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At Starfall, children have fun while they learn - specializing in reading, phonics & math - educational games, movies, books, songs, and more for children K-5 and above.

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Educational games and videos from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows!

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Director of Pupil Personnel Services
Mrs. Heather Harriman
hharriman@dcrsd.org
508-943-6888

Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Loretta Andre
landre@dcrsd.org
508-943-3980 | ext. 273

District Coordinator of English Learner Services
Dr. Barbara Marderosian
bmarderosian@dcrsd.org
508-943-6700 | ext 202

District Nursing Coordinator
Stephanie Moisan
smoisan@dcrsd.org
508-248-7774

Special education services are available to students from ages 3 through 21 who have been diagnosed with disabilities and require specialized instruction in order to make effective progress in accessing curriculum. Individualized special education programs (IEPs) are cooperatively developed by the student's individual planning team lead by a Special Education Coordinator, which includes parents, teachers, administrators and, when appropriate, a speech and language pathologist, occupational therapist, school psychologist, and/or other specialists. These TEAMs make every effort to provide the appropriate special education program to children in a setting as close to a regular classroom as possible.

Many times the Special Education process can seem confusing to parents with new language, rules, expectations and forms. If, at any time, you have a question or concern regarding your child's progress or IEP do not hesitate to contact the Special Education Coordinator for your child's school. Their primary role is to assist parents and staff in, and through, the Special Education process. You may also contact the Special Education office at 508-943-6888 or via email at hharriman@dcrsd.org.

Helpful Documents & Links

Federation of Children with Special Needs

Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress

https://cerebralpalsygroup.com/

American society for deaf children

American council of the Blind

Center on the social emotional foundations for early learning

Shepherd Hill Regional School District
Stacey Prosco
sprosco@dcrsd.org
508-943-6700 (Dudley)
Charlton Middle School & Grade 4 Dudley Elementary
Kerrie Flynn
kflynn@dcrsd.org
508-248-1423 x 1121
Dudley Middle School & Out of District
Lisa Petrel-Delude
lpetrell-delude@dcrsd.org
508-943-2224 x 1116

Heritage School & Grade 2 and 3 Dudley Elementary
Tammy Martin-Allison
tmartin-allison@dcrsd.org
508-248-4884 x 237 (Heritage)
508-943-3351 (Dudley Elementary)
Charlton Elementary & Preschool at Mason Road
Andrea Ostrosky
508-248-7774 (Charlton Elementary)
508-943-4312 (Mason Road)
Grade 1 & Kindergarten Mason Road
Jennifer Desto
jdesto@dcrsd.org
508-943-4312

Special Education Clerk
Chelsea Jette
cjette@dcrsd.org
508-943-3980 x 281

Language Acquisition Progress Reports

English

Spanish

Portuguese

Arabic

English as a Second Language is a separate discipline taught by someone with an ESL license to ELL students only. ESL class is based on ESL curriculum in order to promote language acquisition skills. It is not academic support. ELL students receive a certain amount of language instruction based on their level of language proficiency. Only ELLs are in ESL class. Sheltered content classes are core classes taught by gen ed teachers who have the Sheltered English endorsement. SEI training provides best practices in development of vocabulary, reading, and writing skills so that ELLs can better comprehend core content. SEI classes have ELLs and general education students. If you wish to take the SEI MTEL in order to earn the SEI endorsement, please go to: http://www.mtel.nesinc.com/ for more information on registration and study resources.

Learn more about out Dudley-Charlton Regional School District English Language Learners Parents Advisory Council.

American with Disabilities Act, Section 504

Section 504 is a federal statute that prohibits discrimination based upon a disability. Obligations for school districts start when federal funds are received.

Section 504 covers eligible students with disabilities for reasonable accommodations that enable them to work or learn. A team knowledgeable of the student determines if the individual meets eligibility criteria.

