ELL+-+Agenda+-+9.2.14

Today's Targets:

 * SWBAT describe key goals, format, and policies of EDTE 494/594
 * SWBAT articulate what makes learning in a new language difficult

2:10 - 2:40 - Introductions to each other
 * Notetaker - user:am_kruse

2:40 - 3:00 - Introduction to the class
 * Syllabus [[file:edte 494-594 syllabus_case_f14.pdf]]
 * Wiki
 * Policies

3:00 - 3:45 - What makes learning in a new language difficult > Closure and Housekeeping:
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiG1ca12f7k
 * For Thursday - Pre-Assessment
 * Bring hard copy to class[[file:ELLMethods-PreAssessment-F14.docx]]

Class Notes user:am_kruse - Possible interaction with middle school students, stay tuned - Goal of the class is to learn and practice strategies, and then apply them - Different domains for the class setup
 * o Be flexible J
 * o Context, policies, and programs
 * § Look at the changing demographics in the classroom
 * § Looking closely at curriculum to find language demands and finding culture bias/assumptions
 * Develop the ability to recognize these issues
 * § Look at characteristics of culture curriculum in schools that can support and hinder ELL students.
 * o Assessment
 * § Determine strategies to help ELL students to be fairly assessed in their learning
 * § How we can advocate for assessment practices that are fair and valid
 * o Classroom Culture
 * § Learn how to create a positive classroom culture
 * No child is invisible, first in our classroom, and then further into the school
 * § How do we facilitate interaction between ELL students and their non-ELL peers
 * How to create the conditions that will allow for these interactions
 * o Planning and enacting instruction
 * § Learning the standards that are aligned with the Common Core
 * § Create a toolbox of strategies to implement in the classroom in whatever context we are in
 * o Watched a 20 minute video clip in another language
 * § What is the video about?
 * Electrical currents, geometry
 * § What was the response during the alarm clock?
 * Excited about the language being English
 * § Ended up being a game of trying to connect dots
 * § It was actually about constructivist classrooms