ELL ~ ELA PLANNING & SUPPORT
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017
Aligning Language Arts Content for ELLs: Support for Secondary Teachers
A collaboration of the Department of ELLs and the Language Arts Team, these trainings are designed to be hands-on, practical, and timely. Training content specifically addresses the need for English Language Learner instruction that is rigorous, on grade level, and scaffolded to further develop language skills.
Participants will:
- Receive 3 Saddleback Hi-Lo books to supplement your classroom library and structured independent reading.
- Hear from guest speakers, Stella Bromley - Library Media Center, and John Costilla - myOn.com about text selection/resources and structured independent reading.
- Preview the grade level 5th Six Weeks language arts standards (found in the SPG, or Student Performance Guide).
- Take part in a model of sheltered instruction strategies designed to address scaffolds for writing and overall comprehension.
- Leave with at least one resource and one tool for addressing grade level gaps with ELLs.
- Please register in HCP: Course #82597.
- Please RSVP via this flyer - see below.
- Sub paid by the Department of ELLs for teachers of ELLs.
- Please bring your laptop.
Event Information
Please join us!
More Information:
- Classroom is located on the 3rd floor of Austin ISD Baker Professional Development Center.
- Parking on-street only
- Please contact if you have questions: Barbara Adkisson, Secondary ELL_ELA Curriculum Specialist, barbara.adkisson@austinisd.org, Work: 512-414-9714, Cell: 512-789-1509.
FUTURE TRAINING DATE:
- March 23rd: HCP Course#: 82598
When?
Thursday, Jan 26, 2017, 08:30 AM
Where?
Austin ISD Baker Professional Development Center, Avenue B, Austin, TX, United States
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RSVPs are enabled for this event.
- Language Arts Team and Department of ELLs updates
- 5th Six Weeks lesson highlights
- Guest Speakers: Stella Bromley, Library Media Services, and John Costilla, myOn.com
- Resources and sheltered instruction strategies for planning
- Planning time after lunch
Saddleback Hi-Lo Book Giveaway Continues!
Each participant will receive three copies of these books towards building their classroom library and to address the issue of teachers having sufficient appropriate reading materials for beginner level ELLs to read during structured independent reading.
Sample Book, Saddleback Hi-Lo Readers
Lexile: BR-0 to 300
"Our hope is to give ELL teens real-world information with great fictional stories at lower reading levels, so they can not only increase reading fluency but also assimilate with success."
Sample Book, Saddleback Hi-Lo Readers
Lexile: BR-0 to 300
Hi-Lo is a term used to describe high-interest, low-readability books. Saddleback's solutions incorporate mature, complex themes (high-interest) at lower reading levels (low readability.) This combination engages readers by giving them content they WANT to read while setting them up for success.