Waukesha One was a Success!

Personalized Learning Through Language Objectives for ALLs!

ELD PLC/Department Meeting and LearningMonday January 29thLindholm Room 1093:30-4:30Link to Agenda Here

Check out this great opportunity from Edgewood College. This is an introductory course in working with English learners for coaches and Instructional Leaders 

Using sentence frames, sentence starters and signal words to improve language 

Check out this multi brief by Erick Hermann about supports in the classroom. Sentence frames, sentence starters, and signal words are great supports to help your learners access content and communicate. These are examples of supports that can be written into your language objectives. 

Shout out to Bethesda for writing language objectives for ALLs

On Monday I had the opportunity to lead Bethesda's PLC around writing language objectives for ALLs. On Tuesday, Leslie Waltz, Math Effectiveness Coach was walking around Bethesda and found Jacqui Berg, 3rd grade monolingual teacher busily revamping her Language Workshop objectives to include supports, using her "Colorin Colorado" language function chart as a reference. 

Other examples of language objectives from the field

Language Objectives Help us Plan with Intentionality

Language Objectives Help us Plan with Intentionality

One reason the use of language objectives is important, along with our content objectives, is because it allows teachers to intentionally plan for the language that is necessary to access content. The planning of language objectives provides teachers the opportunity to prepare the supports that are critical for students to attain the outcome. The language objective ensures students and teachers know what the success criteria is and what they are striving to achieve. Refer to the example below from Jamie Dittman-Rebholz at Banting Elementary.  

Language Objective

Support

Support

Language Objectives Matter!!

Language Objectives Matter!!

The Fate Of The World Depend Upon Them

Common Language 

Have you ever wonder how to say Think- Pair -Share during your Spanish language workshops? 

  

Contempla -Comparte -Comenta 

How PRINCIPALs Lead Oracy and Language Objectives

Mr. Jeremy Martin Principal of Bethesda Elementary leads the entire staff to develop a holistic perspective of teaching and learning from the perspective that language is content learning.  ALL the staff teaches through this lens and ensure Success for ALLs (Academic Language Learners).

Aside from the instruction itself, the leader is the most critical factor in the success of students in school.... (Marzano)

WIABE Student Writing Contest! Due Feb 9th

It's is that time of year when we ask you to think about how to best celebrate our students bilingualism-and one of the best ways is to have them participate in the WIABE Writing Contest.  You may remember, Horning student Luis Albiter WON THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION Writing award given in Las Vegas in 2014

Winners are awarded $100 and a night at the Kalahari with their families-what an honor!

Instructions: 
1. If you are participating, have your students write to the prompt
2. Send the Writing Registration form (page 5) in the link below with the writing sample to DMGARICA at Lindholm by February 2, 2018
3. Entries will be submitted together!

CLICK here for the Link!

2018 Prompt

WIABE Invites Bilingual Students in Wisconsin to participate in our statewide writing contest! Elementary school, middle school, and high school students who are learning in two languages are encouraged to participate in the WIABE 2018 Student Writing Contest. Students are invited to write about the: MANY CULTURES, MANY LANGUAGES SHAPE OUR FUTURE

Common Language

Welcome Back & Happy New Year!

Reminder: BUF Collaboration Dates Coming Up!

January 11, 2018 

4th grade 8:00-11:30 Lindholm room 203C

2nd grade 12:45-3:45 Lindholm room 203C

Talk Moves Continuum

Check out this resource that will help us establish common language around talk moves! 

Kinder- 5 grade Continuum 

Shout out to Emily from Heyer for a great LDG conversation!

South High School Spanish VI Literature and Culture 

in Action!! 

Way to go Maria Meyers!

                                    

                                   

TDP: Success for ALLs

Opportunity to Learn

TDP: Success for ALLs

As an ALL, academic language learner, we have the unique opportunity to learn about how language is taught through content. Our students benefit from learning the language of Math, Science, Social Studies, Literacy, and Social and Instructional Language; therefore, I encourage you to sign-up for the TDP: "Success for ALLs". During this course, you will learn how to infuse language into your content area which will allow ALL students to access the curriculum. Through the knowledge gained in this TDP, your planning and instruction will provide a differentiated approach to reaching ALL students. 

Sign up HERE!

Just a heads up! I will stopping by sometime next week to see your awesome work around language objectives and supports!