Project glad overview
GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) What is glad? GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Incorporates research from many fields and organizes the strategies into a process Uses strategies that model/promote English language acquisition and academic achievement Provides students with opportunities for use of academic language Communication and tasks utilize cooperative learning strategies Instruction is centered on standards-based, integrated themes or units-Interrelates science, social studies, and literature
Glad instruction best delivered by: Self-contained teachers whose instruction is centered on inter-disciplinary units or themes that interrelate science, social studies, and literature.
What kind of teaching is required to deliver GLAD strategies? Teachers who have: HIGH ENERGY! the capability to deliver highly active and interactive lessons with a high emphasis on modeling. an ability to administer lessons using total physical response and interactive student participation. the ability to sequence between teaching strategies (EDI, collaborative groups, and independent work).
What tools are needed to instruct using glad strategies? Low tech-high impact tools Markers and white butcher paper
GLAD Delivery GLAD is comprised of highly effective SDAIE strategies. They can be seen as synonymous. GLAD tends to be more effective than SDAIE alone, because of the specified delivery model. If you are using GLAD, you are doing SDAIE. Focus & Motivation Input Guided Oral Practice Reading & Writing Activities Extension, Integration, Closure, Evaluation Activities Small /flexible groupings Individual work
Focus and Motivation Cognitive Content Dictionaries Big Books
Input Pictorial Input Charts Comparative Input Charts
Guided Oral Practice Chants Sentence Patterning Charts T-charts
Reading and Writing Activities Cooperative Strip Paragraphs Process Grids
Small Groups/Flexible Groupings Expert groups Team tasks Process grids Small group shared reading Flexible group leveled reading Partner reading And more…
Individual Work Individual Tasks Learning logs Authentic literacy events Interactive journals- reading and writing/choice Silent accountable reading Writers workshop And more…
Extensions/Activities for Integration Drama Art Special Projects Virtual Fieldtrips Group Work And more…
Closure/Evaluation Portfolios Flip-Books Tests Self/Teacher evaluations Home/School connection And more…
Pictorial input 4th grade