1. DEBRA S. PETERSON, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AMY SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS ROD WINTERS, WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY EVA BOEHM, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Elementary Academic Language: Vocabulary and Beyond

2. What is Academic Language? Academic Language is: the language used in the classroom. the language of text. the language of assessments. the language of power.

3. Discussion Topics 1. Preparing teacher candidates to teach content specific utility words- Debra Peterson 2. Instructional planning and writing language objectives- Amy Smith 3. Cross-disciplinary co-teaching to support Academic Language- Eva Boehm 4. Authentic audiences and the language of power- Rod Winters

4. Contact Information Debra Peterson peter328@umn.edu peter328@umn.edu Amy Smith afsmith@stthomas.edu afsmith@stthomas.edu Rod Winters Rwinters@winona.edu Rwinters@winona.edu Eva Boehm boeh0056@umn.eduboeh0056@umn.edu