End-of-the YearELL Parent Meeting

Friday, June 5, 2015

Current Numbers in the District123 ELL students (as of 6/2) IP - 70 WM – 13 (K-3) LR – 7 (K-3) IMS - 22 MIHS – 10

23 languages spoken by ELLs

(top 4 – Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Japanese)

61 former ELLs being monitored

88 new students given the placement test since August (73 qualified)

Language Proficiency Levels

Level 1: Beginning/

Advanced BeginningLevel 2: IntermediateLevel 3: Advanced

Level 4: Transitional – exit level

WELPA Results

WELPA Annual Test Results

45% exit rate for K-12 students

IP 42% (67 tested)

WM 42% (12 tested)

LR 63% (8 tested)

IMS 52% (21 tested)

MIHS 40% (10 tested)

Island Park WELPA Results

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4

West Mercer WELPA Results

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4

Lakeridge WELPA Results

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4

ELL Program in All Elementary Schools This Fall

Will be hiring a new ELL teacher to work with students at West Mercer and Lakeridge

Continuing ELL students will remain at the school they are attending now

(transfer request depends on enrollment numbers and won’t be decided until late Aug)

Newly tested students will be placed at their new boundary school (to avoid another move the following year)

2016-2017 Changes

Opening of the new school

All students (continuing and new) will attend their neighborhood school (according to new boundaries)

Shorter bus rides

Required State Testing

ELPA 21 (English Language Proficiency Assessment)

Grades K-12SBAC (Smarter Balanced)

Grades 3-8 and 11 Science MSP (Measurement of

Progress)Grades 5 and 8

English Language Proficiency Standards (ELP) – 11 states

ELPA21 Assessment

- based on new ELP Standards

- will replace WELPA Annual Test

(WELPA Placement Test for one more year)

- computer-based and interactive

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) 45 states

SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) – 22 states

Online ELA* and Math Assessments

Two parts:

- Computer Adaptive Assessment (CAT)

- Performance Task (PT)

* Students who have attended U.S. schools for less that 12 months are exempted from ELA tests

SBAC Supports for ELLs

Text-to-speech (ELA and math items,

does not include reading passages)

Translated test directions* (only math items)

Translated glossary* (only math items)

Bilingual dictionary (for ELA performance task)

Small group administration

Frequent breaksLanguage support: Mandarin, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, Russian,

Cantonese, Vietnamese, Somali, Tagalog,, Ukranian, Punjabi, Ilokano

5th grade MSP Science Supports for ELLs

Language Support: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, Somali (translated test items on a audio CD)

Small group administration

Frequent breaks

Thanks to Our Volunteers

Rachel Yu

Nancy Coupes

New Elementary Volunteer Training

Watch the Training Video

(15 minutes)

Training Questionnaire

Background Check Form

Summer Activities

Day Camps (MI Parks & Recreation, Boys & Girls Club, SJCC, etc)

Reading (Raz-Kids, PebbleGo, MI library summer program)

Tutoring

(www.wyzant.com

www.collegenanniesandtutors.com/seattlewa)

Keyboarding (typing)

Travel

ELL website (with games and activities)

Kindergarten Science/Social Studies Preview

Kindergarten Curriculum

 

Science:

Wood

Weather

Embryology

Social Studies: Our World, Now and Long Ago 

1st GradeScience/Social Studies Preview

1st grade Curriculum

 

Science:

Balls and Ramps

Magnets

Butterflies

 

Social Studies: Families in the Neighborhood

2nd gradeScience/Social Studies Preview

2nd grade Curriculum

Science:

Moon

Balancing and Weighing

Organisms

 

Social Studies: People We Know

3rd gradeScience/Social Studies Preview

3rd grade Curriculum

 

Science:

Rocks and Minerals

Chemical Tests

Puget Sound Marine Life

 

Social Studies: Early Northwest People

4th GradeScience/Social Studies Preview

4th grade Curriculum

Science:

Electricity

Food Chemistry

Sound

Experimenting with Plants

 

Social Studies: Washington History

5th grade Science/Social Studies Preview

5th grade Curriculum

Science:

Salmon in the Sound

Water Cycle

Solar Systems

Flight and Rocketry

Human Body

Social Studies: U.S. history (and government)

For Your InformationTrimester Progress Reports – viewable on Skyward

on June 19 at 5:30

Class Assignments – available for viewing on Skyward a few days before first day of school (Tuesday, Sept.8)

Bridge 2015 Campaign (goal to raise $1.2 million)

- $757,000 (as of 5/22)

- Make a donation of any amount

Volunteer Needs

ELL parent outreach

Language support for students and parents

Clerical help