Remake of EB/EL Classroom Toolkit & Explanation by

ELPS Chart

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English Language Proficiency Standards - these are important to include in the language objectives when lesson planning and for determining which language domains are begin addressed with the lesson.

PLDs

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-01 22:40:13 UTC

Proficiency Level Descriptors - these are important to refer to when monitoring the progress of the English learners. They also serve as reminders of what students can do at each level of proficiency within each domain of language.

ELPS Chart

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lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 01:54:54 UTC

Learn how to make math lessons more accessible to English learners by building background knowledge, increasing student language production, and explicitly teaching academic language. This article offers tips, resources, and related videos

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 01:56:45 UTC

This research has findings and evidence-based, high quality, instructional mathematics’ practices from the Institute of Education Sciences’ Practice Guide for teaching English learners

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 01:58:39 UTC

Students use graphic organizers to increase their comprehension and demonstrate knowledge. One simple organizer is the circle map, which has students give as many words and ideas as they can think of about butterflies.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:00:05 UTC

Science talk supports science learning by:

Providing opportunities to clarify thoughts, generate conclusions, develop theories, and ask new questions

Exposing learners to new ideas and perspectives, thereby encouraging the growth of new understanding

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:02:10 UTC

This article describes some strategies for planning Social Studies and History lessons with English language learners in mind through a focus on background knowledge, academic language and vocabulary, peer learning, and identifying key concepts, concepts, and skills.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:05:39 UTC

This is an example of applying methods for social studies learning for ELL's.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:12:50 UTC

This article gives good reasoning on why formative assessment is necessary for ELLs. Teachers who assess ELLs must ask themselves a number of basic questions such as: Who am I going to assess? How am I going to assess them? Why am I going to assess them? What

specific aspects of literacy am I going to assess?

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:16:14 UTC

Several myths prevail in the area of special education for ELLs. These myths guide us in the way we approach education in general, in the way we interpret students' behaviors, and in how we teach and assess students. The following are commonly held misconceptions regarding ELLs and special education.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:17:23 UTC

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and 504s address the rights of students with disabilities in school and other educational settings. If an EL is suspected of having one or more disabilities, the LEA must evaluate

the EL promptly to determine if the EL has a disability

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:22:25 UTC

The information presented should

provide practitioners with essential

knowledge for teachers of high-

potential ELLs and key strategies that

work with children of all language

backgrounds.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:30:29 UTC

This article is a great resource for writing and reading development for ELL because it gives great instructional techniques!

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:31:20 UTC

This is a great resource as it gives many good strategies for development and scaffolding in reading and writing. There are many benefits to scaffolding instruction for students: Tasks are simplified to make them more manageable. Student frustration is reduced.

Students are better able to focus on learning objectives.

Students build confidence in their abilities.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:33:27 UTC

This is a great tool to use to understand the basics of ELL's and to know the different levels of proficiency!

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:34:06 UTC

This article gives detailed information on each level of proficiency for ELL and gives a general idea of where each level is at.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:36:26 UTC

This digital library hosts a collection of books from around the world. Ultimately, this organization hopes to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature available from the world community.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:40:06 UTC

Building a multicultural classroom means creating an environment in which various cultures are discussed, explored, and appreciated. This website gives meaningful ways to incorporate different cultures into the classroom!

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:40:58 UTC

The first step in teaching academic vocabulary is to understand Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) measures mastery of the rigorous, intellectual vocabulary of content areas. This article is a good tool for understanding that and how to apply it.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:41:52 UTC

This article gives external links and videos on how to benefit students in their academic language learning!

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:42:21 UTC

This article written for Colorín Colorado provides an overview of how to use language objectives in content-area instruction for English learners and includes:

what a language objective is

steps that teachers can take to create language objectives

how to implement language objectives in a general education classroom

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:42:44 UTC

This is an article giving strategies to help teachers make the subject matter of concepts understandable for students who are still developing English language skills.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:47:55 UTC

This article gives the benefits of summative testing. Summative assessments offer an opportunity to refresh students’ memories of what they previously learned. Summative assessments reinforce the overall learning objectives of the course.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:48:51 UTC

Performance-based assessments are based on classroom instruction and everyday tasks. You can use performance-based assessments to assess ELLs' language proficiency and academic achievement through methods such as: oral reports, presentations, demonstrations, written assignments, and portfolios.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:49:21 UTC

This includes summative assessment doesn’t just teach English. It also teaches important life skills. When students know they will be graded, they are more likely to try harder in the classroom, thereby developing the following skills: choosing an answer or how to explain an opinion. How to improve in a particular area of study

Time management: finding time to complete homework and studying outside the classroom.

Working as a team: in pair or small group exercises and activities.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:51:03 UTC

English language learners (ELLs) can often be overlooked when students are identified for gifted and talented programs, particularly if tests are verbal or depend on teacher recommendation. These resources and news stories offer ways that teachers and parents can increase ELL access to opportunities for gifted

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:51:48 UTC

So many ELLs come into the classroom with little to no background experience with technology, however, this article offers many great tools and techniques in how to incorporate technology into the classroom to help support ELLs.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:52:07 UTC

English language learners' experience with technology can vary greatly from one student to the next. Some kids may have never used a computer. This resource section provides ideas for using technology with ELLs, activities for using multimedia tools, and bilingual tips for managing media at school and at home.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:52:47 UTC

This article provides strategies to help build a roadmap for building a family engagement among the families of English Language Learners.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:53:07 UTC

This article gives more of the same. It gives reasoning as to why family engagement is important within the community, but it also gives example scenarios of how to apply the strategies used.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:53:50 UTC

Educators who work with English language learners often have deep experience in advocating and collaborating on behalf of their students. This article highlights some diverse leadership experiences of ELL educators and share some of the strategies.

lindsaygigem26 — 2024-12-02 02:54:48 UTC

This resource is great for being able to watch first hand how parents and teachers have advocated for EL students in their classroom and community.