1. K-12 ESL PLC Meeting November 4, 2013 What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? Chapter 5: Fluency, Continued

2. Updates from David David Sisk

3. Check-up on Our Promises We’re at the Beginning of the Second Quarter! How are we doing? – Envelopes, please…. What’s next? – Revise?

4. Check-up on our Schedules → Why are we doing this??? → Focus on: → ALL FOUR Domains → Growth

5. Check-up on our Schedules → Why are we doing this??? → Differentiation → Engagement/Interaction → Motivation → Some Examples of Student Progress → Some Examples of Teachers’ Schedules

6. Check-up on our Schedules What adjustments do we need to make? Are we meeting our students by the Handbook’s Guidelines? – Underserving some? – Overserving some? Are we checking on our Level 3 Students? (Consults/Monitors)

7. Fluency Saves Lives!!! “Let’s eat, Grandma!” OR “Let’s eat Grandma!”

8. Fluency Exercise Two Letters: Punctuation Matters!

9. Fluency Exercise Side by Side Chant: – Rhythm – Repetition – Emphasis – Intonation

14. So, What is Prosody??? The MUSIC of Oral Speech Expression Changes in – Intonation – Stress patterns – Duration Gives Character to the Text – Even though the features are not graphically in the text

15. Prosody is… Necessary for Reading Comprehension An Important Element for Fluency Instruction