1. Montgomery Knolls ES ESOL Program MKES ESOL Night October 22, 2014

2. What will we talk about? Who is an ESOL student? How is an ESOL student selected? What are the ESOL levels? How is ESOL taught in Elementary School?

3. Who is an ESOL student? Potential ESOL students are students who communicate in a language other than English whose families use a primary language other than English in the home who use a language other than English outside of school Students’ eligibility for ESOL services is determined by the results on a state- mandated English language proficiency test.

4. How is an ESOL student selected? For Kindergarten: K-WAPT For 1 st grade-2 nd grade WAPT

5. What are the ESOL levels? LevelsDescription Level 5Bridging Level 4Expanding Level 3Developing Level 2Emerging Level 1Entering

6. What are the ESOL levels? LevelsDescription Level 1Entering Level 2Emerging Level 3Developing Level 4Expanding Level 5Bridging cat

7. What are the ESOL levels? LevelsDescription Level 1Entering Level 2Emerging Level 3Developing Level 4Expanding Level 5Bridging A little cat and a girl

8. What are the ESOL levels? LevelsDescription Level 1Entering Level 2Emerging Level 3Developing Level 4Expanding Level 5Bridging The young girl hugs the little cat.

9. What are the ESOL levels? LevelsDescription Level 1Entering Level 2Emerging Level 3Developing Level 4Expanding Level 5Bridging The young girl is hugging a little cat because she loves it.

10. What are the ESOL levels? LevelsDescription Level 1Entering Level 2Emerging Level 3Developing Level 4Expanding Level 5Bridging The young girl hugs the little cat because it is her pet and she loves it. Also, she looks very happy with it.

11. How is ESOL taught in Elementary School? Pull-out Plug-in/Pull-aside Co-Teaching

12. How is ESOL taught in Elementary School? Pull-out Plug-in Co-Teaching Gen. Ed. Classroom ESOL Classroom

13. How is ESOL taught in Elementary School? Pull-out Plug-in/Pull-aside Co-Teaching General Ed. Classroom

14. How is ESOL taught in Elementary School? Pull-out Plug-in/Pull-aside Co-Teaching General Ed. Classroom

15. Student Testing For Montgomery Knolls ESOL we test: Speaking Reading Writing Listening

16. Student Report Cards Students receive 4 grades for ESOL 1.Speaking (1-5) 2.Listening (1-5) 3.Reading (1-5) 4.Writing (1-5)

17. How often do we get report cards for ESOL? Pre-K: Comments 2x a year Kinder: Report card grades (1-5) 2x a year GR 1-2: Report card grades (1-5) 4x a year

18. What is the ACCESS? State-mandated test for all ESOL students. January 2015 Measures ESOL students’ performance level in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Results sent home and used for next year’s ESOL placement.

19. Questions?