Week 1

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Student Background - Learning who our ELs are!

  • After watching the short clip about Moisés' experiences, write 5 basic things teachers should know about ELLs.

Immersion

YouTube

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Five Basic Questions to Ask About Your English Learners - ASCD Inservice

ASCD Inservice

By Barbara Gottschalk "Do any of your students speak Polish?" This question came from a resident at a nursing home my 4th and 5th grade newcomers were visiting. The resident's question reflected just how much the demographics in my school district had changed. Most of the students in my class were from Iraq.

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ELLs at CHS

Google Docs

ELLs at Concord High School

Continue learning! (HW)

Go over the ESL PD_Student Background slides and share your ah-ha thought and a "I wonder..." statement using the Padlet below.

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ESL PD_Student Backgrounds

Google Docs

Student Backgrounds Getting to Know Our English Language Learners (ELLs) Have participants complete a quick survey of questions about student backgrounds. As the presentation goes along they'll be able to see their level of knowledge about the topic.

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Student Background Vocab

Padlet

Terms and tips to better understand our ELs.

Share a <2 minute video about everything you learned about your ELLs.

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My ELLs

Flipgrid.

Flipgrid is where social and emotional learning happens! The leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families.

Extra resources! Personalized PD

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Handout to organize your ELLs' information

Google Docs

Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Educational Leadership - February 2016 - 49

Educationalleadership-digital

Educational Leadership is a magazine for educators by educators and includes among its readers principals, teachers, and administrators of every grade level and subject area. With a circulation of 175,000, EL is acknowledged throughout the world as an authoritative and readable forum of discussion about practices, policies, research, and trends affecting prekindergarten through higher education.

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