1. Language Acquisition Part III in a 4 Part Series

2. Essential Question How can we help all of our students acquire the necessary language to be successful in all content areas?

3. Six Key Strategies Academic and Functional Vocabulary

4. PDSA

5. Data Analysis Students learned the content when the academic vocabulary was taught Students did not learn the content when the academic vocabulary was taught Don’t know if students learned the content when the academic vocabulary was taught Why Next Steps

6. PDSA

7. Essential Question How can we help all of our students acquire the necessary language to be successful in all content areas?

8. Scaffold Instruction Temporary support structures teachers put in place to assist students in accomplishing new tasks and concepts they could not typically achieve on their own.

10. Scaffolding Breaking up the learning into chunks Providing a tool or structure with each chunk Differentiation A modified assignment

11. Why scaffold student learning? Provide a supportive learning environment Increase in student talk Increased student engagement Teacher becomes a facilitator of knowledge

12. Gradual Release of Responsibility

13. Solving 2 x 1 Multiplication Problems Conceptually

14. Other Ways to Scaffold

15. Preparing to Scaffold Should complement instructional objectives Know your subject well to identify the need for scaffolding Plan ahead of time Create a safe environment that encourages students to take risks

16. Ramping up Your Lesson Take a look at the Unit Objective for the lesson or unit that you brought. Read through all three Transfer Tasks for the unit. Decide what lesson or concept should be taught with scaffolding. Build that lesson with the gradual release model in mind and maybe some other language acquisition strategies we have learned.

17. PDSA

18. Evidence of Language Acquisition Strategies What data and/or evidence can we collect to determine if the language acquisition strategies we are using are increasing the level of student achievement?

19. Our Evidence Our data points on the effectiveness of the language acquisition strategies on our students’ academic achievement will be:

20. Teaching Academic Language Plan lessons thoughtfully to determine what scaffolding structures are needed to support the students. Keep in mind the cooperative learning structures to ensure that students are provided with multiple opportunities to talk to each other.

21. Language Acquisition Part III in a 4 Part Series