ELD Department News
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ACCESS Results Are On The Way!!
For parent friendly letters, WIDA has provided many resources for ACCESS 2.0. Follow this link, and click on the documents in "Downloads and Products".
ACCESS and WIDA AMS
If you answered yes to one of these questions, you are in luck! You may access two different reports in WIDA AMS: "Test Results" and "On Demand Reports". To get to these reports, you will need to log in to WIDA AMS. Look for "Student Score Reports". Remember, you will need to click on "Find Students" when creating anything in WIDA AMS, and you will need to use Firefox.
You will have access to WIDA AMS reports through May 13, 2016. At the end of the day on May 13th, we will remove all user report access. Please be aware of this deadline and download what you need prior to May 13, 2016.
Test Results:
- Frequency: this report will show you how your school's student population scored overall in all domains.
- Roster: this report will show all student scores - overall and in all domains in one pdf spreadsheet.
- K ISR Parent: this report will show how each kindergarten student scored overall and in all domains.
- Summative Student Report (English and Spanish): this individual student report will show how each student scored overall and in all domains.
On Demand Reports:
- You may create reports in a vast variety of languages for individual students and small groups of students. Spanish is available for every student in the "Test Results" tab.
- Directions to create a translated report: Click on your school. Click on "language". Click on "Find Students". Click on the box next to the student's name. Click on "open" or "save".
End of Year Instructions
Upcoming Professional Development
Here is our schedule for the day:
10:30-11:30 Support Session (optional, with administrator approval only)
11:30-12:00 Networking Lunch (optional, with administrator approval only)
12:00-3:00 ELD Think Tank (required, all ELD)
DCSD Summer PD: http://www.dcsdsummerpd.org/
Create Something Great:
The Create Something Great 2016 Think Tank is scheduled for the week of June 6-9 at Mountain Vista High School and Mountain Ridge Middle School. Created by teachers for teachers, the Think Tank allows DCSD employees to share ideas, collaborate and network with colleagues from across the country. Complete Information.
Literacy Lessons: Contact Kathy Tirrill for more information.
Would you like to:
- observe and assess a child’s reading skills,
- design lessons that build on the child’s existing knowledge,
- select “just right” books for children and craft book introductions,
- expertly guide conversations that lead to language development, and
- accelerate progress through the reciprocity of reading and writing?
ELD Family Outreach
Approximately 250 people attended the ESL Celebration. The evening was filled with fun, photos, crafts, honors, and beautiful conversations. For more pictures and a short video, see the DCSD ELD Google community (linked below!!).