GLAD and the Common Core • Paradigm Shift • Integration of English Language Arts and Literacy IN Science, History/Social Science and Technical Subjects GLAD Metacognition “Prove it”
Implementation • Fall 2012 • Last group of elementary teachers trained • Five middle school teachers trained • Winter/Spring 2013 • On site support and coaching • Ongoing integration • Science • Social Studies • Math • Early stages of infusion into RtI/Excel
“GLAD strategies help take away some of the abstractness of a lot of academic concepts.” Second/Third grade teacher