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Making the Connections! Proven Strategies for ELLs

Explore proven strategies to accelerate acculturation, language acquisition, and academics for English Language Learners in grades 9-12. Discover essential interventions for successful teaching and understanding of ELLs.

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Making the Connections! Proven Strategies for ELLs

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  1. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies for ELLs Cleveland County Schools 2008 Alisha Das, ESL Lead Teacher Harnett County Schools mnephonics.das@gmail.com

  2. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies for ELLs We will… • Better understand English Language Learners (ELLs) in grades 9-12… • Take a walk in their shoes… • Explore strategies and interventions that help accelerate… -acculturation -second language acquisition -academics

  3. Who are our ELLs?What the State Says… • Score below Superior in at least one area of the IPT English Language Proficiency Test (L, S, R, W). New Determination: W-APT or ACCESS • Qualify for ESL Services. • Remain LEP even if parents deny services. • Qualify for State Test Accommodations and Classroom Modifications grades k-12. • Must meet all high school requirements for graduation. • Senior Project can be in student’s first language.

  4. Who are our LEP students?Important Questions! • What is the LEP student’s proficiency level? • How many years have they been in the U.S.? • Should they be in my EOC class?

  5. Why are they different?Culture Stage 1 Stage 4 Honeymoon Acculturation Stage 3 Limbo Stage 2 Culture Shock

  6. Why are they different?Culture Religious beliefs… Concepts about respect… Concepts of time… Concepts of education…

  7. Making the ConnectionsAcculturation Strategies • Involve parents… • Welcoming environment… • Peer tutors/helpers… • Validate language and culture… • Provide a multicultural environment for all…

  8. Why are they different?Second Language Acquisition

  9. Why are they different?Second Language Acquisition Syntax Order it… Frontal Lobe Occipital Lobe Temporal Lobe   See it… Read it… Know it… Hear it… Discrete Language Skills

  10. Making the ConnectionsLanguage Acquisition Strategies • Know the developmental stages… • Provide a stress-free climate… • Be respectful of the silent period… • Maximize exposure to natural communication… • Routine… • Concrete referents…

  11. Making the Connections!Provide Relevance and Genuine Purpose

  12. Making the ConnectionsAccommodations and Modifications Modifications allowed by NCDPI… • Oral retell • Read Aloud • Word Banks • Highlighting • Avoid word problems and test on concepts instead • Reduce the number of concepts introduced at any one time. Modifications Checklist for LEP Students in Regular Classrooms

  13. Making the ConnectionsAccommodations and Modifications How do you feel about… • Grading only the most important items? • Allowing for oral assessment? • Open-note/book tests? • Grading on effort/progress/process? • Allowing students to respond in their L1 occasionally? • Grading written work and focusing on content, not grammar and spelling? • Making a different test for LEP students? • Using a portfolio or project to measure progress? Marcie Pachino/ESL 9-12, Durham County Schools

  14. Making the ConnectionsAccommodations and Modifications When work is accommodated… • Do you give it a “passing grade”? • Do you give it an A if the student completes all/gets all answers correct? • Do you place it in a portfolio? • Discuss…

  15. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies Turn and Talk Draw Think-Pair-Share Point, Show Think-Write-Pair-Share Explain in L1 Four Corners! Demonstrate Inside-Outside Circle Choose Group Roles 50/50 Debate Phone a Friend Poll the Audience 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching ELLs with the SIOP Model

  16. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies Algebra I In small group, determine the formula for…and present your findings to the group (EOC questions, textbook problem…) Novice/Intermediate Students can… Algebra I • Use their first language in group discussions • Rehearse the presentation with help of teacher/students • Use graphic organizer to stick to task, guide thinking • Use textbook, student notes

  17. Making the Connections!Resources for Math English/Spanish Math Glossary Download: http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/math/archives/GlossarySP.pdf Math Lessons with LEP Modifications/Accommodations: http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/search?scos_subject=English+Language +Development WIDA English Proficiency Math Standards and Resources: http://www.wida.us

  18. Making the Connections!Resources for Science 9-12 Science Curriculum Units with LEP Modifications: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/science/units/ Science Lessons with LEP Modifications/Accommodations: http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/search?scos_subject=English+Language +Development WIDA English Proficiency Science Standards and Resources: http://www.wida.us

  19. Making the Connections!Resources for English Language Arts Graphic Novels for High School Literature: No Fear Shakespeare: Graphic Novels Macbeth, Hamlet, and others… Go to: google.com, amazon.com, etc… English I, II Lessons with LEP Modifications/Accommodations: http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/search?scos_subject=English+Language +Development WIDA English Proficiency English Standards and Resources: http://www.wida.us

  20. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies Non-linguistic Representation… Illustrations, symbols, logographs, actions, signs… 27% overall gain 36%greater gains than definitions from dictionary, or creating sentences with words… Marzano Compare/Contrast Denial Abstract to Concrete!

  21. Research says… Non-linguistic/Multiple Modalities -movement, physical, tactile, hands-on… -illustrations, diagrams, realia notes… -verbal representations, student-made definitions, dialogue, games, experiences

  22. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies Verbal Visual Word Association • Divide paper/card into four parts... • Write word… • Illustrate… • Write synonyms… • List places experienced… • Create a “cue” or action…

  23. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies • On a sticky note/strip of paper, write a content word that is one of the following… • Hard for students to understand • Hard for students to remember • Your favorite content word

  24. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies Verbal Visual Word Association • Divide paper/card into four parts... • Write word… • Illustrate… • Write synonyms… • List places experienced… • Create a “cue” or action…

  25. Making the Connections!Provide Relevance and Genuine Purpose RIGOR Relevence ___% Experience/Opportunity ___% Intelligence + ___% Self-esteem/Motivation 100% Achievement Relationship 25 25 50 Re: Donna Sawyer, Teacher On Loan, NC DPI

  26. Making the Connections!Provide Relevance and Genuine Purpose Dialogue Journal

  27. Making the Connections!Proven Strategies for ELLs Do we… • Better understand English Language Learners (ELLs) in grades 9-12… Did we… • Take a walk in their shoes… • Explore strategies and interventions that help accelerate… -acculturation -second language acquisition -academics

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