Please find the following coordinators, based on school location, below:

504 Coordinators

Mason Road

Rachael Shelburne

Dudley Elementary School

Vanessa Muscente

Charlton Elementary School

Elizabeth Remian

Heritage School

Amanda Sexton

Dudley Middle School

Charlton Middle School

Shepherd Hill Regional High School

Nondiscrimination Policy Statement
It is the goal of the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and affirmatively provides access to employment and equal educational opportunity. Discrimination, including that based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, homelessness or sexual orientation of an individual occurring in the workplace or in other settings in which individuals may be entitled access to educational opportunity is unlawful and will not be tolerated by this organization. Further, any retaliation against an individual for cooperating with an investigation of a discrimination complaint is similarly unlawful and will not be tolerated. To achieve our goal, acts of discrimination or harassment will not be tolerated and we have provided procedures by which inappropriate conduct will be addressed, if encountered by an employee, student or member of the community.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination:

Heather Harriman, Director of Pupil Personnel Services
Dudley-Charlton Regional School District Offices
68 Dudley-Oxford Road
Dudley, MA 01571

Are you currently ...

Living in a shelter?

Living in a public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a sleeping space for people?

A teen on your own?

Doubled up with friends or relatives due to hardship?

Click for Mass resources: Shelter Assistance

Click for McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act
You have the right to ...

Immediate enrollment

To remain in the school of origin or to attend school where temporary residency is taking place (The choice to remain in the school of origin continues until the end of the school year in which permanent housing is obtained)

Transportation to the school of origin to the extent feasible (NOTE: Massachusetts has defined "to the extent feasible" for transportation as up to a one-hour drive one way,45 minutes for preschool/kindergarten children)

Access to services and educational programs comparable to those received by other students

Automatic eligibility for Title I Services

Provision of free lunch

Dispute resolution - please contact the Homeless Education Liaison below

We want to help...
Should you find yourself in circumstances where you and/or your child are "lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence", we would like to help.
Please contact: Dudley-Charlton Regional School District Homeless Liaison:

Director of Pupil Personnel Services

Dudley-Charlton Regional School District

Your call will be kept confidential.
These rights are established under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. This act is the primary piece of federal legislation dealing with the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness in U.S. public schools. It was reauthorized as Title X, Part C, of the No Child Left Behind Act in January 2002. To qualify for these rights, children and youth must be considered homeless according to the McKinney-Vento definition of homelessness.

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Oxford Picture Dictionary 3rd Edition : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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This page contains math vocabulary cards for Kindergarten through 8th Grade and Secondary 1 Mathematics. These cards can also be found in Spanish, Chinese, and French under the Dual Immersion menu. Portuguese, German, and Russian vocabulary cards are located at the following website: USOE Dual Immersion Vocabulary Cards

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Aims to help students and children to memorize English (US) vocabulary in an easy and efficient way by using images, pronunciation and games. Free and Fun!

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My ENL Page - Beginner/ Newcomer Resources

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Teaching Newcomer ELLs Newcomer Phonics - A World of Language Learners Supporting Elementary Newcomers - A World of Language Learners Newcomer/SLIFE Resources (padlet.com) What to Do First Video Creating a Welcoming Environment Video Spanish Classroom Glossary: Helpful

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Newcomer Resources Newcomer ToolkitAdapted from “Newcomer Toolkit.” Minneapolis Public Schools, multilingual.mpls.k12.mn.us/newcomer_toolkitThe Language, Culture and Equity Department is committed to providing the necessary support for the many new-to-country EL students that we serve. Their needs…

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Helpful Free Resources
This compilation contains links to ten different resources for all different types of helpful sites.

Word Hippo-an extremely helpful online dictionary/thesaurus (also an app) that also includes pronunciation, translation, and word form options

Khan Academy-not just for math anymore, there's a great section for grammar learning and practice

DuoLingo-a free website/app for learning English, particularly helpful phrases and basic vocabulary

KnightCite-helpful for citing references in MLA, APA, or Chicago format while writing

ESL Cyber Listening Lab-listening activities with comprehension exercises

Read & Write-an extension that will read websites and online documents aloud in the Chrome browser

Creating Recordings-two different options for when students need to create a recording or video

YouTube Channels-three different channels great for learning and reviewing grammar, vocabulary, and more

