HISD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT

HISD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT

ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM & DEVELOPMENT

ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM & DEVELOPMENT

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NormsNorms• Actively participate• Show mutual respect• Limit side conversations• Use mobile devices courteously• Be extraordinary!

Expected OutcomesExpected Outcomes

• Review background knowledge of ESL in prekindergarten

• Review new ESL documents for prekindergarten

• Review strategies and resources available

Keep in mind…Keep in mind…

Background KnowledgeBackground Knowledge

Students are acquiring languagein their home language.

Therefore, it is important that we teach specific academic language

in our classrooms.

Two Types of Language LearnersTwo Types of Language Learners

• Simultaneous language learner: The child comes from a home where both languages are spoken. (English and home language)

• Sequential language learner: The child comes from a home where only one language is spoken to the child.

Stages:Stages:

• Pre-production (silent period)• Early production (one- or two-word

phrases)• Speech emergence (simple phrases and

sentence)• Intermediate fluency (more complex

sentences)• Advanced fluency (near native ability)

Good to know…Good to know…

Good instruction for students in general is also good instruction for English language learners.

ESL Time ESL Time

The ESL block of time should be:

75 minutes of English through Listening, Speaking, Reading,

and Writing

ESL TimeESL Time

• 30 minutes of English instruction reinforcing concepts using Frog Street Press and other resources

• 45 minutes of English language development through ancillary subjects (art, music, PE, Library, etc.)

ESL Suggested Daily ScheduleESL Suggested Daily ScheduleStudent Choice Spanish ESL/English Content

15 Breakfast

30 Greeting Circle

15 Moving and Learning(music, movement, ESL)

90 Integrated Literacy and Work Stations

60 Math Block

30 Science / Social Studies

45 15 Integrated Content Connection / ESL

45 English Ancillary / Enrichment

30 Lunch

30 Rest Time

15 Closing Circle / Reflections

30 Recess

HISD ESL PrekindergartenHISD ESL Prekindergarten

Components of the ESL block:•Vocabulary Review

•Song/Chant•Read Aloud

•Whole Group•Small Group/ESL Centers

ESL Instructional ActivitiesESL Instructional Activities

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Background Knowledge: Background Knowledge: Songs/ChantsSongs/ChantsMoving and Learning is an important time to use kinesthetic learning to cement the English language for the Prekindergarten student. Music, movement, and chants help students remember large portions of language they would otherwise not be able to memorize.

Moving and Learning VideoMoving and Learning Video

Background Knowledge: Read Background Knowledge: Read AloudAloudThe read aloud provides the springboard for the direct instruction you will present in the whole group activity. The read aloud and the whole group activities are repeated throughout the week at the beginning of the year, and then the activities begin to vary as the year goes on and students acquire more language.

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ESL CentersESL CentersCenter activities may be composed of story baskets containing previously read stories, or opportunities to practice other skills and concepts that have been previously introduced in whole group.

Small Group InstructionSmall Group Instruction

Small group instruction can be at a center so that students know how to use the materials independently during their

center time. This is a perfect opportunity to take anecdotal notes and determine any additional centers you might want to add.

Small Group InstructionSmall Group Instruction

ALL small group time should include significant amounts

of students speaking English, either by repeating the

teacher or producing their own ideas.

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StrategiesStrategies

www.houstonisdpsd.org

ELL Literacy Routines

StrategiesStrategies

StrategiesStrategies

StrategiesStrategies

Total Physical ResponseAn interactive language teaching approach designed for second language acquisition.

•Teacher interacts with students by giving commands •Students demonstrate comprehension by physical response•Students are not expected to respond orally until they are ready•The use of physical activity to increase meaningful language opportunity is a central principle.

Total Physical ResponseTotal Physical Response4 Steps4 Steps1. Set up: Identify vocabulary, language structures

and environment.2. Demonstration: Demonstrate the action.3. Group Live Action: Give the commands and

invite students to respond in a physical way. Repeat several times.

4. Written Copy: Write the commands on a chart with pictures. Use only when students are ready for it.

Total Physical ResponseTotal Physical Response

ResourcesResources

ResourcesResources

ResourcesResources

http://www.pinterest.com/hisdechdept/esl/

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Questions?Questions?

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