EB/EL Classroom Toolkit & Explanation: Katie Wendler by Katie Wendler

ELPS Chart

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 22:17:49 UTC

English Language Proficiency Standards - these are important to include in the language objectives when lesson planning and for determining which language domains are begin addressed with the lesson.

PLDs

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 22:17:49 UTC

Proficiency Level Descriptors - these are important to refer to when monitoring the progress of the English learners. They also serve as reminders of what students can do at each level of proficiency within each domain of language.

ELPS Chart

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 22:17:49 UTC

Engaging ELL Students in Social Studies

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 22:27:05 UTC

This resource provides strategies for teaching social studies to ELL children. For instance, focusing on background knowledge as well as providing visuals and inquiry based learning days are great outlets of learning for ESL students.

Supporting ELL Science Success

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 22:36:16 UTC

This article discusses STEAM (Science, technology, Engineering, Art, Math) based learning approaches that ELL students can participate in. It mostly provides examples of hand on activities such as makerspace projects, gardening, robotics etc.

Digital Stories for ELLs

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 22:57:08 UTC

This article discusses how digital storytelling benefits ELL students. It provides a real life scenario in a college classroom where digital storytelling helped foster communication and engagement among students .

Game Based Learning for ELL's

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 23:07:39 UTC

Interactive gaming for ESL students, offers a platform where they can practice their communication, problem solving, collaboration, and negotiation skills. Students can also focus on enhancing their pronunciation and phonics that they need in order to be successful when becoming fluent in any language.

Higher Order Thinking Skills for Social Studies

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 23:13:30 UTC

When EB/EL students are learning social studies it is important to take into account the skills that they need to have in order to learn. For instance, it is important to understand that students be able to determine cause and effect relationships and have the ability to interpret information as they are learning. As an educator, you must provide all the necessary tools that your students need to be successful.

Science Talk

katiewendler — 2024-11-13 23:30:22 UTC

This article discusses how "science talk" helps improve students science knowledge as well as their language development. Science talk exposes learners to new ideas and allows them to hear perspectives from others.

Vocabulary and Sentence Frames in Math

katiewendler — 2024-11-14 01:18:14 UTC

This article provides important information on how to articulate sentence frames and vocabulary into math problems. It is important that students are provided the practice and time so they can expand their knowledge not only just in math but in their writing as well.

How to teach math to ELLs

katiewendler — 2024-11-14 01:19:08 UTC

This article highlights teaching strategies like academic vocabulary, importance of reading and understanding problems, building background knowledge, and using technology for ELL students. It also provides resources and websites that teachers can use to help their students in all areas of math for instance... Vital NY.

Strategies for Reading Development

katiewendler — 2024-11-14 01:59:39 UTC

This article provides literacy strategies and techniques that teacher can use to teach ELL how to read. For instance, it is important to draw on students background knowledge as well as focusing on key vocabulary and using informal comprehension checks to make sure your students are understanding what they are learning.

The Joy of teaching students how to write and effective ways do so...

katiewendler — 2024-11-14 02:08:22 UTC

This article discusses effective and joyful ways to teach writing to students. For instance, poems, sentence auctions, quick writes are all outlets that a teacher can use in order to support all his/her students (even at different language proficiency levels).

Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (SOLOM)

katiewendler — 2024-11-14 02:18:39 UTC

This PDF provides an important tool that is used to asses student oral language proficiency. It is outlined with a structured framework that is used to assess students comprehension skills, fluency, vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar.

Challenges and Solutions to Oral Language Development

katiewendler — 2024-11-14 02:54:32 UTC

This article, emphasizes all the different types of strategies that are needed in order to support ELL learners when beginning to learn a new language. The article highlights a variety of instruction methods and at home instruction methods that parents can utilize to support their children as well.

Summative Assessments for ELLs

katiewendler — 2024-11-14 03:28:30 UTC

This PDF highlights and discusses the importance of integrating summative assessments in classrooms. Summative assessments monitor students development in their reading, writing, listening and speaking to make sure they are on track in all content specific areas.

katiewendler — 2024-11-19 16:24:15 UTC

This image provides the "When, Why, and How" of Summative Assessments in education. These sort of assessments overview and tests students performance at the end of a course in order to see what they have learned.