Each of the ten resources includes a link to the website, links to the app in the Google Play and Apple stores (where applicable), a brief description of why it is useful, and a logo or picture to help students ensure they're in the right place (especially when they can't use the direct link for some reason and try to locate the site by name).
Free Sites to Play English Practice Games
Practicing anything is more fun if it can be done in a game format. There is also a growing amount of research supporting the idea that we learn more through play than study alone. It is no surprise that my students prefer to play games rather than complete workbook style exercises, so I've compiled this set of eight sites to allow them to do just that. Some of the sites are geared more towards younger learners but my students haven't minded. We have a good relationship and they know from our time in class that I respect them. Once again, each of the eight sections provides a link to the website, links to the app in the Google Play and Apple stores (where applicable), a brief description of the site (including if it is geared toward children), and a logo or picture to help them identify the correct site. The included sites are:

Jeopardy Labs-Jeopardy games to practice just about anything

MES Games-games aimed more towards children for practicing vocabulary and basic grammar

Educa Play-great for older learners to practice vocabulary and grammar

English Club-organized into sections for grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation and geared toward older learners

Review Game Zone-more difficult to navigate with older style games but still free and useful for practice

ESL Games+- definitely aimed at children with games for basic vocabulary and beginning grammar

Quizlet-make your own vocabulary sets or use the premade ones, also an app

Free Rice-practice English and help feed the world's hungry through a partnership with the World Food Program, also an app

Conclusion
Since students need to be able to click the links, distributing paper handouts wouldn't be nearly as helpful as providing the PDFs digitally. For this reason, I place them in our Blackboard class (or Moodle, Google Classroom, Padlet...) so my students can download the files for use whenever they need. My students have really appreciated the PDFs and tell me they've enjoyed being able to practice on their own. They were frustrated by not knowing if they could trust the sites they found to be accurate in the information and answers they provided and this relieved that stress. While there are many other excellent free resources in existence, I chose to keep the lists short so as not to overwhelm students and these are the ones I found myself recommending most often. I hope your students will find it as helpful as mine have. Happy teaching, everyone!

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Helpful Free Resources Helpful Free ResourcesDownload Free Games To Practice English Games to Practice EnglishDownload One of the most frequent requests I get from students, especially now that I'm teaching mostly adults, is for resources they can use to practice English on their own. Understandably, since they are paying a fair amount of money for...

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Vocaroo is a quick and easy way to share voice messages over the interwebs.

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Free online ESL games to help students learn English in a fun and interactive way.

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This portal is offered as a free resource through the 2023-2024 school year.

There are two areas of the site, one for Students and one for Instructors. Materials are organized by our Foundational Skills Scope & Sequence, and can be quickly navigated using the Menu at the top of the page.

If you would like more information about Flyleaf products, please visit flyleafpublishing.com.

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Online Materials PortalThis portal is offered as a free resource through the 2023-2024 school year. There are two areas of the site, one for Students and one for Instructors. Materials are organized by our Foundational Skills Scope & Sequence, and can be quickly navigated using the Menu at the top of the page.

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Civics Lessons and EL Civics for ESL Students

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EL Civics Website for EL Civics Students: Civics Lessons, ESL Worksheets, ESL Lessons, Quizzes, ESL Photo Stories, EL Civics Videos, Crossword Puzzles, ESL PowerPoints, National U.S. Holidays, and Pictures. Material for EL Civics and ESL students and teachers.

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A fun activities and games site covering subjects such as sports, animals, history, science, geography, jokes, math, and biographies. Pages are written to be easy to read and understand.

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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The most popular manipulatives at your fingertips. Powerful yet easy-to-use.

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Online education word games that include Crossword Puzzles,Pun Of The Week,Hang Man,Vocabulary Quizz,Word Build,Word Drop,Word Search Builder,Word Search Maker,Word Scramble,Wordcipher,Grammar Games and more,

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Watch this video about a newcomer in a regular classroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Y0HAjLKYI&feature=youtu.be
In modifying assignments for newcomers, be careful not to water down the content. Instead find ways to make the content accessible, such as using visuals (realia, photos, labeled pictures), scaffolding, first language supports, etc.
Making Text Accessible for ELs: SupprtEd video (handout at the bottom of this page) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=549&v=BHrN_v7_VoU&feature=emb_logo
https://www.middleweb.com/39954/achieving-accessibility-for-all-of-our-learners/
Helpful Hints for Teaching Newcomers/Beginning ELLs:

Please include your newcomer/ELL in class activities and lessons. Regular interaction with an English-speaking teacher and peers is essential!

