566+Agenda+-+5.28.15

9:00 - 9:05 - Welcome
 * Notetaker: Ande

9:05 - 9:20- Vocabulary Teaching DeBrief
 * 1) Lingering questions and ah-ha's from teaching demos
 * 2) Ah-ha moments
 * 3) Differences between teaching concept and word- new way of teaching for me
 * 4) Different context for vocabulary instruction from how you were taught
 * 5) Not just learning recognition and spelling but also context
 * 6) Careful with letting students guess the word without examples
 * 7) Assessment can come in moments of acknowledging comprehension not just in a structured test
 * 8) Inferences from words within context examples to build knowledge
 * 9) Difference of learning word on its own or learning language around the word
 * 10) How word choice and time are critical and must be valuable
 * 11) Using sentence structures to help students and the importance for adding context
 * 12) Giving context can be an experience and not just written examples
 * 13) How powerful and efficient discrimination can be in word knowledge
 * 14) Drawing on prior knowledge and experiences as an entry point for abstract term
 * 15) Sentence frames being used rather than put it in a sentence
 * 16) Open ended activities to build vocabulary
 * 17) Lingering questions
 * 18) Differences between teaching a word and teaching a concept (unique characteristics of language teaching)
 * 19) Helping students comprehend the word as well as use in structured and open ended opportunities
 * 20) Structured for use and open for fluency
 * 21) Vocabulary teaching guide

9:20 - 9:35 - Reading Roundup #1 Katie
 * 1) Challenging Common Myths About Young English Learners
 * 2) ELL research is very counter to conventional thinking
 * 3) All children benefit from second language but shouldn't downplay first
 * 4) 7 concepts with ELL
 * 5) Language
 * 6) Socioeconomic
 * 7) Age
 * 8) Exposure to english
 * 9) Experience with immigration
 * 10) Family customs and culture
 * 11) 6 common myths about ELL students
 * 12) Total english emersion pre K through 3rd is the best way to learn english
 * 13) Lose mother language
 * 14) Start speaking English a lot more
 * 15) Pre K through 3rd not fully developed in own language
 * 16) Shifting from lack of knowledge to lack of knowledge
 * 17) Communicate with parents to use home language at home not a impediment on english
 * 18) School should provide only english language instruction because they cannot offer others with resources
 * 19) Using volunteers from community
 * 20) Using older peers
 * 21) Families can help
 * 22) There are resources around the schools
 * 23) Teaching practices can cater to all students
 * 24) Spanish speaking Latinos exhibit social/academic delays entering K
 * 25) Low income in relation to any student is a challenge
 * 26) Culture taught by parents emotional control
 * 27) Issues that hispanic immigrant families can have while living in the states
 * 28) More focus on resiliency of students
 * 29) Initially first two years 2 languages are underperforming and then they see more success
 * 30) Latino english learners are less likely to be enrolled in pre k programs due to culture
 * 31) More about economics than culture
 * 32) A child engaged with home life is a fostering education
 * 33) Native english speakers with experience academic delays when enrolled in dual language programs
 * 34) Beneficial to the student and allows for bilingual
 * 35) Age starting later can be difficult
 * 36) Pre K through 3 is a great time for the deal language instruction
 * 37) Learning 2 languages can be too much for K-3
 * 38) Can be overwhelming for teachers but not really for students
 * 39) A lot of signs of learning can be signs of regression but aren't
 * 40) Seem like language mix up but just sorting process

9:35 - 11:00 - Community Field trip and Orientation
 * Team 1 - Marshallese Family (4) - Abbie, Ande, Megan F, Kala
 * 5 children 2 bedroom apartment
 * Very kind and thoughtful in responses
 * Goals for students english and college
 * Team 2 - Marshallese Family (4) - Jordan, Mona, Lynda, Sarah
 * Similar to the other family
 * Education for kids
 * Projects playground near the apartment
 * Team 3 - Shopping (3-4) - Rachel, Mary, Josh
 * Different types of food than normal
 * Best Asian Market
 * EuroMarket sold by the pound
 * Euro a lot of non English
 * Team 4 - Community Resources (3-4) - Megan, Katie, Greg
 * Courthouse
 * Issues with the experience
 * Which courthouse? Service? Getting in etc
 * Not an easy task for non English speakers

11:00 - 11:20 - Debrief field trip

11:35 - 12:00 - Curriculum Project Overview
 * 1) Activity guide for text and writing only other project besides reading assignments
 * 2) Link on Agenda page with description
 * 3) Themed- high interest challenge appropriate
 * 4) Language development objective
 * 5) Literacy objective- reading or writing
 * 6) Content goal
 * 7) Text set of 9


 * Housekeeping:**
 * Reading assignment for Tuesday, June 2 - (note: this includes a 50-minute video)
 * Curriculum Project groups: Goal for Tuesday, June 2 - complete planning template (except for ELP standards) and compile text set; bring one of the texts to class on Tuesday