My Building Blocks for ILP Part 1 by Sara Difede https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp The sticky notes in pink are questions that I feel are not fully answered after Learning Block 1 and the resources that have helped me inform my thinking. Enjoy! en-us 2019-08-15 17:01:17 UTC 2025-11-28 14:59:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Teaching Strategies for ELLs saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823457 ETFO resource
some strategies include:
-hands-on activities
-share personal experiences
-graphic organizers
-model activities first
-scaffold material]]> 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823457 Initial Thoughts saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823458 Before: Coming into this course I realized there was a learning curve for me to overcome. I taught ELLs for a short time period and it really shook my confidence not knowing if I was properly supporting them. This course helps me become a confident educator who can solidify my commitment to student learning. ]]> 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823458 STEPS saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823462 This article helped me understand the assessment of ELLs. The STEPS framework helps me be more confident in my assessments.]]> 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823462 Learned about my misconceptions... saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823463 -vocabulary/word walls is not the focus of the ESL/ELD program
-Students will have to learn academic and social language at the same time. I hadn't realized there was a difference until 1.6 Jim Cummins. ]]> 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823463 Question after Activity 1.6: If grammar drills is ineffective, and practical learning is better,what other areas benefit from practice? saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823465 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823465 Result: saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823466 Critical Thinking is better learned through practice as it is culturally shaped- Canadian critical thinking models may differ from other countries.
Apply to my teaching practice:
-hands-on activities that foster interest and excitement rather than complexity and obscurity.
-Use storytelling to set-up real-life examples (Story: Pepsi-Cola Company's $1,000,000 prize- students had to judge who deserved the prize).
-eliminate experts or right/wrong-- allow for process of information.
Source: ]]> 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823466 Part of the Answer... saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823468 I've found that reviewing policy documents and theories such as: Cummins, Krashen, and Coelho I have a better foundation that I can apply to my practice. For example: Debbie Zacarian and Judie Haynes’ (2010) TWIPs (Terms, Words, Idioms, and Phrases) model helps me understand how to properly use word walls or glossaries in my classroom to develop social and academic language skills for the ELLs.]]> 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823468 Next Steps... saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823470 Further apply theories and policies into my teaching practice with more practical uses. For example: how can translanguaging be a part of a Think-Pair-Share activity?]]> 2019-08-15 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823470 How do I demonstrate my know-how to any parents, colleagues, or students who think that I may not be fit enough to teach ELL because of my own background? saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823751 2019-08-15 17:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374823751 During saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374824141 Language acquisition (1.6)
-Gained know-how on how we learn language
-Importance of emotional literacy
-Theory behind practices
-Encountered STEPS---Researched further-- see next sticky. ]]> 2019-08-15 17:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374824141 What strategies can be implemented to ensure that my students are being challenged the right amount and not discouraged by this challenge? saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374824729 2019-08-15 17:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374824729 Objective: Learning to put theory into practice. saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374827023 2019-08-15 17:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374827023 saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374827264 From: Capacity Building Series - Canadian-born English Language Learners]]> 2019-08-15 17:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374827264 saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374827702 Learning to develop both languages for our ELLs]]> 2019-08-15 17:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374827702 Selecting appropriate texts saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374828998 http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesELL/Assessment/STEP/STEPUserGuide_November2015.pdf 
Use Steps Framework to help guide reading material selection. See snapshot below for example model.]]> 2019-08-15 17:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374828998 saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374830390 2019-08-15 17:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374830390 saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374830782 2019-08-15 17:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374830782 Initial Assessment saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374831684 Realize the importance of initial assessment.
Here is a link to the literacy and mathematics assessments for different grades.

]]> 2019-08-15 17:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374831684 Getting to know our students is important. saradifede24 https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374832363  Holding high standards is not about making the work “more difficult,” but about motivating through relevance and personalization. Jim Cummins (2006) uses the term “inspired instruction” to refer to the type of teaching that we all want for our own children and for ourselves as life-long learners. Inspired education is about the sorts of classroom experiences and lessons that we remember throughout our lives and that motivate us to want to learn more.  (Capacity Building Series Page 2, Edition #20)]]> 2019-08-15 17:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/saradifede24/jvfyigau2abp/wish/374832363