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ELL STUDENTS INCONTENT AREA

CLASSES10/29/2013

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Your Friendly

Neighborhood ELLTeachers

Sarah

Schmidt

de Carranza

Stella

Ashland

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Information about ELLs

@ HPSHThere are @ 170 kids who have an ELL label at

Highland Sr.

Many of these students scored high enough on the

ACCESS/MCA/GRAD/ETC to not require direct ELL

services--they are better served in the grade level

classroom.

@10 of these students are in the new Language

Academy program.

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Level 3 and 4 Students

Therefore, most of you will be seeing mostly levels 3

and 4 ELL students in your classes. I know that

there are some exceptions to this.

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New Model

There is a new ELL model in SPPS that is movingaway from sheltered EL classes and moving to more

co-taught classes. This is happening mostly for

levels 2, 3, and 4. But we dont have enough staff to

coteach with all departments, classes, etc.

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Tips for Mainstream

TeachersThe following information was taken from:

www.colorincolorado.org/article/33047

1.) Create a language-rich environment:

Access to written materials

Posted vocabulary words/word walls

R l i hi B

http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/33047http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/33047

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. Relationship BetweenHome Language and

English.

Asking students how to say a word in their language

Spanish--many cognates.

Somali--p and b are the same sound, explicit

teaching required.

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Simplify language without

dumbing it down.Avoid slang/idiomatic expressionsspeak clearly and naturally

use scaffolds such as graphic organizers to helporganize thoughts

pre-teach difficult vocabulary

give context for things that may not be prior learningfor the students, props, visuals, etc.

Pick 2: New Process, New Language New Content

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Support the Use of

Academic LanguageAcademic language must be taught

It must also be reinforced

it can be related to vocabulary

it can also be language structures (Explainingthinking, essay formats, etc.)

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Point out different forms

of words

revolve/revolution

homonyms or homophones--make sure the student

understands the right one.

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Use of kinds of Language

More formal academic language is expected in

student work--make sure students understand how

and why this is.

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Feedback/Correctives

Focus on 1-3 errors per assignment that students

need to work on. For the next assignment, build on

from there.

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Examine your Objective

Think of a goal for one of your lessons from today or

the recent past or future.

Unpack that objective--what language would a

student need to know and be able to use to complete

this objective successfully?

Then model that to ensure students understand how

it should look/sound.

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Contact an ELL teacher

ELL Teachers: Stella Ashland (AM only) and Sarah

Schmidt de Carranza (all day) room 2211.

We can help with strategies, resources, etc.