https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4 #EllChat_BkClub 22.0 en-us 2019-11-18 03:10:22 UTC 2019-11-30 03:38:55 UTC hello@padlet.com katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412503695 I love the actions and levels figure on page 9! It's great to see how some of the things we can do are personal and individual, yet others require more of a collective effort and have a much larger impact for our ELs and their families. ]]> 2019-11-18 03:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412503695 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412504142 "compliance" is such a focal word in our field because we need to make sure we are checking all the boxes in terms of paperwork and data collection, yet EXCELLENCE sets the bar so much higher! ]]> 2019-11-18 03:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412504142 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412505219 "By every teacher we mean EVERY teacher, not just EL, bilingual, or ESOL specialists. ELs spend the majority of their instructional time in core classrooms and thus learn when best every general education teacher has the mindset and efficacy to serve ELs." p.48
AMEN!!! This is so true and so necessary! ]]> 2019-11-18 03:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412505219 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412505655 Being an EL specialist used to feel very isolating for me, but now that we collaborate and co-teach, it's a whole new ball game. I love that there is a shout to Beaverton, Oregon in this chapter! ]]> 2019-11-18 03:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/412505655 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415604130 "A nationwide study found that ELs spent 2% of their classroom day engaged in academic talk" p.90

That's less than 1 minute of talking in a 30 minute lesson. YIKES! ]]> 2019-11-23 04:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415604130 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415604550 "The person talking the most is learning the most and I am doing most of the talking in my classroom" p.92

]]> 2019-11-23 04:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415604550 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415606021 "Collaborative conversations are a rich source of formative data about content understandings, confusions, language use, student thinking, and more" p.104

What are some ways that we can capture conversations in order to be able to really listen to what all Ss contribute? 

]]> 2019-11-23 05:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415606021 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415607372 "ELs benefit from integrated, well-designed content, language objectives, and meaningful, challenging, and motivating instruction rich with content" p.111]]> 2019-11-23 05:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415607372 katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415607625 "ALL teachers need adequate preparation to teach their culturally and linguistically diverse students in their respective content areas if all students are expected to succeed academically" (p.113). 

YES!!! This is so true and so necessary, but learning deeply about language acquisition seems to still be an add on in teacher prep programs and a "specialty" rather than a norm. ]]> 2019-11-23 05:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/415607625 https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/417883200 Spark students’ interests to explore something that’s personally interesting and pique’s interest to learn more greatly helps multilinguals speak.  An example is a high school math teacher who tasks students to work in pairs and groups and discuss inequities they see. Some notice that there are too few multilinguals taking AP math.  Is that fair and, it is fact or fiction, they wonder???.  
With leaders at the school, they use a mathematical formula, null hypothesis, to see whether the low enrollment is due to chance or pervasive inequity.  Looking into see if it as a problem supported students to talk, speak their various  opinions, express their feeling and learn the math concepts and move from silence to collaboration.   ]]> 2019-11-30 03:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/g687lr0fy9l4/wish/417883200