Kevin MitchellDimelza Gonzales-Flores

Austin Crocker

CRIN S42January 30, 2013

ELL Differentiation in the secondary Social Studies classroom?

What do you KNOW?

What do you WANT to know?

What did you LEARN?

National Statistics: 2011: 11.2 million students are classified as English Language Learners

Virginia Statistics:From 1995-2010 ELL

student population

explodes from 22,000 to

100,000

Pg. 8, 9 WIDA Standards.

What were the differences between Lesson 1 and Lesson 2?

What does laughter signify?

Could you use this in your classroom?

Routines Instructional Language Visuals Wait Time

Meta cognitive strategy to organize instruction and learning.

A set activity at the beginning of every class

Daily Agenda Clear and obviously posted

assignments Persistent place to submit and

retrieve graded work Consistent about word-action

association

Clear and Concise Elaborate and

REPHRASE Use effective body

language Comprehension Checks Explicit: Step by Step in

small increment with detailed explanations

Jetzt ist es amtlich: Der US-Präsident schwört den Eid für seine zweite Amtszeit. Leider kommt er auch diesmal - wie 2009 - nicht ohne Versprecher aus.

Comprende?

Jetzt ist es amtlich: Der US-Präsident schwört den Eid für seine zweite Amtszeit. Leider kommt er auch diesmal - wie 2009 - nicht ohne Versprecher aus.

Rule of Thumb: At least 10 seconds for student response.

Journals Graphic Organizer Role Play Simulation Small

Group/Collaboration

Dialogue JournalsTeacher responds to journals based on content and not grammar

Reading JournalsFormulaic way for students to respond to what they have read by answering what they understood, what they didn't understand, and what they learned, allowing the teacher to fill in the gaps

Writing JournalsOpened Journal to allow students to practice writing

RAFTS: Role, Audience, Format and Topic

The overall intended outcome is to allow students to practice developing fluency and automatic conversation.

Visually representing ideas, texts and connections

Students will reread, discuss and explore relationships

A way to preview material

Should the US use the Atomic Bomb in the Pacific during World War II?

Find 3 reasons for and against the arguments

Use Primary Sources

Debrief Simulation

Greater participation Low affective Filters Speaking Practice Allows for talents to

shine Meaning negotiation Accountability and

Responsibility

ELL Differentiation in the secondary Social Studies classroom?

What do you KNOW?

What do you WANT to know?

What did you LEARN?

2012 Amplification of the English Language Development Standards, Kindergarten–Grade 12. Rep. WIDA, 2012. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.wida.us/standards/eld.aspx>.

Cruz, Bárbara, and Stephen J. Thornton. Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners. New York: Routledge, 2009. Print.

Herrell, Adrienne L., and Michael Jordan. 50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners. Boston: Pearson, 2012. Print.

Peregoy, Suzanne F., Owen Boyle, and Karen Cadiero-Kaplan. Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for Teaching K-12 English Learners. Boston: Pearson, 2008. Print.

Samway, Katharine Davies., and Denise McKeon. Myths and Realities: Best Practices for English Language Learners. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print.