Accelerating Academic Language & Literacy Across All Content Areas Providing Integrated ELD Supports (Secondary) Val Verde Unified School District English Learner Support Services, TK-12

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Content & Language Objectives Content Objective: We will: Explore effective research-based instructional strategies to accelerate language through mathematics. Language Objective: Collaborate through group discussions, and related to best instructional practices in the acceleration of language in mathematics.

The Big Shift: Defining English Language Development

ELD Then.. Science Social Studies ELD Language Arts Math Arts

ELD Now… Designated Isolated time, where the language demands of content are the focus. Social Studies Science ELD Language Arts Math Integrated Language learning happens through content instruction. Arts

Language learning happens through content instruction!!!

Meaningful academic language development to access content knowledge Separate and protected time during the regular school day.

Reminder: Who are our LTEL Students? * Long Term English Learner * Enrolled in U.S. schools for 6 or more years * Have not met criteria for reclassification Designated ELL for more than 6 years; appear “stuck” Most born in U.S. and attended all U.S. schools Orally fluent in English (deceiving!)―Basic interpersonal communication Reading and writing below grade level—lack cognitive academic language proficiency Insufficient literacy in primary language; may use an informal version of their primary language – makes it harder to succeed in 2nd language Often disengaged with school; work to stay “invisible”

Reminder: Characteristics of our Newcomers?

ALL students are English Learners Students in need of additional language support Differentiation is KEY!

(For the purpose of teaching Academic English) Therefore... Our goal as educators is to provide ALL students quality Academic English Language Development instruction. “...full access to rigorous content for ELs requires specialized instructional support focused on English Language Development [ELD]...” Remember… ELs= ALL students (For the purpose of teaching Academic English)

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What do we expect ALL our students to learn? These students “readily undertake the close, attentive reading that is at the heart of understanding and enjoying complex works of literature. They habitually perform the critical reading necessary to pick carefully through the staggering amount of information available today in print and digital media. They actively seek the wide, deep, and thoughtful engagement with high- quality literary and informational worldviews. ~California ELA/ELD Framework, 17

Academic Language & Literacy Across all Content Areas Integrated ELD Supports...

Static Reactive Proactive Key: Teach language proactively instead of reactively Providing “First Best Instruction” Traditional Education Differentiated Instruction Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Static Reactive Proactive Evaluates the curriculum Evaluates the needs of the student Evaluates classroom environment and culture Follows scripted lessons Adapts script when it’s not effective Instruction is intentional Teaches curriculum as a design Retrofits instruction by providing accommodations Designs instruction with purpose with embedded choices Designed for the average students Designed for different groups of students based on perceived ability Designed for students of all variability Rarely considers students in the margins Plans different learning experiences for students in the margins Plans for all students Ignores barriers Works around barriers Eliminates barriers before they begin affecting student learning

Remember our Language Star...

~Click on all the blue words/phrases for samples~ Integrated ELD Supports: Math ~Click on all the blue words/phrases for samples~ Substantial Language Supports *Highly structured language learning, lots of language exposure, repetition, highly explicit reading, speaking, listening, & writing instruction *Motivation, study skills, organizational skills, developing positive routines, & socio-emotional support * Routinely provide students scaffolded opportunities to collaborate, interpret, and produce language throughout the instructional period - (Collaborative Conversations about Transformations) -(Students Explain why Literacy Skills are Important in Math) * Provide clear expectations and instructions for the learning (content & language objectives) * Gauge your students’ learning pace - ensure your lesson is not going too fast nor too slow * Ensure students understand their tasks and expected learning outcomes by asking them to synthesize/summarize the task back to you/peer/group * Be a “Language Coach” by providing your students with non-verbal cues as they produce language * Provide students with math sentence frames to facilitate collaboration with peers/small group/class discussion * Explicitly teach students “Listening Etiquette” to ensure collaborative conversations are effective * Use the 10-2-2 strategy - Provide instruction for 10 minutes, allow students to debrief orally for 2 minutes, and write about it for 2 minutes * Have academic vocabulary word banks available for students to access throughout their collaborative conversations (list of high frequency academic vocabulary - bilingual) * Have content specific vocabulary word banks/personal dictionaries available for students to access during collaboration, reading, and writing activities (ex. polynomials, reflections) * Ensure students are marking the math problem to improve content specific reading comprehension * Allow students to use graphic organizers/thinking maps to analyze & show their learning * Allow students to complete “Exit Tickets” to synthesize learning * Consider small tweaks to your instruction to Engage the Unengaged Moderate Language Supports Academic language and literacy support across all content areas Light Language Supports Academic language support as needed or provide academic language enrichment opportunities - advance levels of academic discourse/vocabulary

Content Lesson Discussion Guide Debrief What do you observe? Interactive in Meaningful Ways Content Lesson Discussion Guide Debrief What do you observe? Instructional Practices: Collaborative: Assessments: Interpretive: Language Supports & Scaffolds: Productive:

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