2019-2020 ESOL Q&A by Lauren Jennings https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt Welcome Back! Place your questions under the appropriate header en-us 2019-08-14 12:32:28 UTC 2026-02-10 02:27:48 UTC hello@padlet.com What are your suggestions for documenting service for higher proficiency ELs? lwjennings https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374509416 2019-08-14 12:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374509416 Example: Do I need to complete a training before I can begin screening? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374511736 2019-08-14 12:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374511736 Example: Where do I house the pertinent ESOL information? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512388 2019-08-14 12:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512388 Example: When will I submit my coding to my clerk? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512466 2019-08-14 12:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512466 kculpepp https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512592 Example: Can you give me some ideas of how people work with their mainstream teachers to complete these forms?

]]> 2019-08-14 12:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512592 Example: What data should I use to create an ESOL schedule for my students? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512911 2019-08-14 12:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374512911 Received an email saying that CM and X can no longer be used. My blind student was coded as CM last year. Do I need to change that? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374744557 2019-08-15 12:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374744557 ELLI and ESOL Columns https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374747260 Why are the ELLI(1-9) and ESOL columns separate on the spreadsheet from my coach?]]> 2019-08-15 12:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374747260 Do teachers have to sign on the form or can I have them sign a list of the students by each student's name indicating that they received accommodations for each student? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374747959 2019-08-15 12:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374747959 Would you stick with the "5 and under" rule for newcomers? AmeliaStefanelli https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374748022 2019-08-15 12:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374748022 Is someone going to teach us how to run the reports/search for monitored students' grades in PowerSchool? AmeliaStefanelli https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374750621 2019-08-15 12:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374750621 Last year, there were no standard(ized) translations given for state testing. Rose translated all the directions for each test given. Does the state provide translations? Would it be possible to request this from the state before the testing windows? jjurkowski https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374751347 2019-08-15 13:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374751347 Cherrydale https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374774901 2019-08-15 14:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374774901 Is it possible to lower the ratio of ELs to teacher? jjurkowski https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775029 2019-08-15 14:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775029 Google Docs https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775124 All of my students share their classroom writing with me via google. That allows me to have virtual writing conferences with them even when I do not see them.

]]> 2019-08-15 14:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775124 Failure Monitor https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775208 Did you say we do the failure monitor at progress report and NOT report card?  Also, ALL kids need to be on the schedule..even push in kids?]]> 2019-08-15 14:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775208 EL Academic Progressions Report AmeliaStefanelli https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775609 I'm not clear about what this is?]]> 2019-08-15 14:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/374775609 Will the Failure Monitoring Report time line and (in the works) Progress Report idea change now that classroom teachers are not required to send home Progress Reports (unless the student is failing), but only send home Report Cards every 9 weeks? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375453661

]]> 2019-08-19 16:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375453661 K5 and 1st who exit on a screener (P1s) are now struggling badly. Teacher thinks they need ESOL- how do we proceed with these kids? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375811209 2019-08-20 18:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375811209 Does cohort count in other states? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375811553 Cohort counts as long as the child is receiving instruction in English in a U.S. school]]> 2019-08-20 18:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375811553 What is virtual schooling on the accommodation form for middle and high school? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375811916 2019-08-20 18:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375811916 What if 2 languages are listed as 1st language spoken? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812079 2019-08-20 18:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812079 What do we do if parent/admin requests re-entry for a P1-P4? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812248 2019-08-20 19:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812248 Do Newcomers have to take Mastery Connect district benchmarks? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812530 2019-08-20 19:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812530 Can we add a statement on the ACCESS parent letter that states that their child is required to take ACCESS and this is determined by the SCDE? aziemer https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812683 No, please do not alter the ACCESS parent letter. This information is listed in the parent notification letter.]]> 2019-08-20 19:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/375812683 Where can I find the model response and student question in the WIDA Speaking Scoring section of WIDA AMS when I am scoring multiple students? kculpepp https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376010358 2019-08-21 13:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376010358 When do I screen concerning CM and X? tfranca https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376018119 2019-08-21 13:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376018119 K4 https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376045112 Do we count K4 as a cohort year? Some schools do and some schools dont. We need 
consistency.]]> 2019-08-21 14:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376045112 Alt ACCESS https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376372303 I have a child with an A3 score.  What do I put on his parent notification since there is no place for this?  I noticed on the google slides that it says they are thought of as beginners, but it doesn't mention specifically what to put on the notification that goes home. ]]> 2019-08-22 14:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376372303 Just checking--if any other language (besides English) appears on any of the 4 lines of the HLS, we are screening the students, right? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376617268 2019-08-23 12:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376617268 For state testing in May... https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376624895 Which word-to-word dictionaries are approved for this testing? I would like to make sure I have an approved dictionary and have my students using it during the year.]]> 2019-08-23 12:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/376624895 Parent Notifcation https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/377435003 Do we need to send home parent notification to monitored students? If a student is monitored does this need to go in the perm.?]]> 2019-08-27 12:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/377435003 https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/377941657 So that we're not reinventing the wheel, can we have a place to house resources such as modified assessments, content vocabulary pictures, etc?  Maybe something like this already exists...

