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Through the Lens of an English Learner: Making Content Comprehensible

Through the Lens of an English Learner: Making Content Comprehensible. Professional development resources for K-6 teachers to support achievement of English learners. Presented by: Holly Ahmadi, EL Coordinator, Butte County Office of Education

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Through the Lens of an English Learner: Making Content Comprehensible

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  1. Through the Lens of an English Learner:Making Content Comprehensible Professional development resources for K-6 teachers to support achievement of English learners. Presented by: Holly Ahmadi, EL Coordinator, Butte County Office of Education Steve Klein, Professional Development Coordinator, Butte County Office of Education

  2. Through the Lens of an English Learner: Making Content Comprehensible • A 9-module online resource to support educators in Kindergarten through 6th Grade working in classrooms with English learners. • The modules provide curricular ties to Houghton Mifflin Reading adopted materials to support quality English Language Development and Reading/Language Arts instruction.

  3. Professional Development Modules • Overviews of specific instructional strategies (oral language fluency, activating prior knowledge, contextualization, graphic organizers, developing academic language, structured interaction) • 50+ video clips explicitly demonstrating each strategy as part of a complete classroom lesson • Background information on the lesson presented and Houghton Mifflin Reading story used in the lesson • Introduction to California's English learners and considerations necessary to support language development and content knowledge • Downloadable resources and images of classroom artifacts to replicate the lesson activity • Classroom reflections to prompt discussion and further inquiry into the strategies and lesson examples

  4. Through the Lens of English Learner: Making Content Comprehensible • Available as a Professional Development Content module on the Brokers of Expertise website from the California Department of Education. • Created by the Butte County Office of Education as part of the K12HSN ARRA-Advancing Network Uses Grant (ANU). Access this resource at: www.myboe.org/go/content/name/ThroughTheLens

  5. Through the Lens of an English Learner:Making Content Comprehensible Thank you! For more information: Holly Ahmadi, EL Coordinator Butte County Office of Education hahmadi@bcoe.org 530.532.5713 Steve Klein, Professional Development Coordinator Butte County Office of Education sklein@bcoe.org 530.879.7475

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