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Agenda CALLA CALLA Shining Star Overview Shining Star Overview ExamView ® Test Generator ExamView ® Test Generator Planning Your Lessons Planning Your Lessons

Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach Shifting the focus from teaching to learning

Academic Needs of English Language Learners Develop academic vocabulary Develop academic vocabulary Read to acquire new information Read to acquire new information Understand information presented orally Understand information presented orally Participate in classroom discussions Participate in classroom discussions Write to communicate their knowledge and ideas Write to communicate their knowledge and ideas

Why implement CALLA? Promotes academic and linguistic development Promotes academic and linguistic development Benefits diverse students Benefits diverse students Emphasizes higher level thinking Emphasizes higher level thinking Documented effectiveness Documented effectiveness Motivates students Motivates students

Teaching Academic Language and Literacy Develop language across the curriculum Develop language across the curriculum Focus on literacy in all subjects Focus on literacy in all subjects Link to prior linguistic knowledge and skills Link to prior linguistic knowledge and skills Provide balanced instruction Provide balanced instruction

The 5 Steps of CALLA Preparation Preparation Presentation Presentation Practice Practice Evaluation Evaluation Expansion Expansion

PREPARATION Provide overview and objectives Provide overview and objectives Elicit students’ prior knowledge Elicit students’ prior knowledge Develop vocabulary Develop vocabulary Help students make connections Help students make connections Remind students to use the learning strategies they know Remind students to use the learning strategies they know

PRESENTATION Address different learning preferences Address different learning preferences Model reading and writing processes explicitly Model reading and writing processes explicitly Explain learning strategies Explain learning strategies Discuss connections to students’ prior knowledge Discuss connections to students’ prior knowledge

PRACTICE Use interactive activities Use interactive activities Use authentic content and language tasks Use authentic content and language tasks Ask students to use learning strategies Ask students to use learning strategies

EVALUATION Student metacognition Student metacognition Self-assessment Self-assessment Teachers evaluate students’ achievement Teachers evaluate students’ achievement

EXPANSION Students apply what they have learned to their own lives Students apply what they have learned to their own lives Students extend their understanding to other content areas Students extend their understanding to other content areas Students relate new information to their own experience Students relate new information to their own experience

Integrating Content, Language, and Learning Strategies

CALLA instruction is... Learner-centered Learner-centered Metacognitive Metacognitive Supportive Supportive Focused Focused