THURSDAY UPDATE!
MARCH 11, 2016
NABE Reflections
Two BIG ideas emerged from the NABE conference:
1. Biliteracy without social justice, is just literacy instruction.
Join the discussion, what does this mean to you?
2. Writer's Workshop (ie. process writing) offers the best opportunity to formative assess what dual learners CAN DO and what they still need to learn. Teachers can use formative assessment to PLAN elDictado, and the Side by Side focus skills in addition to the Dual Language Continuum, which is a grade level instructional tool.
How are students receiving explicit word study (phonological awareness/language instruction)? How do you know what they need? How do you ensure that they get exposure to grade level, and application at their level?
Practice of the Week!!
Biliteracy Unit Framework
Who is doing BUF’s?
4/5 Heyer Team
Mr. Bennett is the leader in this journey.
If you would like to see a demonstration of excellence in Dual Language please open this link
BUF Unit 3 Social Studies Government explains Phase 1: Building background and vocabulary through concrete experiences.
Constructivist Learning Approaches: Use of experiments, text, video, field trips, student to student collaborative learning etc.
Oral Language development and ample rehearsal connected to the content (vocabulary and language structure)/Formative Assessment
Stronger Clearer
Daily dictado:
Include skills from Biliteracy Continuum
Phase 2: Literacy
Student application and amplification of content learning and knowledge through reading and writing
(Connection to literacy standards)/Formative Assessment
Use of science/social studies text (to include representation of a variety of texts: leveled readers, data, art, and media)
Phase 3: Extension
Bridging components are aligned to the DL Biliteracy Continuum during contrastive analysis: Phonology, morphology, syntax/grammar
Extension activity in the second language supports oral language, content and biliteracy AND AN EXTENSION INTO L2
This video shows how student learned about government by practicing making a ruling on a law as Supreme Court justices.
By Martha Smilanich
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