ELL Conference Presentation 2012
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Bilingual Strategy Instruction for the School Community Presented by: Community Consolidated School District 146 ELL Team
Transcript of ELL Conference Presentation 2012
Bilingual Strategy Instruction for the School Community
Presented by:
Community Consolidated School District 146
ELL Team
CCSD 146 Demographics
District Student Demographics & Characteristics - Educational Environment (2000-12)
Year LEP (%) IEP (%)Low
Income (%)Parental
Involvement (%)Attendance
(%)Mobility
(%)Chronic Truants
(%)
2012 10.6 14.9 31.6 100.0 95.3 5.4 0.3
2011 9.7 16.9 30.5 100.0 95.0 7.9 0.1
2010 9.0 17.4 27.0 100.0 95.1 6.7 0.1
CCSD 146 Characteristics
CCSD 146 Predominant Language Groups
Native Language Total
English 1662
Arabic 293
Spanish 213
Polish 46
Pilipino (Tagalog) 28
Urdu 13
Lithuanian 12
Gujarati 12
District ELL Team Book Study
Establishing a unified philosophical base
• Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners
by Nancy Cloud, Fred Genesee & Else Hamayan
Philosophical Base
• “…early literacy experiences support subsequent literacy development, regardless of language, and time spent on literacy activities in the native language whether it takes place at home or in school is not time lost with respect to English reading acquisition…”
(Reese et al. 2000, 633)
Latino Family Literacy Project
Arabic Family Literacy Project
Books chosen based on the following criteria:
• Dual language
• Culturally relevant
• Authentic literature
• Fortify the family bond
• Foster vocabulary development
Sample AFLP Book Sequence Birth - 3Week 6 Week 5 Week 4 Week 3 Week 2 Week 1
Opposite Fruits/Vegetables
Colors Body Parts Animals/Farm Animals
My First Words
Grade 1-5
Book TitlesHow Much Do You Love Me?
Kisses for Daddy
Time to Pray
Mama’s Job
What is My Color?
What is My Shape?
Did You See My Letters?
You Are Really A Good Friend of Mine
Literacy Studio Resources
• Mosaic of Thought (Keene & Zimmerman)
• 7 Keys to Comprehension (Zimmerman & Hutchins)
• Talk About Understanding (Keene)
• To Understand (Keene)
• Conferring (Patrick Allen)
Metacognition
In her essay on the essence of understanding in reading, Ellin Oliver Keene (2007, 37) describes metacognition as…
“Listening to the voice in your mind that speaks while you read.”
The 7 Keys to Comprehension
• Monitoring for Meaning— knowing when you know, and knowing when you don’t
• Using and Creating Schemata — making connections between the new and the known, creating schemata when necessary
• Asking Questions— generating questions to prompt interpretation and to probe the text more deeply
• Determining Importance— deciding what matters most and is most worth remembering
• Inferring— combining background knowledge with information from the text to predict, conclude, make judgments, and interpret
• Using Sensory and Emotional Images— using images to deepen and stretch meaning
• Synthesis— integrating understanding with knowledge from other texts and sources.
Metacognitive Posters
Metacognitive Posters
Research Supporting Strategy Videos
In Learning from Latino Families by Susan Auerbach…
–Informal learning activities at home
–Validate families’ cultures
–Nurture parent voice
–Keep it small
Homework Strategy Videos
“When educators offer smaller-scale parent activities and
infuse personal touches and authentic interaction into
outreach immigrant parents feel less intimidated, and
they respond with more open participation.”
(Delgado-Gaitan, 2004)
Parent Testimony
“[Estos vídeos] me sirven a mí, a mi esposa y a mis niños. [También] estoy yendo a la escuela y [los vídeos] me están ayudando. Entre nosotros nos ayudamos—yo y los niños.”
“[These videos] serve me, my wife and my children. I am [also] going to school and [the videos] are helping me. Amongst ourselves we help each other—the children and I.”
~ Pablo Merino
Registration Videos
Parents empowering parents with videos to facilitate the school registration process.
Implementing RTI withENGLISH LEARNERS 1. Clearly defined purpose
2. Models
3. Interaction
4. Guided instruction
5. Focus on language
6. Culturally responsive curriculum
7. Meaningful & challenging tasks
8. Metacognition
9. Student Choice
Fisher, Frey and Rothenberg (2011) describe nine key elements of effective instruction for English learners:
CCSD 146 Link for Presentation
www.district146.orgClick: Special Services OfficeClick: English Language Learning
