566+Agenda+-+5.29.12

Introduction to the Course

9:00 - 9:20 - Welcome and Introductions
 * Schedules for field
 * Who will take notes?

9:20 - 9:50 - Introduction to the Course
 * Goals
 * Major assignments
 * Fieldwork
 * Policies
 * Technology
 * Time commitment

9:50 - 10:00 - Pre-Test (Do the Pre-test)

10:00 - 10:10 - Break

10:10 - 10:30 - Video of a Multilingual Classroom - Watch and observe what the teacher does to support ELLs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KduFyBohX4g

Finding Their Voice Creating Community Making Connections Teachable Moments
 * Don't set the bar low, got to keep pushing/motivating them
 * Respect
 * ownership of own classroom
 * not perfect, but it is their own. Take pride of it.
 * Preposition work
 * interact with text
 * questions on text
 * prediction on text
 * connecting it to them or another story to increase learning
 * spinners - vocabulary opportunity instead of punishment

10:30 - 11:00 - Crash Course in Second Language Acquisition NOTES FROM CLASS 5/29: - commonly known as **SLA** - Basics of learning languages - All children can learn language. Language Acquisition Device - Growth of a seed:Learning a second language. (Cycle) - L1 and L2 - varies in similarities. There is always potential to learn - never impossible.
 * seed:learner with innate capacity of language with opportunity and reason to learn a 2nd language
 * SLA requires more then immersing in order for them to grow.
 * sun:__comprehensible input__ (**L2**)/constant exposure to language
 * soil: __interaction__
 * water: __negotiated output__/attempt at language

For next class: > Discussion Leader? >
 * Reading: Case studies - Jose, p. 197-201; Ludmilla, p. 211-216; Ping, p. 217-219; Chapter 1 (Active Read!)
 * Read syllabus and curriculum project directions - come to class with any questions