Spending the majority of their time secluded on a computer is rarely helpful to newcomers and is a form of discrimination.

Modifying lessons does not necessarily require making new ones, just changing/adapting what you've already created .

Your ESL teacher is there as a support for the students and as a resource for you. The real difference is made in your classroom.

ReWordify: Enter complex text and watch it be simplified! http://rewordify.com/

Videos: https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/differentiated-instruction-english-language-learners
Video: Differentiating Instruction:It's Not as Hard as You Think Video: Differentiating Instruction: A Guide for Teaching ELLs General Strategies:

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Courtney Elementary offers pre-kindergarten through 5th grade and is part of Yadkin County Schools.

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There are over 1 billion people all over the world learning English right now. Luckily for them, there are now, more than ever, a plethora of great resources on the Web to make this challenge easier.

We've put together this guide to help students, from teens to adults, get the help they need to achieve their goals with learning English. We've divided the resources into five sections to help you find exactly what you want.

General

Activities for ESL Students: This site includes exercises, puzzles and quizzes to help students learning English as a second language. The content is contributed by teachers and categorized by language and difficulty level.

Common Errors in English Usage: This is a companion site to Paul Brians' book of the same title. The site explains some of the most commonly misused and misunderstood aspects of English. For example, apostrophes are only used to indicate possession or omitted letters in a contraction, not to indicate plural.

English Media Lab: This site includes exercises, many using audio or video, introducing English vocabulary and pronunciation. Exercises are categorized by difficulty level and subject matter, such as "planning a poker night", "phone expressions" and "immigration and going through customs."

ESL Podcast: The ESL podcasts help students learn pronunciation and word usage in a conversational context. The podcasts use current events, pop culture and typical social situations to illustrate concepts.

Interesting Things for ESL Students: This site includes a variety of exercises and interactive activities for ESL students. The "listen and repeat" and "listen and read along" sections may be helpful for ESL students and native speakers working on basic skills.

Kenneth's ESL Blog: This blog is written by an ESL teacher and content developer. Content includes advice on grammar, word usage and other topics of interest to non-native speakers, such as the importance of effective cover letters when applying for jobs.

Talk English: Talk English helps students identify, integrate and understand English through a series of exercises categorized into topics such as interview English, business English, travel English, etc.

Vocabulary & Grammar

20-Minute ESL Lesson: This site contains a series of English vocabulary exercises designed to be completed in 20 minutes. Each lesson includes listen and repeat audio, a quiz and a follow-up activity.

Easy Vocabulary Quizzes with Pictures: This site offers interactive vocabulary quizzes that ask students to match nouns, verbs and adjectives with pictures.

ELC Study Zone: ELC Study Zone is part of the University of Victoria English Language Centre. The site offers vocabulary lists and exercises categorized into subjects including Canadian coins, furniture, and kitchen utensils.

English Grammar Online 4 U: This site helps students learn to compose positive and negative sentences and learn tenses through a series of exercises categorized by skill level.

ESL Gold: ESL Gold presents ESL resources including vocabulary guides and textbook recommendations as well as lessons categorized by skill level, from low beginning to advanced.

Hyperlink: This site is a comprehensive resource for ESL students, presenting test preparation guides, vocabulary lists and games, verb usage and more.

Illustrated Vocabulary: Illustrated Vocabulary helps students learn elementary vocabulary in English, Dutch, French and Danish through multiple choice picture games.

LanguageGuide.org: This site helps Spanish-speaking students learn English vocabulary through language guides and pictures.

Match the Picture: This site helps students learn English vocabulary through picture matching games.

Vancouver Community College ESL: This site, published by Vancouver Community College, helps students in literacy level 1/2 learn vocabulary through a series of exercises and puzzles, emphasizing Canadian vocabulary.

Vocabulary.co.il: This site helps ESL students learn English vocabulary through a series of games. Games are categorized as slangs/idioms, analogy, contractions, etc.

Listening & Reading Comprehension

Easy Reading for Adult ESL Beginners: This site presents short stories at a basic reading level that introduce English vocabulary and expressions. Students have the option of listening while they read.

