https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl My padlet about your padlets en-us 2017-03-03 12:00:27 UTC 2017-03-03 12:36:32 UTC hello@padlet.com burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157583375 Something that I observed in many of your posts was a new awareness of the role of the first language. Erin thank you for your sharp focus on this and connecting to academic language. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157583375 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157584141 Kaarina: "Math = Relationships" So well put. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157584141 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157584313 The Capacity Building Series is replete with great strategies, and you did an excellent collective job of identifying the ones that resonated for you. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157584313 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157584600 This was a theme touched on by some of you - but its really important. Its not your beginner ELLs to really worry about. We all know they are ELLs and need help. Its the Canadian born and been here a long time that you need to know about in terms of their linguistic and academic history. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157584600 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157585099 If I had to boil the teaching of ELLs down to 2 words they would be: BE EXPLICIT.]]> 2017-03-03 12:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157585099 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157585319 Thanks Nicole for pointing out the types of academic vocabulary. Generalized academic vocabulary is the most challenging for your ELLs. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157585319 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157585616 Phil thanks for noting identity texts. When you read what they are - i.e. student products that in some way speak to who they are, their culture, their language, their values - they will seem familiar. However focusing on them as a strategy, a genre reveals their power in student learning. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157585616 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157586143 Now you understand why a student who appears to speak 'perfect English' has simply mastered social language and the has acquired native Canadian phonology. You are now all aware that language acquisition is so much more than that and takes so much longer. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157586143 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157586784 Biro thank you for highlighting this group of ELLS. Its really important that you know who they are in your class, and also find out the extent to which they can operate in their L1. Language loss and academic English are huge issues for these kids. ]]> 2017-03-03 12:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157586784 burns_wattie https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157588137 You have selected and reported on a number of great resources. I hope you are all bookmarking them for future reading! ]]> 2017-03-03 12:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/burns_wattie/9npkusna9cdl/wish/157588137