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PART 1. WIDA Works!. I WIDA. Rita & John. ritaplatt@hotmail.com john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn.us http://www.weteachwelearn.org/tag/rita-platt/ http://mplsesl.wikispaces.com/Home+Page @ ritaplatt @johnwolfe3rd.

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  1. PART 1 WIDA Works! I WIDA

  2. Rita & John • ritaplatt@hotmail.com • john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn.us • http://www.weteachwelearn.org/tag/rita-platt/ • http://mplsesl.wikispaces.com/Home+Page • @ritaplatt • @johnwolfe3rd • Rita Platt is a Nationally Board Certified teacher. Her experience includes teaching learners of all levels from kindergarten to graduate student. She currently is a Library Media & Reading Specialist for the St. Croix Falls SD in Wisconsin, teaches graduate courses for the Professional Development Institute, and consults with local school districts. • John Wolfe is a teacher on special assignment for the Multilingual Department at the Minneapolis Public School District. He has worked with students at all levels as well as provided professional development to fellow teachers. His areas of expertise include English Language Learners, literacy, and integrated technology.

  3. Relax … Everything (and more) is on The Wikihttp://www.mplsesl.wikispaces.com/

  4. Questions to be Answered • What is WIDA? How do all those parts work? • How can teachers use CBM3D & WIDAas a tool for monitoring ELD progress? (And why would you want to?) • How can studentsuse CBM3D & WIDA as a tool for monitoring their own ELD progress? (And why would you want themto?) 4. What resources are available to help us differentiate? PD must be: Continuous, Collaborative, Communicative

  5. WIDA Philosophy in a Nutshell

  6. WIDA: The Bigger Nutshell • Language is the toolfor learning! • LEP’s are in mainstream classrooms. • LEP’s use their Limited English to learn in 5 basic contexts (Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math, Social & Amplification.) • EL’s English -- no matter how limited– is an asset for learning. You work with what you’ve got! • WIDA is designed to help allteachersmodify the language demands of instruction to provide LEP students with meaningful access to content.

  7. WIDA Proficiency Levels (Nutshell Perspective) WIDA Levels describe the difficulty of the language we can reasonably expect a student to be able to use for grade-level content learning.

  8. Up the Triangle = A More Specific View (“Yeah, but what does that look like?”) Standard 1 – Social & Instructional Language (SIL) • English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes in the school setting. Standard 2 – Language of Language Arts (LoLA) • English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts. Standard 3 – Language of Mathematics (LoMA) • English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Math. Standard 4 – Language of Science (LoSC) • English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Science. Standard 5 – Language of Social Studies (LoSS) • English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Social Studies. But what might that look like in a particular lesson in a particular unit? Differentiation Remember! language serves content learning But what does that look like at different grades? With different language domains? (Speak/Listen/ Read/Write) What students can do with language BROADLY The student’s LEVEL

  9. Performance Definitions

  10. Good … but still too hard …

  11. Can-Do Descriptors

  12. Look for Evidence of CVC

  13. How is this the same and different from CVC?

  14. Can-Do Descriptors Good … but still too hard …

  15. The MPLS Student-Friendly Can-Do’s Go to the Wiki for the MPLS Student-Friendly’s & The MPLS Translated Can-Do’s in Spanish!

  16. Student-Friendly’s do NOTReplace WIDA Can Do’s Remember: These do NOT come from WIDA! They come from John & Rita

  17. Think about the ToolsTurn To Your Partner and discuss: • Do the descriptors seem accurate? • How could you use the Can-Do’s to inform your teaching? • How can you use the “Student-Friendly Can-Do’s? • How can you use the CVD?

  18. Where from here?“What use is a newborn baby?“ (Benjamin Franklin) • 1. Go to the WIKI, look around, and become a member. • Talk to colleagues about this session / share the Wiki site. • Enroll in the Strategies That Work Moodle Course • Use the WIDA tools with your students and let us know how it goes!

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