Pomona Systematic ELD Seminar June 2025 Ticket Out the Door by E.L. Achieve

ELAchieve_2024 — 2025-06-03 14:23:31 UTC

How did the first day of leadership seminar go for you? What is a key takeaway from today? Do you have any questions?

2025-06-09 21:42:57 UTC

I enjoyed the first day of leadership. The day went fast. I liked seeing you model a lesson.

Key takeaway was backward planning.

No questions at this time.

2025-06-09 21:43:49 UTC

Today was very informative. My key takeaway was backwards planning and evaluating the end of the unit assessments.

patriciasmelendrez2 — 2025-06-09 21:44:40 UTC

It was a great refresher for the content on ELD and identifying the difference between grade-level content and ELD instruction. The backward mapping is a great strategy for pacing and instruction because it allows me to review content before presenting it to my students.

2025-06-09 21:49:48 UTC

I enjoyed all the learning today. My key take away is the power of backwards planning (unit, week, lesson). By having to restate it in your own words, it helped me truly understand the learning goals on and internalize them. I can't wait to do this with our teachers in Whittier...soon!

2025-06-10 21:11:22 UTC

I am excited about my lesson delivery tomorrow! I think I finally understand how to break down the lessons and really get the meat and potatoes from the lesson to give students the best of the lesson while saving time for them to practice! My key takeaway from today's lesson is not to stress! I was getting so overwhelmed at the beginning of this but when I really looked at it, it wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be!

patriciasmelendrez2 — 2025-06-10 21:12:55 UTC

I feel antsy, but our preparation is well developed for our lesson and ready to go. My key takeaway is that students should understand why certain concepts or strategies are important and how they relate to learning in grade-level content or social learning.

2025-06-10 21:46:23 UTC

I appreciate the time given to plan our lesson for Wednesday.

2025-06-10 21:46:54 UTC

I found today very useful due to the practice of organizing our presentation. I am excited to put what I learned into action. The practice helped me understand how to break down each part and how much to spend on, ex the practice part and the application part. My key take away is you cannot have enough choral reading, especially with beginning levels. Also, use a timer to ensure students are getting the most out of the practice and application time.

2025-06-10 21:50:32 UTC

One big take away from day two is when in doubt, use the slides (vs. the lessons in the TE) to guide the lesson. I feel prepared for tomorrow's lesson delivery and thank you for answering ALL my questions today.

2025-06-10 21:52:36 UTC

I'm looking forward to presenting tomorrow's lesson because I know once I go through the motions it will stick with me. It's a practice and learn lesson. It will help me during the school year to prepare, present and be more confident in teaching ELD. Key takeaway for today was managing lesson pacing.

2025-06-13 17:35:01 UTC

I got many take-aways from this week that will move my practice of ELD forward. I will do data chats in the classroom with those students who are close to reclassifying and have them take charge of their learning. I will also be utilizing tools from the ELD kit and strategies in my classroom. I will be more intentional about lesson planning for ELD, making sure that I will have enough time to get through the most important parts of the lesson. Lastly, I will push for more ELD LSF's to share all I have learned this week with teachers. It is very important and the foundation of everything we do in the classroom with majority of our students. This week has been such an eye opener for me! I am excited to teach ELD this year and bring all of what I have learned into the classroom.

2025-06-13 17:39:07 UTC

A take-away from the week that will move my practice forward is just how much of a key role I have as an ELD teacher. Each year students are expected to learn and practice certain language functions, although I used to think that the content was soooo repetitive, I know understand the importance of the intentional repetition. It is my job to thoroughly analyze the new language patterns that my students are expected to learn and assist them to meet reclassification goals. :) One thing I will be changing this upcoming school year is the use of data chats with my EL students.