Formative Assessments for ELLs

katiewendler — 2024-11-19 16:30:55 UTC

This article provides important information on how formative assessments monitor students performance over a period of curriculum. It also explains that formative assessments are great for students who have not done well in school, as well as teachers who need to assess and address the gaps within their classes.

Meeting the Needs of EB/EL students

katiewendler — 2024-11-30 20:50:45 UTC

This article discusses the lack of gifted programs there are for EL/EB students. The article provides an emphasis on the importance of providing resources to those students so they can be successful.

Insight into GT English Language Learners

katiewendler — 2024-11-30 20:56:59 UTC

This website provides insight into how to identify GT ELL students as well as providing planning strategies to meet their needs. It's important as an educator to learn how to adapt to your students and provide all the necessary resources possible.

Language Differences VS Disabilities

katiewendler — 2024-11-30 21:02:58 UTC

This PDF document provides characteristics and indicators of language learning behaviors versus language learning disabilities among ELL students.

Strategies for teaching students with disabilities

katiewendler — 2024-11-30 21:12:23 UTC

This article informs readers on ways that educators can teach students with disabilities (ELL and non ELL students). For example, it is important to build relationships and break down learning tasks into smaller parts for those students. This will allow them to feel accepted and not overwhelmed.

Using Formative Assessments to benefit ELL students

katiewendler — 2024-11-30 21:23:13 UTC

This article discusses the importance of providing formative assessments to students. It provides information on ways that educators can monitor language development as well as academic achievement to make sure ELL students are on track and learning what is being taught.

Transforming Classroom Management

katiewendler — 2024-11-30 21:39:07 UTC

This article discusses the importance of supporting students by having a structured and welcoming learning environment. As an educator it is important to address the behaviors of students and have effective strategies to do so.

Popular ESL Teaching Methods

katiewendler — 2024-12-01 21:40:49 UTC

This article provides 5 popular and effective teaching methods that can be used to teach and educate ESL students. It discusses the direct method, communicative language teaching method as well as many others. As a future educator this is a great resource to use.

Principles and Practices of Teaching English Language Learners

katiewendler — 2024-12-01 21:49:41 UTC

This specific article provides strategies and principles for educators to effectively learn how teach ESL students. It discusses the culturally responsive way of teaching ESL students as well.

Policies affecting ESL students educations

katiewendler — 2024-12-01 22:05:55 UTC

This article discusses the legal mandates and policies affecting ESL students in classrooms day to say such as Chapter 89 of the Texas Administrative Code (19 TAC).

Federal Law Protecting ELL students

katiewendler — 2024-12-01 22:11:47 UTC

This article discusses the rights and protections that ELL students are given in the education system. It also highlights federal laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Plyler v. Doe, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act and more that help protect students.

Guiding Principles for Supporting English Learners

katiewendler — 2024-12-01 22:18:05 UTC

McGraw's principles for supporting English learners emphasizes and helps promote cultural and linguistic diversity among all students in classrooms. This article goes into further depth about those principles and is a great resource for educators.

Engaging families of English Learners

katiewendler — 2024-12-02 00:06:29 UTC

This article provides 6 key tips in order to effectively engage ELL students families and parents. It is important to be culturally responsive as an educator as well as being communicative and making what your doing simple for families of those students.

Working Together to Support ELLs

katiewendler — 2024-12-02 00:09:35 UTC

This article focuses and emphasizes primarily on how individual schools as well as school districts can help support ELL students families using the "Epstein's Framework" outlet.

Advocating for English language Learners through a teachers eye

katiewendler — 2024-12-02 00:17:33 UTC

This website comes from the perspective of a teacher giving advice and resources on ways to be an advocate for ELL students in your classroom. The website urges future educators to know the laws and policies concerning ELLs in your state.

How to be a Change Maker for Els

katiewendler — 2024-12-02 00:22:27 UTC

I find that this picture exemplifies what I means to be an advocate for EL students. It explains that having a voice for your students as well as building a relationship with your students can help build them to be successful members of society.