418+Agenda+4.21.15


 * Target:**
 * **I can describe specific ways to support English Language Learners in my classroom.**

1:15 - 1:20 - Welcome
 * Notetaker: Kase-Dog
 * TPA Tips:
 * THINK ABOUT THESE :): because.... its due FRIDAY
 * function
 * task
 * language demands [vocab, syntax/discourse]
 * language supports
 * student evidence

1:20 - 1:35 - Discuss //Rain in a Dry Land// "AH-HAH's": - social environment offers a challenge as well: "odd little girl that pestered one of the refugee boys" ; "boys on the soccer field asking if the refugee's dad was a king" - psychological aspect: what happens when they don't succeed? there was a lot of the refugees that struggled and were depressed, dropped out, got into trouble. Everyday just turns into surviving... NEED MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES - age matters! little boy having a ton of "best friends" vs. the older boy who was getting made fun of on the soccer field - the training before the refugees prepared them for //cultural differences// but not about how hard the transition was going to be... America is free and has opportunity but they are not just given to you and it appeared that the refugees weren't fully ready to take on that aspect of failure and struggles that was put upon them - soccer boy not having the support to continue on with soccer or just in school - how do you grade the work of students that can't read English, or even just keep them involved in the day-to-day learning tasks?! - different types of punishments from culture to culture: America=we talk through things; Somalia=physical abuse [the students don't understand when they have done something wrong and the parents also don't know how to properly discipline their children--> this leads to turmoil within the family] - ELL students have "ONE FOOT IN TWO WORLDS"

1:35 - 2:30 - CHEMS - Five guiding principles for working with ELLs

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: B. NEGOTIATED INTERACTION [you agree on a meaning together: think about Manny vs. Anny's conversation; Manny was not able to help her come to an understanding... negotiating would be where he said "fresco" and then explained what that meant to her rather than just repeating "FRESCO"l]
 * 1) ELL = __ONLY A LABEL!__
 * 2) A. COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

3. LANGUAGE IS __NOT__ A STRAIGHT LINE & PROFICIENCES WILL VARY 4. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE MATTERS 5. BEING BILINGUAL IS __THE AWESOMEST!__
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 * [[file:foundational principles_ells.pptx]] [[file:foundational principles review.docx]]

__//**ENJOY THE SUNSHINE!!!!!!!**//__
 * Housekeeping:**
 * On Thursday, 4/23 meet in the lobby of Schoenberg at 1:00
 * TPA Tasks due 4/24 - Upload to Blackboard
 * Be sure you've uploaded your two writing tasks and your philosophical chairs activity to the curriculum library