1. Who Are We ? Classroom teachers with some ELL students in our class
ELL teachers
Resource teachers/Support teachers
Administrators of a program or building
Other

2. English Language Learners
An overview

3. ELL Students
Speak or understand a language other than English as their primary language
Have another language spoken in their home which has an impact on their English language acquisition
Have demonstrated significant difficulty accessing their English-only classroom instruction

4. Language Domains
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing

5. Language Acquisition
Additional languages are acquired in much the same way as primary language
Natural communicative processes
Language is a tool to communicate

6. Communicative Intents
Inform
Ask
Request
Describe
Tell
Negate
Affirm
Regulate
Imagine
Existence

7. Communicative Intents
Describe
Classify
Compare
Explain
Predict
Infer
Invite
Apologize
Contrast
Evaluate
Suggest
Interpret

8. Bics and Calp Dr.Jim Cummins
BICS= Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills-refers to social interaction language
CALP=Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency-refers to the language used for content areas of learning

9. Basic Interpersonal Skills
Communication of wants/needs
Communication with friends
Sharing daily activities
Basic storytelling
Recess talk
Hallway and in-line discourse
Benchmark skills

10. Cognitive Academic Language
More complex language
Language used in “teacher talk”
Language of instruction in content area
Academic vocabulary
Formal language for school setting

11. ELLs In The Classroom
How do we accommodate ELLs in the classroom setting?
How can ELL students learn content and language simultaneously?
What are the best teaching strategies for use with English Language Learners?

12. Classroom Instruction That Works--CITW Bob Marzano- McRel
Identifying Similarities & Differences
Summarizing & Note Taking
Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition
Homework & Practice
Nonlinguistic Representation
Cooperative Learning
Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback
Generating & Testing Hypotheses
Cues, Questions, & Advance Organizers

13. Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners Jane Hill - McRel
Use of all 9 strategies
PIE - Use of strategies purposefully, intentionally, and explicitly
Know when, why and how to use the strategies with students

14. Identifying Similarities & Differences
Enhance students’ understanding of and ability to use knowledge by engaging them in mental processes that involve identifying ways items or concepts are alike or different

15. Summarizing & Note Taking
Enhance students’ ability to synthesize information and organize it in a way that captures the main ideas and supporting details

16. Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition
Enhance students’ understanding of the relationship between effort and achievement by addressing students’ attitudes and beliefs about learning
Provide students with rewards or praise for their accomplishments related to the attainment of a goal

17. Homework & Practice
Extend the learning opportunities for students to practice, review, and apply knowledge
Enhance students’ ability to reach the expected level of proficiency for a skill or process

18. Nonlinguistic Representation
Enhance students’ ability to represent and elaborate on knowledge using mental images

19. Cooperative Learning
Provide students with opportunities to interact with each other in groups in ways that enhance their learning

20. Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback
Provide students a direction for learning and information regarding how well they are performing relative to a particular learning goal so that they can improve their performance

21. Generating & Testing Hypothesis
Enhance students’ understanding of and ability to use knowledge by engaging them in mental processes that involve making and testing hypotheses

22. Cues, Questions, & Advance Organizers
Enhance students’ ability to retrieve, use, and organize what they already know about a topic

23. Model Writing Lesson Handout information Books in front
Writing Traits review
Lesson Participation

24. Six Traits of Writing