]]> 2019-08-28 15:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/377941657 Forms https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/377966692 How do we complete accommodations forms for self contained ESOL students? Also, do we do them differently for resource students since they have accommodations from sped?]]> 2019-08-28 16:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/377966692 In high school English classes, is it better for content teachers to accommodate by giving L1 versions of the novel or text being read, or by giving a different text at a much lower reading level? Any other strategies for helping high school English teachers better accommodate for English Learners? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/381190873 2019-09-07 12:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/381190873 For students who are returning this year, but came at the end of last year (after ACCESS testing had ended), we can use their screener score for this year, correct? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/381751072 2019-09-09 17:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/381751072 Home Language Surveys https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/381798430 Are we to purge all but the original home language survey?]]> 2019-09-09 18:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/381798430 Do we have any Brazilian Portuguese Word-to-Word Dictionaries? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/382337003 2019-09-10 18:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/382337003 It's really difficult to get student invested in anything that doesn't receive a grade. IN fact, it's nearly impossible, so I try to talk to the ELA teachers about giving students extra credit if I'm pulling them on a regular basis. I also talk to the ELA teachers about some of the skills my higher level students need to master, because it can all be worked into an ELA class with the right collaboration. I monitor grades regularly - as in, every 2-3 weeks at least. If a student is falling behind, I intervene as early as I can. krkimbril https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/388151614 2019-09-23 13:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/388151614 I mail merge all info. from my roster pacureton https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/389121717 Information for Parent Notifications, Accommodations, and Envelopes. It's quicker!]]> 2019-09-24 20:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/389121717 Would it be possible to see PD resources that other teachers are using when presenting? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/390502593 2019-09-27 12:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/390502593 Scribe for Writing Test https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/404081629 One of my 4th grade students has an IEP that calls for a scribe for the writing test. He is set to take the 4th grade ACCESS tests online, but I assume we will continue to have our 4th graders handwrite their answers to the writing test. Will there be any special training required for providing this accommodation? Is a monitor required when a scribe is used?]]> 2019-10-29 18:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/404081629 For students krkimbril https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/407578087 2019-11-06 17:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/407578087 STC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/410727398 What will be the responsibilities of the STC  during testing if it is not the ESOL teacher?


]]> 2019-11-13 17:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/410727398 I want to clarify information from my SpEd team regarding state testing and Access testing. We were told that All SpEd students will now take regular state testing. Does that meet that No students should take Alt Access ? When I read the qualifications, it says only students who take Alt. state assessments. https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/432905260

]]> 2020-01-17 13:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/432905260 Returning student from Mexico after 3 years- Do we rescreen a student who left the country and returns after 3 years or do we change cohort and date of return for testing date? Student has forgotten English. rvalencia2 https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/435047907 2020-01-23 12:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/435047907 Where do we access the order form for extra ACCESS materials? https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/435203227 2020-01-23 16:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/435203227 Items to Return lthigpen1 https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/462246675 Do the ]]> 2020-03-16 19:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/462246675 Accommodation Plans https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/541827525 Will we be using the same EAP forms for the 2020-2021 school year?

]]> 2020-04-30 12:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lwjennings/ca09u9qpydvt/wish/541827525