2025-06-13 17:39:08 UTC

My take-away is that I will encourage teachers to do a unit study by backward planning. Model the use of the materials in the Support Kit in LSFs and PDs, so they will use them in their classrooms.

patriciasmelendrez2 — 2025-06-13 17:40:37 UTC

A key takeaway, as an instructor, I will take from this week's ELD information. Is it that the more students practice speaking, they should be able to write. As an instructor, I need to make sure that my students have ample opportunities for students to use the language that they learn through various areas of content, not just ELD. Another takeaway is to use ELD tools and resources in the content area to support both ELLs and EO to help structure their language for academic use. For example, sentence stems, game board, and discussion cards. Just like my ELLs, teachers should also have modeled lessons on how to use resources, so they could apply new strategies or tools in different areas of learning.

2025-06-20 19:23:32 UTC

The most helpful learning I can bring back to my teachers is the importance of backwards planning; it really helped to uncover the important language functions they should be looking for and made the curriculum less overwhelming.

A big thanks to Aidé and the rest of the participants for sharing their insight and knowledge!

2025-06-20 19:23:57 UTC

A key take away I have is making the information accessible to teachers, keeping them engaged, and giving them something to take away from the training straight to their classrooms.

I also will continue to have them refer back to whey oral language production supports all students learning in all content areas.

2025-06-20 19:25:09 UTC

I can't wait to use what I learned here with my team of ELD teachers. They've been asking for progress monitoring assessments and I think this is the perfect avenue to bring them back into the materials by looking at the end goals for students and using the Systematic ELD tools that are embedded to track student progress on the continuum of proficiency toward reclassification 💫

2025-06-20 19:25:17 UTC

A key takeaway was the power of backwards design to incorporate opportunities for "miles on the tongue" as we look to provide additional professional learning opportunities in our system for already trained practitioners.

bonnieenglish — 2025-06-20 19:26:26 UTC

An insight I have is how the structured talk routines align with the gradual release of responsibility. I never really thought about how we have kids echo first then partner share before having them do one of the other interactive pieces. I feel like I had a lot of time to think about how to support our EL Achieve teachers as well as how to support our general content teachers.

2025-06-20 19:28:01 UTC

Cheers, everyone! Thanks for a great week of deepening our understanding of all things SysELD. Loved each day with Aide. She is knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and gives real-world examples of everything. A key takeaway was the importance of backward planning and using the Oral Language log regularly to be able to accelerate and remediate learning.

2025-06-20 19:28:25 UTC

Thanks for a wonderful way to begin summer thinking about how I will build better partnerships between students and teachers. I loved all of the practice with structured student talk and getting to collaborate with other professionals in this ever-changing and demanding field.

2025-06-20 19:30:07 UTC

Thank you so very much for sharing your expertise and knowledge with us this week. I feel confident that ELD can be implemented amongst all educators in our school district.

Although, my focus is not ELD, I welcome the shared knowledge and look forward to assisting my lead in guaranteeing that the knowledge (baton) be successfully passed on to other staff. <3 much appreciation to you all!

tstathemraney — 2025-06-20 19:45:18 UTC

Sacramento-Key reminder

the structured routines allow teachers, administrators, and supporters of student learning.

Great reminder of when guiding our site admin in training around look fors, structured student talk routines.

2025-06-20 19:45:25 UTC

A huge take away for me is the backward planning! As teachers, we need to take the time to backwards plan to better teach and prepare our students. They need to know the why we teach what we teach. We need to reinforce language in a positive and productive way, where students can bring their language skills to other classes and academic subjects. Cheering our students to be successful in English, and also, encouraging them to be fluent in their first language should be one of the best things we can do for them.

2025-06-20 19:45:53 UTC

A key take away from this event is that I can present more to the teachers that serve in our district. The methods shared in progression give light to the whole progress of the program. The practice of the engagement keeps the engagement going throughout the lessons. The miles on the tongue and the metlinguistic Awareness:

It has been fantastic to learn with others and from others in the group. Thank you Aide for all you bring to us in this fantastic EL Achieve session.