Language AcquisitionPart III in a 4 Part Series

Essential Question

How can we help all of our students acquire the necessary language to be successful in all content areas?

Six Key Strategies Academic and Functional Vocabulary

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Data Analysis 

Students learned the content when the academic vocabulary

was taught

Students did not learn the content when the academic

vocabulary was taught

Don’t know if students learned the content when the academic

vocabulary was taught

Why

     

Next Steps

     

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Essential Question

How can we help all of our students acquire the necessary language to be successful in all content areas?

Scaffold Instruction

Temporary support structures teachers put in place to assist students in accomplishing new tasks and concepts they could not typically achieve on their own.

Scaffolding•Breaking up the

learning into chunks

•Providing a tool or structure with each chunk

Differentiation•A modified

assignment

Why scaffold student learning?

•Provide a supportive learning environment

•Increase in student talk•Increased student engagement•Teacher becomes a facilitator of

knowledge

Gradual Release of Responsibility

Solving 2 x 1 Multiplication Problems Conceptually

Other Ways to Scaffold

Preparing to Scaffold

•Should complement instructional objectives

•Know your subject well to identify the need for scaffolding

•Plan ahead of time•Create a safe environment that

encourages students to take risks

Ramping up Your Lesson

•Take a look at the Unit Objective for the lesson or unit that you brought.

•Read through all three Transfer Tasks for the unit.

•Decide what lesson or concept should be taught with scaffolding. Build that lesson with the gradual release model in mind and maybe some other language acquisition strategies we have learned.

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Evidence of Language Acquisition Strategies

What data and/or evidence can we collect to determine if the language acquisition strategies we are using are increasing the level of student achievement?

Our Evidence

Our data points on the effectiveness of the language acquisition strategies on our students’ academic achievement will be:

Teaching Academic Language

• Plan lessons thoughtfully to determine what scaffolding structures are needed to support the students.

• Keep in mind the cooperative learning structures to ensure that students are provided with multiple opportunities to talk to each other.

Language AcquisitionPart III in a 4 Part Series