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The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 5 Planning, Teaching, and Monitoring CALLA. Dr. Ellen de Kanter University of St. Thomas Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL BIED 5336. How to Plan for CALLA Instruction. Assessing Students’ Prior Knowledge Assess students’ prior knowledge.
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The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 5 Planning, Teaching, and Monitoring CALLA Dr. Ellen de Kanter University of St. Thomas Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL BIED 5336
How to Plan for CALLA Instruction • Assessing Students’ Prior Knowledge • Assess students’ prior knowledge. • Setting Instructional Objectives • Select concepts and skills to be learned, including higher-order thinking skills. • Identify academic language skills and functions required to perform a specific content area task. • Choose learning strategies that are appropriate for tasks in different phases of the lesson.
How to Plan for CALLA Instruction • Assembling Materials for CALLA Instruction • Assemble materials needed to provide context and hands-on activities • Planning an Instructional Sequence • Organize activities into a five-phase instructional sequence: • Preparation • Presentation • Practice • Evaluation • Expansion
Teaching CALLA • Preparation • Students identify and reflect on prior knowledge related to the lesson topic; teacher provides overview of lesson objectives, introduces essential new vocabulary, and may provide concrete experience to to develop students’ prior knowledge. • Presentation • Teacher presents/explains new information, skills, and/or learning strategies; information is presented through a variety of modes to accommodate different students’ learning styles.
Teaching CALLA • Practice • Students actively practice new concepts,skills and/or learning strategies; cooperative learning activities are featured. • Evaluation • Students practice individual and cooperative self-evaluation. • Expansion • Students integrate what they have learned in the lesson into their existing knowledge framework; restructure and refine prior knowledge as needed; apply new knowledge, skills, and/or learning situations in real-life contexts.
How to Monitor CALLA Instruction • Analyzing current Teaching Strategies • Analyze current teaching strategies and identify those compatible with CALLA. • Setting Realistic Goals • Develop a realistic plan for change. • Coaching CALLA • Work with a coaching partner to plan CALLA lessons, observe each other, and discuss the observations.
The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 5 Planning, Teaching, and Monitoring CALLA Dr. Ellen de Kanter University of St. Thomas Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL BIED 5336