1. Language Acquisition Part I in a 4 Part Series

2. How can we help all of our students acquire the necessary language to be successful in all content areas?

3. Curriculum Version 3.0 Upgrades Key Academic Vocabulary Transfer Tasks ▫ Three Versions – Comprehension, Guided/Scaffold, Accelerated/Enhanced Measurement Topics: focused, reduced number Scoring Rubrics with student feedback suggestions Inclusion of WIDA rubric and strategies for ELL writing

4. What impact does Gloria’s use of the English language have on her and her family?

5. Think-Pair-Share

6. Principles of Language Acquisition Language acquisition is a developmental process. It requires a lot of comprehensible input. It requires repetition. It requires changes to negotiate meaning, the more meaningful the exposure the more you learn. It requires participation in discourse (both verbal and written) Knowledge of the topic helps one to interpret what they hear and read.

7. Jigsaw Activity - Six Key Strategies As an expert group, summarize the strategy that you have been assigned.

8. Six Key Strategies Vocabulary & Language Development Guided Interaction Metacognition & Authentic Assessment Explicit Instruction Meaning-Based Context & Universal Themes Modeling, Graphic Organizers, & Visuals

9. Think-Pair-Share

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11. Cusp Enamel Dentin Pulp

12. Connecting the Lesson to the Strategies

13. Ramping up Your Lesson(s) Take a look at the Unit Objective for the lesson you brought. Read through all three Transfer Tasks for the unit. Change the delivery and/or content of your lesson to maximize the its impact in the students’ language acquisition. Feel free to work with a colleague or team members.

14. PDSA

15. Evidence of Language Acquisition What data and/or evidence can we collect to determine if language acquisition is increasing the level of student achievement?

16. Our Evidence Our data points on the effectiveness of language acquisition on our students’ academic achievement will be:

17. Language Acquisition Vocabulary & Language Development Guided Interaction Metacognition & Authentic Assessment Explicit Instruction Meaning-Based Context & Universal Themes Modeling, Graphic Organizer, & Visuals

18. Planning for Instruction Read and think through the Transfer Task student will be asked to complete. What will they need to know and do in order to be successful on this task? Determine the content to differentiate so the individual needs are being met. What assessment will you in this unit: pre-assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment? What will be your daily plans for: ▫ Framing the Lesson ▫ Presenting Information and Creating Engagement ▫ Consolidating and Anchoring the Lesson

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