ELD Oracy Adult Learning Framework Cycle
Oral Academic Language Acquisition
What opportunities do we have to post language objectives and provide academic linguistic supports?
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Mindset Check: Acknowledging Students' Funds of Knowledge
“Kids don’t care what you know
until they know you care.”
Mindset Check
To begin building our foundation for serving ALL students, let’s reflect on our mindset. Ask yourself the following questions with your own students in mind:
1. How well do you get to know your students? How do you honor their “funds of knowledge” in school? How do you get them excited about learning?
2. How do you show your students that you believe in them? How do you know they trust you? How do you know that they can take risks in your classroom?
3. How do you proactively take responsibility to “know what you don’t know” in terms of what
knowledge and skills you need to improve your craft in reaching ALLs? What is it that you need to be able to do as a result of professional learning targeted at reaching, teaching and nurturing your ALLs?
Thank you South High School!
Last week South High School staff had the opportunity to learn about thinking through an asset based mindset and what it means to honor students "funds of knowledge" on their professional learning day. Thank you to South for their willingness to engage in this learning with me!
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| Learning about the "Why" using WIDA's Guiding Principles |
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| Practicing a useful oral language strategy: Parallel Lines |
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Collaborating, honoring students' funds of knowledgeOpportunity to LearnTDP: Success for ALLs
The School District of Waukesha’s data shows significant achievement and opportunity gaps for English Language Learners and students from a low socio economic backgrounds. As this population continues to grow, shared responsibility for their academic achievement is required. Remember ALL students are academic language learners. This session will focus on how to best serve our diverse learners and provide useful strategy ideas in how to reach ALL’s through content. This session will discuss the importance of teaching academic language through content. Success for ALL will be meaningful and practical session for all teachers K4-12. Offered November 7th, 14th, and 28th from 4-6 PM.
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Friday, October 20, 2017
Stories, Tools, and Pictures from WIDA 2017
Stories, Tools, and Pictures from WIDA 2017
This week a few members from our ELD department had the opportunity to attend the 2017 National WIDA conference. We had a great time learning, networking, and growing as a team!
One highlight and big take away for me was from the keynote speaker Alberto M. Carvalho, Miami Dade Superintendent. He shared these 5 quick tips to transform education. We must work urgently as our students cannot wait!
5 quick tips to transform education- “There are no broken children”
- Leadership Matters
- Work on the edge, take risks!
- Data driven instructional leaders
- Differentiated instruction happens every classroom
- Effective teaching
- Teach children the subject matter, do not teach subject matter to the children
- Choice
- Digital convergence
- Reform happens fast! Our children cannot wait!
- Human Compassion
- Teaching without compassion lacks the connection of humanity
Other great resources we learned are from the Teaching Tolerance website. Take some time to check out the classroom resources here!
Remember one of BIG ROCKS is around oral academic language! As we think about how we are going to ensure that language objectives are posted in ALL classrooms, look to the Academic Language Toolkit to support you!
Pictures from WIDA 2017
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| Benefits of Co-Teaching For ALL Learners! |
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| Presenting on Collaborative Instructional Cycles to Improve Outcomes for ELLs |
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| Cristina Brisa (Butler), Shannon Kay (Horning), Sarahi Monterrey (North) and I all learning and bonding together as a TEAM! |
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| I even ran into our favorite Professional Development Specialist, Jose Medina from CAL! |
Thursday, October 12, 2017
What is translanguaging?
Congratulations New Dual Language Teacher
for completing Teaching for Biliteracy Training
special thanks to Alyssa Breister for her leadership!
Check out this side by side anchor chart to bridge Language workshop!
What is translanguaging, really?
"translanguaging refers broadly to how bilingual students communicate and make meaning by drawing on and intermingling linguistic features from both languages"
(Hornberger pg. 240)
Opportunities and Benefits in Co-Teaching
Opportunity to Learn!!!
Register for Webinar Here
Benefits for ALL learners when their teachers collaborate according to
Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Dual Language Enrollment 2018-2019
ENROLLMENT BEGINS DECEMBER 1st
for 2018-2019
Program Wide See it Live
Week of November 27-December 1st
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6-7PM
Nov 14, 28, Dec 12, Jan 16
Held at the Lindholm Building
**Childcare will be offered
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5th grade to 6th grade transition to Middle School Information Session
5:45-6:45PM
Nov 9
Held at the Waukesha Public Library
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8th to 9th grade transition to High School Information Session
7:00-8:00pm
Nov 9
Held at the Waukesha Public Library
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