518+Agenda+2.10.14

8:00 - 8:15 - Welcome and Swap Shop (Shannon & Kathy) Shannon- News Literacy- http://www.thenewsliteracyproject.org/ - determine legitimacy of news articles- http://www.edutopia.org/

Kathy- Fantasy Geopolitics- draft team of countries and get points every time their country is in the news- http://www.fantasygeopolitics.com/

News Literacy websites

@http://www.edutopia.org/blog/news-literacy-critical-thinking-skills-peter-adams

@http://thenewsliteracyproject.org/liedetectorchallenge

Main Objective:
 * SWBAT describe the "FIve Foundational Principles for Working with ELLs."

8:15 - 8:30 - Report on Tech Conference 8:30 - 9:00 - Discuss Michie 9:00 - 9:20 - When the World is in Your Classroom http://prezi.com/vnkb2yvn3yme/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy 9:20 - 9:30 - Break
 * Challenge = Non-Googleable Questions
 * Creating vs. Consuming
 * Give kids a forum
 * Teach Tech Skills
 * Willingness to learn from students
 * Intentionally teach cultural perspectives
 * Successful aspects of teaching are integrated and woven throughout instruction- little moments
 * The third space- Cultural Alienation- not Mexican or American
 * ELLs-complicated- we can't just define them by their English language proficiency- not a one size fits all
 * Just as diverse (if not more so) than other learners in your school
 * Ingredients for second language acquisition-
 * Massive amounts of comprehensible inputs needed- not immersion- Comprehensible is key
 * Input occurs with feedback and output- Negotiated Interaction-
 * Comprehensible means they can get the gist- not 100% comprehension
 * Language acquisition is not a straight line-
 * progress is not regular and consistent-silence-intense growth to conversations- plateau- important academic language support needed for further success
 * Types of proficiency- reading, writing, listening, speaking
 * Social language= 2-3 years vs. academic language 5-12 years
 * prior knowledge matters a lot- prior schooling and first language literacy are predictors of academic success
 * Being bilingual makes you twice as smart not half as smart- You can speak Arabic! vs. You can't speak English

9:30 - 10:35 - Foundational Principles for Working with ELLs http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/immersion



Caring- acknowledging and knowing the student High Academic Expectations- Expect kids to learn and think-don't reduce kids to a language problem- don't just lower the standards-sometimes abstract concepts are easier to understand than concrete concepts Explicit Attention to Language-Anticipate critical words and teach and support them-like academic language but can be more basic terms Multiple Pathways- speaking, listening, interacting Social Support- engage and support peer interaction- more complicated than it seems- structure interaction- make it safe and be honest- intentional pairing

= C.H.E.M.S.

10:35 - 10:50 - Q & A