Elllo: Elllo helps students learn English naturally, through lessons that include recorded conversation, text notes, quizzes and more. Lessons include a variety of subjects and are categorized by skill level.

EnglishMed.com: This site helps ESL students learn English vocabulary used in medial settings.

ESL Fast: ESL Fast, published by Pasadena City College, includes a variety of ESL resources. The site allows students to practice conversation on a variety of subjects, with animated tutors.

ESL Gold Speaking Phrases: This site helps ESL students learn conversational phrases by listening to audio recordings and completing accompanying exercises.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab: This site offers a wealth of resources to help ESL students learn English vocabulary. Lessons include recorded audio listening quizzes on a variety of topics and in various skill levels, 20-minute vocabulary lessons and longer conversations with video.

Real English: This site offers video exercises on a variety of subjects, including more specific information, such as the differences between US and UK speech and normal, formal and informal introduction.

TalkEnglish.com: This site offers a number of listening exercises categorized by beginner, intermediate and advanced skill levels. Each lesson includes a quiz, and students have the option of viewing the dialogue while listening.

Business English Help

Business English Grammar Exercises: This site helps ESL students learn the finer points of grammar through a series of quizzes and exercises.

Business English Lessons: This site includes interactive exercises and reference materials to help ESL students prepare for business interactions. Topics include presentations, negotiations, etc.

Business English Pod: Business English Pod offers portable ESL lessons specifically designed for use on an MP3 player.

BusinessEnglishSite.com: This site is a comprehensive resource for ESL students in business. Lessons are divided into subjects like Information Technology and Sales and Marketing, and more specific subjects like English for Sales.

English Club: This site includes references and exercises teaching pronunciation, vocabulary and reading skills on a variety of business topics.

ESL Gold Useful Phrases: This site helps ESL students learn useful business expressions for use in business interactions, correspondence, and presentation. The lessons include specific grammar rules, like using appropriate tenses, with written exercises and audio recordings.

Learn-English-Today: This site offers a comprehensive library of business English vocabulary (with definitions), and crossword and word search games to help students learn vocabulary.

Linguarama: Linguarama presents exercises to help ESL students learn business language specific to sales.

Nonstop English: Nonstop English helps ESL students learn business vocabulary and phrases by choosing the appropriate word to complete a sentence.

Parapal Online: Parapal Online helps ESL students learn business vocabulary through multiple choice quizzes and exercises. This site also includes a library of business letters.

SpeakSpeak: This site offers advice on and examples of business English usage in common business documents, vocabulary, etiquette, grammar rules, word usage, and more. The site also offers grammar and vocabulary exercises at the beginner, intermediate and advanced level.

TalkEnglish.com: Talk English presents lessons that teach ESL students how to use common words and phrases in a business office setting.

World-English: This site includes links and activities that help ESL students learn how to use English in business communication, such as letters, resumes, etc.

Writing Resources

English Writing Skills: This site helps ESL students improve their business writing and includes advice on and examples of business letters and resumes. Materials are categorized by beginning, intermediate and advanced writing. The site also includes more specific topics such as persuasive writing and American versus British spelling.

ESL Galaxy: ESL Galaxy offers a variety of English grammar writing exercises, including sentence scramble, gap exercises, picture description, and more, divided into beginner, intermediate, and high levels.

ESL Writing Wizard: ESL Writing Wizard is a free resource that allows ESL teachers to create and print customized English handwriting worksheets.

English as a Second Language: Jumbled Sentence Exercises: This site allows ESL students to test their word knowledge by rearranging the given words to form a sentence.

English as a Second Language: Dictation Exercises for English Learners: On this page, ESL students can practice their English comprehension by listening to spoken sentences and typing what they hear.

English as a Second Language: Sentence Structure Writing Practice
: This site allows students to test their English comprehension and writing skill by rearranging words to form sentences. Students must not only rearrange the words, but also use proper capitalization and punctuation.

Purdue Online Writing Lab: This site provides a variety of materials, including vocabulary and grammar reference, practice exercises, and coaching on writing for various business audiences. The staff also offer individualized writing help by email.

