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Melissa M, Zaiden, Sugarman, Travis, Pascal

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Melissa M, Zaiden, Sugarman, Travis, Pascal

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The district throws these programs at us without much training or support. Each year new programs are enforced upon us and students without any teacher input. We should all stick to the programs that work ; ex: Reading 180 - helped many student raise their lexile scores- now @ the middle school level we have to request Lexia accounts

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The data and how it is displayed is terrible and masks any kind of trend that anyone can attempt to glean.  It compares 11th graders to 3rd graders.  These are different groups with different experiences, so how can we compare them because they are not the same cohort.

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The data and how it is displayed is terrible and masks any kind of trend that anyone can attempt to glean.  It compares 11th graders to 3rd graders.  These are different groups with different experiences, so how can we compare them because they are not the same cohort.

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Design assessments where students answer in complete sentences. We are noticing an improvement in student writing over the course of the year.

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Allow ELLs to speak out loud and correct their vocabulary. Make sure they are not afraid to make mistakes with their language. One important tool is the Think-Pair-Share.

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"Scan & Translate" app. "Say Hi" app provides real time translation to help students grasp vocabulary. Use of technology is important for ELL differentiation.

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It is important to give our EL's confidence. We spoke about giving opportunities for our students to work in groups and pairs to gain confidence. Using activities that allow students to vocalize answers allows them to practice their skills beyond rote writing expectations.

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It is important to give our EL's confidence. We spoke about giving opportunities for our students to work in groups and pairs to gain confidence. Using activities that allow students to vocalize answers allows them to practice their skills beyond rote writing expectations.

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Just because some students are English Learners does not mean they aren't smart and can't perform equally or better than other students.

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we are doing PD to help students who are struggling.

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Sabrina is an awesome artist with great ideas

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Sabrina is an awesome artist with great ideas

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Once students enter middle school the percentages drop dramatically.  What would be the cause/s?

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Once students enter middle school the percentages drop dramatically.  What would be the cause/s?

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Even if I pair EL students with English-Spanish speakers, they end up speaking Spanish

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Even if I pair EL students with English-Spanish speakers, they end up speaking Spanish

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It is good to see that our ELD students have the opportunity to  learn English in their non- core classes 

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It is good to see that our ELD students have the opportunity to  learn English in their non- core classes 

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Special Ed- having an aide whisper Spanish in the students ear when I'm speaking Spanish

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Special Ed- having an aide whisper Spanish in the students ear when I'm speaking Spanish

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How would you feel if you were in china for six months and they threw you in a science class and expected you to perform at a high level?!

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How would you feel if you were in china for six months and they threw you in a science class and expected you to perform at a high level?!

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Sabrina is very comfortable asking for help in the classroom, I would like to know how to make other students feel that confident and comfortable asking for assistance. 

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Sabrina is very comfortable asking for help in the classroom, I would like to know how to make other students feel that confident and comfortable asking for assistance. 

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This pd helps remind me that my EL students need to be in the forefront of my mind through every juncture of planning, executing, and reflecting on my lessons

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Sabrina expresses herself very well through photography. 

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Sabrina expresses herself very well through photography. 

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Math and science curriculums are becoming more challenging because of the requirement to explain and describe just not calculate

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Math and science curriculums are becoming more challenging because of the requirement to explain and describe just not calculate

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We discussed that we all noticed that our EL students tend to sit or group with other EL students. We also noticed that if we get a bilingual student to collaborate with an EL student, instead of students speaking English with some translation they tend to speak all Spanish.

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I like that we are collabing with our work peers

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I like that we are collabing with our work peers

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The data shows the gap that we need to focus on in our lesson planning.

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TheCCSS State testing results drop off at the higher grade levels.  Wonder if it is just because language acquisition is easier at younger ages or if it is some way we are teaching ELL students at higher grade levels that needs to be looked at.

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TheCCSS State testing results drop off at the higher grade levels.  Wonder if it is just because language acquisition is easier at younger ages or if it is some way we are teaching ELL students at higher grade levels that needs to be looked at.

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I wonder what tools are we giving EL students to use consistently and making available?

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I wonder what tools are we giving EL students to use consistently and making available?

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In our group we agreed that students need to find opportunities to correct and practice speaking the English Language. In addition we felt that the Growth Mindset Academy, held on Saturdays at CCHS, allowed students to HAVE those opportunities to practice speaking English in a variety of artistic environments.

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The new CCSS seems to be negatively impacting the math results. ELD students have traditionally done well in math, but now that they need to write in English on the exam, the scores are lower.

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The EL are at the lowest levels of meeting the California and Common Core Standards.

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The Growth Mind Set Academy has helped the EL learners to feel at ease  communicating in english, it has also helped me sharpen my teaching strategies.

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We noticed that ELLs are the lease proficient students in our district. ELLs who have been reclassified are the highest achieving. 

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We noticed that ELLs are the lease proficient students in our district. ELLs who have been reclassified are the highest achieving. 

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Is the fall between elementary and middle/ middle and high school based on newcomers or a change in affect? There is a major change in the results for both tests.

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The graph of R Fep and I Fep proficiency was surprising and  suggested that across the board, EL's perform better that English only students. 

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The graph of R Fep and I Fep proficiency was surprising and  suggested that across the board, EL's perform better that English only students. 

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At least in ELA.

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have noticed that there are students who are not classified EL but have low reading, speaking and comprehension skills.

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We talked about the yellow and red tabs. We came up with suggestion

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We talked about how the length of time various
ELA student to student
takes to become fluent in English. We spoke of pairing up students in class to translate directions and instructions to new students with limited English skills.

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would be a good tool to use to get more students to respond in class

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Impressed that EL students scored higher than other categories

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Impressed that EL students scored higher than other categories

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One of our staff members talked about a system to pair tutors who have been through the program with newer arrivals.  

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One of our staff members talked about a system to pair tutors who have been through the program with newer arrivals.  

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We observed there is a overall decreasing pattern between English and Math over the years.  However, more info are needed to analyze the data.

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We observed there is a overall decreasing pattern between English and Math over the years.  However, more info are needed to analyze the data.

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Our group was wondering what we could further do to provide opportunities to EL students. This would impact us by forcing us to think critically and analyze where in our teaching we could provide more opportunities for English language immersion and opportunities to practice vocabulary.

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Our reclassified students are much higher than our English only or even our entire school district as a whole. This can be because they have had an increase in support from their teachers for their entire academic careers.

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There is not much influence in mathematics from language.

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There is not much influence in mathematics from language.

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The barrier created by having lower level EL students working with fluent English speakers is difficult to overcome in terms of academic language. Pairing lower level EL's with fluent speakers of both languages has shown some improvement in this, but there needs to be better way to fast track the language skills of the lowest EL students upon initial testing.

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We are impressed by the success of reclassified students compared to our regular classroom students. Maybe we should adapt some of the techniques used with ELL's.

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Our 7 EL students are having success.

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The shift in performance between IFEP and RFEP students. In both ELA and math it occurs at 6th grade.

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The trends observed across math scores compared to English scores shows a need to analyze subgroup data to better understand English Learner performance.