multi-level elementary 2 and 3 multi-cycle - multi-level elementary 2 and 3 esl – 2011-2012 2011

Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3

Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 ESL – 2011-2012

2011

Who are my students in September?

They are all Cycle One students.They are used to…• an all English environment• participating in classroom routines• performing songs and rhymes • joining in stories• communicating with gestures, words, strings of words and

short expressions.

Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL


They are all Cycle One students.

In addition students from Elementary 2 are used to…• working in pairs• creating personalized versions of texts



Conclusion:• Manage the class as one group.


How to respect the two ESL programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?

Find out what is similar.Competencies:C2 – To Communicate Orally in EnglishC1 – To Interact Orally in English

From the POL: classroom routines, familiar situations/familiar environment and strategies



Find out what is different.Competencies:C2 – To Communicate Orally in EnglishC1 – To Interact Orally in English

From the POL: contextual language and functional language (useful expressions and vocabulary)


Conclusion:


• Manage the class as one group. • Plan accountability by level.



Find out what is similar.Competencies:C1 – To Act on Understanding of Texts C2 – To Reinvest Understanding of Oral and Written TextsFrom the POL: contextual language/text

components (key elements, events), strategies, cultural elements/products



Find out what is different.Competencies:C1 – To Act on Understanding of Texts: personalized version of textsC2 – To Reinvest Understanding of Oral and Written Texts: personalized product



Conclusion:• Manage the class as one group. • Use the same text but find a

reinvestment task for Elementary 3 that has similarities with the personalized version for Elementary 2.



Find out what is different.

Competency C3 - To write texts From the POL: language conventionsOnly for Elementary 3 students



Conclusion:

• Manage the class as one group. • Introduce the writing process checklist

to write the reinvestment task.


PlanningSolution: The Bird’s Eye View

From the LES: Can’t Fall Asleep?Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL

Supporting teachers and consultants

One field-tested LESCan’t Fall Asleep?

Teacher’s Guide in 4 booklets Teacher Tools Students Handouts


CONCLUSIONThe answers are in the ESL programs!


The LES: Can’t Fall Asleep?

• Broad Area of Learning: Health and Well-being• Educational Aim: To ensure that students adopt

a self-monitoring procedure concerning the development of good living habits related to health and well-being

• Focus of Development: Awareness of his/her basic needs: physical needs



• Cross-Curricular Competency 5 To adopt effective work methodsEvaluation Criteria1. Completion of the task : Use of the appropriate

resources and time allotted to complete the task2. Perseverance in performing the task: Satisfaction of

presenting a personalized product on time



• Description Students are introduced to the Canadian

writer, Robert Munsch, author of The Paper Bag Princess and 50 Below Zero, among others. Through his story, Mortimer, students will become aware of conditions leading to a good night’s sleep.



• Elementary 2 students will collaborate to create a personalized version of the story.

• Elementary 3 students will create a personalized product where they provide suggestions to help a child go to sleep.



• ESL Competencies


Elementary 2 Elementary 3To Communicate Orally in English

To Interact Orally in English

To Act on Understanding of Texts

To Reinvest Understanding of Oral and Written Texts

To Write Texts

• Criteria and explanations from the Framewok for the Evaluation of Learning - ESL Elementary


• Essential KnowledgeFrom the Elementary Progression of Learning1. Contextual and Functional language2. Strategies3. Language conventions (Elementary 3 only)4. Text components (Elem. 2 contextual language)5. Cultural elements and products




In action…Patricia Finnerty

shares her success.

Thank you!


PowerPoint presentation

The LES Can’t Fall Asleep? documents




www.eslinsight.caElementaryResourcesLESMulti-Level - Elementary 2 and 3

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