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There are over 1 billion people all over the world learning English right now. Luckily for them, there are now, more than ever, a plethora of great resources on the Web to make this challenge easier. We've put together this guide to help students, from teens to adults, get the help they need to achieve their goals with learning English.

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Set up your classroom, without IT

You can quickly and easily set up your classroom in Quill by inputting student names or providing students with a unique code. If you use Google Classroom or Clever, you can automatically set up your classroom with one click.

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Quill.org | Interactive Writing and Grammar

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Set up your classroom, without IT You can quickly and easily set up your classroom in Quill by inputting student names or providing students with a unique code. If you use Google Classroom or Clever, you can automatically set up your classroom with one click.

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Lesson framework for introducing newcomers to the English language.

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ESOL Newcomer Lesson Framework SRCDS.pdf

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One of the most popular posts from my former blog (Innovative EL) was this- so I knew I had to get it back up and available for folks on my new blog!

This tool is based on WIDA performance descriptors. It is meant to serve as a starting place for educators who may not be as familiar with supports and scaffolds for multilingual learners. Each page features one proficiency level (printed twice: so page one has Level 1 at the top and also at the bottom for easy printing). Please note that these are based on general composite scores, and not on language domain scores. Ready to access the tool? Click here!

A deeper look into each individual students' scores (which I absolutely recommend providing to anyone who supports multilingual learners) can be found in the WIDA Name Charts (available on the WIDA website). These charts are a fantastic resource that I'd recommend printing and giving to each classroom teacher, content teacher, social worker, psychologist, teaching assistant, etc. Each classroom teacher can potentially have their entire class on one large sheet so that they can strategically group students and plan for instruction.

For my tool, I love printing each page in a different color, laminating each page, and posting on a ring for easy accessibility. You can place these in teacher mailboxes or keep them in a common area for teachers such as a conference room or copy room.

What's great about tools like this is that it is just the BEGINNING of an ongoing conversation about supporting multilingual learners. Sometimes, tools like this can be the start of a journey of empowering all educators to best serve students. Sometimes, having something to hold in your hands is the start of building confidence! Let's continue to empower our teammates and colleagues.

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One of the most popular posts from my former blog (Innovative EL) was this- so I knew I had to get it back up and available for folks on my...

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Copy of Loop ESL Newcomer Curriculum Framework.docx

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Practical and innovative strategies for supporting Multilingual Learners. Click to read Helping Multilingual Learners Thrive, by Marilee Coles-Ritchie, Ph.D., a Substack publication with hundreds of readers.

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This guide provides equity-focused resources for state education agency (SEA) leaders to use when engaging state and local stakeholders in continuous-improvement processes for English learner programs and services....

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What are the benefits of effective scaffolding?

The combination of respectful learning standards and an excellent curriculum is a powerful place to begin the exciting work of helping all learners succeed. However, the needs of some students for processing new learning require thoughtful scaffolding.

A scaffold is a temporary support provided to students to help them achieve a learning goal. Scaffolds are distinct from accommodations or modifications.

An accommodation is similar in concept to a scaffold, but it is usually a legally mandated instructional requirement. An example of an accommodation would be "extra time" on a summative assessment.

A modification goes deeper than a scaffold, and changes the actual content and/or learning standards for students. A modification may be found on a student's Individualized Education Plan, or IEP.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Scaffolds should be...

Sensitive to students’ strengths and challenges.

Standards-based.

In alignment with learning targets (objectives).

Applied to the process of meeting the learning target.

Temporary.

Used to provide a student with necessary supports to accomplish a task that is not otherwise possible.

Appropriate to the task.

Respectful for all learners.

EL Education regards successful scaffolding of instruction, then, as a matter of the intersection of instructional tasks, the grade-level standards, and the needs of individual students.

Learning Targets

I can describe a variety of effective scaffolds that maintain the rigor of the Common Core and other standards.

I can explain the benefits of effectively scaffolding a lesson for students.

Watch: Teaching Matters: Scaffolding

1. What are the benefits of effective scaffolding for students? What practices do you currently have in place to support your students?

2. What professional support might you need in providing scaffolding for your students?

eMedia Workshop. (2012, September 17). *Teaching Matters: Scaffolding.* Retrieved October 23, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gNjGD_W3dM.

