Assessment and Instruction for ELLs: General Classroom Practices - The Benson Series, Part III9/26/2017 by Julia Benson, K-12 ELL Teacher
When Possible, Use Students’ First Languages to Support Learning
Fairbairn, Shelley and Jones-Vo, Stephany. Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners. Caslon Publishing, 2010, Philadelphia.
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By Julia Benson, K-12 ELL Teacher
If you are interested in a full understanding of programming considerations for our district’s plan for serving ELLs, I would be glad to email you our district’s Lau Plan, which is updated and filed with the state each year. It is a plan I aspire to truly implement. It is not just a document filled with fluff to simply meet state requirements. This is a document that, of course follows a state template, but implements research-based programming and has been written by and updated by a team of people in our district who work with and have a vested interest in the academic as well as life-long success of our ELLs. If you have ideas that can help me at the programming level, please let me know. If you are interested in serving on the writing committee for our district’s Lau plan – I would greatly welcome that! Fairbairn, Shelley and Jones-Vo, Stephany. Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners. Caslon Publishing, 2010, Philadelphia.
By Allysen Lovstuen Respondus Lockdown Browser
Please comment below and myself, Zach Fromm or Shannon Quandahl will help anyone who is interested in utilizing the LockDown Browser. Whether you know exactly how you want to use this and want some in person help, want to talk about some out-of-the-box ideas you might want to try, or want to come into my classroom to see it in use- we are here to help. Here are many helpful videos providing an overview and directions on how to prepare a Canvas quiz for use in LockDown Browser. Currently, Read&Write Google (RWG) is not available in the LockDown Browser. There is a way to allow students to have access to an online dictionary or language translation. Additionally, the Voiceover Accessibility Feature can be accessed while in the LockDown Browser. Please ask myself or Shannon Quandahl for help with these additional resources.
For those students who use RWG, a teacher could set up a quiz to be available to individual students outside of the LockDown Browser and require the LockDown Browser for everyone else. This may make it easier to manage security issues in a classroom setting. Key Considerations for Differentiation for English Language Learners - The Benson Series, Part I9/7/2017 By Julia Benson, K-12 ELL Teacher
Factors relevant to both content achievement and language acquisition for ELLs:
I will do what I can to communicate with classroom teachers what I know about students’ educational histories and where they are in their individual journey of acquiring English. For many students, they know English very well, but may struggle with academic English. For others, they may need help with learning the grammar of English. And for newcomers to the United States, they may need a crash course in social English before moving onto academic English. Fairbairn, Shelley and Jones-Vo, Stephany. Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners. Caslon Publishing, 2010, Philadelphia.
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