Examining Curriculum with an Eye for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Students

Celebration!!!

Examining Curriculum with an Eye for 

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

This week the SDW coordinator team had the opportunity to look deep into our curriculum frameworks to think about how student assets, academic language, differentiation, supports, language objectives and assessment fit into our curriculum design process in SDW. The collaboration, conversation, and team building was a HUGE success!  Thank you to SDW coordinators for being willing and ready to work through what it means to examine curriculum with an eye for culturally and linguistically diverse students. We are ALLS!

Rachel and Erica using their supports to help them with language

Coordinators practicing an oral language strategy, parallel lines

Misi and Rose using a borrowing table to make their ideas stronger and clearer

Amanda, Brian, Mollie, and Erica in deep thought about next steps in the curriculum design process

Reflections from our new learning 

Maria, Kristin, and D love ALLs

Wendy and Dan explaining a farm through the language of a biologist

Celebrating Language Objectives!!

Bethesda's DL PLC 

Bethesda DL teachers took on learning about Language Objectives during their PLC! 

language functions  content stem  supports

  

                     

Heyer's  amazing DL 1st grade teacher, Karel,  has jumped right in with language objectives.  

  

Reflective Questions for Writing Language Objectives and ELD Department Meeting PLC Notes

Reflective Questions for Writing Language Objectives

Is it student-friendly?

Will it lead to academic language growth? Or is this language that students already know/can use?

Is it observable?

Is it measurable? How will we assess students in relation to it? How will students self-monitor/self-assess their progress in relation to it?

Is it specific?  Is it realistic?  Is it time-appropriate?

How does this lesson fit with the larger progression of the unit? What is the connection to the previous lesson? The next lesson? The larger goals of the unit?

November 27th PLC Notes

#GOALS:

• By January of 2018 all ESL co-taught focus classrooms will have a language objective posted.

• By April of 2018 all supported ESL classrooms will have a language objective posted.

Data from criteria 2 on the ELD Oracy Adult Learning Framework Cycle

Why Language objectives? Watch here.

Language objective structure- Look here.

For next ELD Department Meeting:

-Bring examples of language objectives used in your classrooms.  

-I will bring more data reflecting our growth around language objectives.

Celebrate!

Shout out Cristina Brusa at Butler Middle School sharing language objectives
with students so they know what and how to be successful accessing content!

Shout out Karel  Corredor at Heyer Elementary School sharing language objectives with students so they know what and how to be successful accessing content!

BUF Collaboration & Global Education

Upcoming BUF Collaborations

                                                             

January 11, 2018 

4th grade  8:00-11:30     room 203C  

2nd grade 12:45- 3:45    room 203C  

January 17, 2018

5th grade  8:00-11:30    room 203C

3rd grade  12:45-3:45   room 203C  

PLC Topics 

We will focus our efforts on Criteria 2 highlighted part of the Oracy Adult learning Framework Cycle. Creating language objectives is essential for a content-based language instruction. It defines the way students will use language (vocabulary, language structures, etc.) to accomplish the objectives. Having a language goal helps identify and have ready the supports needed. 

• What are language objectives?
• How do I create a language objective? 

Global Education at Heyer Elementary School!

5k DL students from Sra. Schell Campos classroom had the first meeting with their peers from a kindergarten classroom in Bogota, Colombia through Skype video conference. 

They were able to ask and respond to questions about school communities in both countries using their Spanish and English skills!