Read

Digging Deeper on Differentiation Strategies: This excerpt is from EL Education’s text Transformational Literacy (download on this page.)

1. Think about the students you teach. Which type of scaffolding, front-end or back-end, is preferable in helping these students meet the rigorous standards of the Common Core? Explain.

2. What are the benefits for students when you effectively scaffold a lesson? What are the challenges for you, the teacher, in offering scaffolded experiences for your students?

3. Think about an upcoming lesson and the students you teach. How might you scaffold the process for some students toward meeting the learning target(s)?

Three-Level Approach to Scaffolding Can Be Applied to the Teaching of Math: This article, from Educational Research Newsletter and Webinars, proposes a three-level hierarchy of scaffolding practices that strategically support mathematics learning.

1. What environmental provisions can support students in a mathematical classroom?

2. Why are reviewing and restructuring math concepts more powerful than telling, showing, and explaining a math concept?

3. Compare your experiences with developing mathematical thinking within your students. What strategies might you add to your toolbox?

Watch: Learning to Think: A Foundation for Analysis

This video from the Teaching Channel, showcases lessons being delivered by Sarah Brown Wessling, National Teacher of the Year. Consider how she is scaffolding the instruction for her students. What are her critical moves that help her students reach the learning target? Discuss with a partner or journal on your own.

Watch: Scaffolding Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

1. How do the teachers scaffold literacy instruction for their English Language Learners? What are the conscientious decisions they make to help all students access complex text?

2. Observe the cycle of close reading: reading, thinking, talking, and writing. Reflect on or discuss the following:

3. Why is each part of the close reading cycle critical for comprehension?

4. Consider your typical lesson around teaching comprehension. How closely do your lessons mirror the cycle highlighted in the video? What might be your next steps in designing or implementing a close reading lesson?

5. How are the scaffolds in the lessons good strategies for all learners? How might you accelerate more ready learners in a classroom?

Quiz: ELA Scaffolding Scenarios

Click here to go to the scaffolding scenarios. Read each scenario and then decide if the scaffold applied by the teacher maintains alignment to the Common Core ELA shifts or negatively affects alignment to the Common Core ELA shifts. Click to reveal the answer on the next slide.

Tools

Resources to Help Teachers Scaffold Lessons

Continuum of Interventions: A tool developed by EL Education to assist teachers in spontaneous interventions as well as low-preparation and high-preparation scaffolds for ELA. The spontaneous interventions might fit the category of “scaffolds.” Many of the interventions at the more planful end of the continuum fit the category of tiering, which is described more fully on the next page.

Scaffolding Options for ELA: A quick reference guide from EL Education naming appropriate ways to scaffold ELA activities while maintaining alignment to the CCLS.

Dig Deeper

Readings

Additional Work with Complex Texts: This resource, developed by EL Education, is designed to help school leaders, instructional coaches, general education teachers, special education teachers, and intervention teachers think and plan together about strategic ways to best use additional support time beyond the ELA block (download from this page).

Scaffolds for Learning: The Key to Guided Instruction: Appearing in an ASCD publication, this chapter from Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey’s book Guided Instruction offers insight into the brain science of the effects of instructional scaffolding, along with guidelines for supporting students.

Cultivating Students’ Ability to Read Complex Texts Independently: This text is excerpted from New York State’s Revised Publisher’s Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy, Grades 3–8, by David Coleman and Susan Pimentel (download on this page).

Discuss

For Teachers:

1. Time is a luxury for most teachers. As you consider an upcoming lesson, think about some low-prep scaffolds you can include to support learners. What steps do you need to take to be sure that these scaffolds maintain the rigor of the Common Core Standards?

2. What are the most essential considerations, or things to attend to, when planning to use scaffolds in a lesson? Predict the impact that these scaffolds will have on student success.

3. What seems particularly challenging to you when planning for the use of scaffolds?

For School Leaders:

1. What support might teachers need in moving students toward more challenging work required by the Common Core while simultaneously ensuring students are receiving appropriate scaffolds?

2. As an instructional leader, how will you ensure that teachers’ scaffolds are aligned to the rigor of the Common Core Standards?

