Comprehensible Instruction Extending the Conversation

Key Components of Effective Instruction ELLs 1.Focus on Academic Language, Literacy, & Vocabulary 2.Link To and/or Build Background 3.Support Student Comprehension 4.Promote Interaction 5.Develop Learning Strategies

1- Focus on Academic Language, Literacy, and Vocabulary

Planning for Language Bricks: Academic Vocabulary ●Content-related words ●High-frequency academic words Mortar: Language functions ●Inquire ●Summarize ●Sequence ●Classify ●Analyze ●Compare/Contrast ●Describe Cause/Effect ●Justify ●Problem-solve ●Synthesize ●Evaluate ●Infer/predict

Language and Vocabulary

Lenses for Planning Literacy Instruction Content CCSS NextGen Science Culture Funds of Knowledge Language ELD standards Vocabulary and functions

2- Build Background Spill Wipe it Up

3- Support Student Comprehension ● Comprehensible Input o Sensory o Graphic o Visual ● Language Output o Sentence Frames o Word Banks o Patterned Oral Language o Structured Notetaking

Support Student Comprehension 2012 Amplification of The English Language Development Standards, WIDA,

Sensory, Graphic, and Interactive

4- Promote Interaction

5- Develop Learning Strategies

Assessment ● Content and Language ● Formative and Summative ● Timely and Ongoing

Application in Your Context: Extending the Conversation

The RtI Process Sustainable Professional Development Team Collaboration Educator Effectiveness Parent Communication Effective Instruction for Language Learners

Group Work: Guiding Questions ● Discuss a context in which to extend the conversation ● Compile guiding questions ● Create a poster to illustrate those questions ● Gallery Walk

Next Steps: Outcome Review