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Megan Anderson Reilly ELL PD Specialist
Building Background Megan Anderson Reilly ELL PD Specialist
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Bairstow boots hopes of retaining test berth
Read the article. Answer the following questions: What is the article about? What was the most interesting detail presented? What do you think will happen next?
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Objectives Determine the importance of building background knowledge for ELLs Identify key strategies that you can use tomorrow to build background knowledge for ELLs
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Quotation cafe Purpose: form an idea of what we will talk about
Find four partners (3 with different quote, one with the same). Read quote In groups of 4, synthesize ideas and predict what will be discussed Megan
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Quotation Cafe How can you use this strategy in your class?
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Yakima School District
16,782 students 5,376 ELL (32%) 3,636 ELLs in Elementary (47%) 953 ELLs in Middle School (28%) 691 ELLs at High School(17%)
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Yakima School District
YSD= Sheltered Instruction District Every class is supporting academic content and English language development
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Focus for YSD Sheltered Instruction
Language Objectives and English Language Proficiency Standards Structured Interactions Language Assessment
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Background knowledge Schemata- knowledge of the world
Basis for understanding, learning, and remembering facts and ideas
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BUT Background knowledge ELLs have varied background experiences
They may lack the cultural experiences, academic language and key vocabulary necessary for understanding content information
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Effective instruction
Explicitly link concepts to students’ background knowledge Explicitly link past learning and new concepts Emphasize key vocabulary
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What is the girl doing?
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Why is Background Knowledge challenging for ELLs?
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Strategies to build background
What strategies do you use to activate prior knowledge and build background?
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Strategies Watch a video about the topic
Read related books, stories, and other resources about the topic Observation chart Realia Pictorial
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Framework for vocabulary instruction
Manyak Provide rich and varied language experiences Teach individual words Teach word-learning strategies Develop students’ word consciousness
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Strategies to develop Academic Vocabulary
What strategies do you use to develop academic vocabulary? Drawing pictures Vocabulary organizer Matching game Cognitive Content Dictionary Physical movement/Act out Songs and Chants
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Strategies Word sorts Vocabulary games with key academic vocabulary
Cognitive content dictionary (a Project GLAD strategy) teacher-made big-book (a Project GLAD strategy) Pre-teach key vocabulary Teach common prefixes, suffixes, root words and cognates
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Planning Where can you build students’ background knowledge?
Look at what you are doing in the next week. Where can you build students’ background knowledge? What can you do to build vocabulary?
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Share out What are you planning on implementing?
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Thank you! Gots Wants
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