3. Using the method of scaffolding, how can you gradually help teachers improve in their practice?

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Helping All Learners: Scaffolding | EL Education

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What are the benefits of effective scaffolding?

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De-Mystifying Complex Texts: What are "Complex" Texts and How Can We Ensure ELLs/MLLs Can Access Them?

By Elsa Billings, Aída Walqui

Description

Because the idea of complex text permeates all the disciplines and levels of schooling, concern about its implications for teaching goes far beyond the high school English teacher.

These concerns become particularly heightened when considering English language learners (ELLs) and multilingual learners (MLLs), the students who are simultaneously asked to read and comprehend complex texts in a language they are still learning.

This brief, written by Elsa Billings and Aída Walqui of WestEd's Quality Teaching for English Learners, explores:

What qualifies as a complex text

The challenges of a narrow focus on quantitative dimensions of complexity

The particular difficulties of texts for ELLs and MLLs

How to make complex text more accessible to ELLs/MLLs

Download other briefs in this series produced by the New York State Education Department:

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Product Information

Copyright: 2017
Format: PDF
Pages: 4
Publisher: New York State Education Department

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By Elsa Billings, Aída Walqui Because the idea of complex text permeates all the disciplines and levels of schooling, concern about its implications for teaching goes far beyond the high school English teacher. These concerns become particularly heightened when considering English language learners (ELLs) and multilingual learners (MLLs), the students who are simultaneously asked to read and comprehend complex texts in a language they are still learning.

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"Give One Get One" and "Chat Stations" are two strategies that promote academic conversations in any classroom. When using these strategies with English Learners, teachers need to consider scaffolds. The next two slides contain examples of possible scaffolds for these strategies.

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ELL2.0 - Strategies to Promote Academic Conversation

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"Give One Get One" and "Chat Stations" are two strategies that promote academic conversations in any classroom. When using these strategies with English Learners, teachers need to consider scaffolds. The next two slides contain examples of possible scaffolds for these strategies.

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Countries with the most English-language speakers:

Country

Number of English Speakers (approximate; X=1,000,000 people)

USA

237.7 million

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58 million

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18 million

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15.5 million

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3.72 million

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3.7 million

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3.3 million

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2.5 million

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Trinidad and Tobago

1.2 million

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Guyana

0.8 million

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Languages across the world have unique phonemic systems. For individuals learning English as a second language, it is common for the phonemic system of their first language to influence the production of sounds in English.

Resources listed below are intended to contribute to foundational awareness of potential cultural and linguistic influences. There are variations within cultures, and regional and dialectal variances exist in all languages. Therefore, a single chart/page on cultural and/or linguistic features is not meant to provide a comprehensive overview. Clinical judgment, client/patient/student and caregiver input, and additional research are needed to ensure culturally responsive services.

How Can I Use This Information?

Speech-language pathologists can use this information to:

Identify sounds in a client's phonological system for languages other than English.

Determine phonemic influences of a client's native language on English.

Identify sounds from the client's first language that may not exist in English or identify sounds in English that do not exist in someone's native language.

Recognize that even if there are similar sounds across two languages, they may not be used the same way. For example, in some languages a sound may only be used at the ends of words and not as a word-initial sound.

Audiologists can use this information to:

Correlate the client's audiogram and the sounds of the client's language(s).

Recognize and respond to amplification needs.

Identify the effect of the individual's phonemic system on speech audiometry assessment.

Modify materials and procedures during speech audiometry assessment.

Phonemic Inventories and Cultural and Linguistic Information

ASHA has compiled resources on the phonemic systems for the following languages:

Amharic

Arabic

Bosnian

Burmese

Chinese

English

English Phonemic Inventory [PDF]
Dialect
Haitian Creole

Hindi/Urdu

Hmong

Japanese

Korean

Navajo

Pashto and Persian

Polish

Russian

Spanish

Somali

Somali (Portland State University)

Tagalog

Vietnamese

Refugee Profiles/Information
ASHA's policy documents state that SLPs and audiologists must consider the sound systems of all the languages used by a client in order to provide appropriate assessment and treatment services.
Websites with Phonemic Inventories

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Phonemic Inventories and Cultural and Linguistic Information Across Languages

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