The Library Media Center & ELL Assessment: An Untapped Resource By Laura Dooley – Taylor & Heidi Steigerwald

Who we are…  Laura Dooley –Taylor has been a Library Media Specialist at Cumberland School in District 62 for 3 years and a Media Specialist for 6 years.  Heidi Steigerwald has been a Library Media Specialist at Forest School in District 62 for 5 years.

Goals for this presentation  To educate teachers on multicultural literature and resources for assessment strategies for ELL students.  To inform teachers about Media Center support and ELL success.  To provide an interactive online resource community to promote dialog and discussion on current ELL topics of research.

4 Domains of Language  Listening  Speaking  Reading  Writing

Listening Assessment Rubrics & Print Materials:  WIDA rubrics- Strand of Model Performance Indicators for ListeningStrand of Model Performance Indicators for Listening  50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners by Adrienne Herrell HER Online resources:  Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - this is a library of online listening quizzes Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab  Storyonline - SAG Actors read stories aloud and students can follow along with the captions. Storyonline

Speaking Assessment Online resources:  “Teaching Ideas.” Retrieved Online from 28 November Provides a list of great ways to engage ELLs in speaking activities in your classroom such as the use of puppets, drama, talking books, and story cubes. When you click on the link educators find an appropriate age range and lesson plan for the activity. Rubrics:  “Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators Assessment Rubrics.” Retrieved Online from 28 November What makes Kathy’s website so appealing is that she includes a number of multimedia, Library Media, and professional development rubrics ready to print out and implement. In addition there are resources for electronic portfolios, graphic organizers, and tips on writing report card comments. Print Resources:  Bullard, Lisa. Ace Your Oral or Multimedia Presentation. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Elementary, BUL  Engler, Larry. Making Puppets Come Alive: How to Learn and Teach Hand Puppetry. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, ENG

Reading Assessment Rubrics & Print Resources:  Bear, Donald. Words their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, PC BEA  Beaver, Joetta M., and Carter, Mark A. DRA2 - Developmental Reading Assessment. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc, PC BEA Online resources:  "Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners." Retrieved Online from Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners 28 November More suggestions for Reading assessments for ELL students.Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners  "Read, Write, Think ELL Lessons." Retrieved Online from Read, Write, Think 28 November Over 40 different focused ELL lessons for grades k-8.

Writing Assessment Online resources:  “6 Traits writing” Retrieved Online fromhttp://educationnorthwest.org/traits__ November  “Teaching that Makes Sense.” Retrieved Online from 28 November Print Resources:  Diller, Debbie. Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work. Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, PC 372.6DIL  Fiderer, Adele. 35 Rubrics and Checklists to Assess Reading and Writing. New York: Scholastic, PC FID

Ongoing & Additional resources…  All resources may be accessed and edited at the ELL Resource wiki – 

Credits -  Library clip art- clipart.com/free_book_clipart/librarian_in_the_library_with_lots_ of_books_ html clipart.com/free_book_clipart/librarian_in_the_library_with_lots_ of_books_ html  Listening clip art –  Speaking clip art –  Reading clip art – vector/vector-clip- art/person_reading_book_clip_art_16909.html vector/vector-clip- art/person_reading_book_clip_art_16909.html  Writing clip art - clipart.com/school_clipart_images/pencil_touching_lead_to_p aper_ html clipart.com/school_clipart_images/pencil_touching_lead_to_p aper_ html