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MELS Working Document 2007
Agenda Word of Welcome
Ice Breaker
The Importance of Listening to Authentic Songs, Rhymes and Stories
Tips on Selecting the Best Stories
Steps for Reading Aloud
Retelling Stories
Creating Personalized Versions of Texts
Monitor Own Learning
Ice breakerThink of these questions on your own and share
the answers with your group.
Outside work, I’m good at…
The best part of my job is…
The worst part of my job is…
One of my favorite books is…
One of my favorite children’s books is…
Some Figures…
When speaking, most people use 5 000 common words.
There are another 5 000 words used by some people when speaking.
There are 450 000 words listed in the Merriam-Webster 3rd International Dictionary
Total Words (in millions) Heard by a Child by Age 4
05
101520253035404550
Total words (in millions) heardby child by age 4
ProfessionalWorking ClassPoverty
Source: Read Aloud Handbook. P. 15 Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children, 1996
Number of Rare Words Met per Thousand
0 20 40
Rar
eW
ord
s p
erT
ho
usa
nd
Children'sbooks
Adult speakingto 10 year oldchild Adult speakingto 3 year oldchildAdult speakingto 6 month oldchild
Source: Read Aloud Handbook. P. 16
Hayes and Ahrens, Journal of Child Language, 1988
Number of Rare Words Met per Thousand
0 50 100 150
Ra
re W
ord
s p
er
Th
ou
sa
nd
Scientificnewspaper
Newspaper
Comic Books
Children'sBooks
Adult speakingto adult
Adult to 10year old child
Adult to 3 yearold child
Source: Read Aloud Handbook. P.16
Hayes and Ahrens, Journal of Child Language, 1988
To Act on Understanding of Texts
The development of the competency To act on understanding of texts is about students exploring songs, rhymes and stories; learning to use their knowledge from texts; and monitoring their own learning. It is a golden opportunity to become immersed in the English language and culture.
Ministère de l’Éducation, Québec Education Program: Preschool Education and Elementary Education, English as a Second Language, Cycle One (Québec: Gouvernement du Québec, 2006) p. 6
Goals of the Session
•Help teachers understand the benefits of exploring authentic texts orally
•Help students create personalized versions of texts
•Provide teachers and students with appropriate monitoring tools for the second year of the cycle
Doing it all according to theElementary Cycle One ESL Program
The Importance of Listening to Authentic Songs, Rhymes, and
StoriesOr
How do we give our ESL students access to these words?
Advantages of Reading Aloud
What do you think they are ?
Advantages of Reading Aloud
To Act on Understanding of TextsThe How-To Handbook
p. 6
Advantages of Reading Aloud
•Read through the story books
•Look for rare words
•Share with your team
•Write your answers on chart paper
•You have 10 minutes for this task
•Post your chart on the wall
Tips on Selecting the Best Stories
Predominance is given to texts featuring highly predictable sequences of events and lively, recurrent passages that reappear at regular intervals throughout a story, as these encourage the students’ spontaneous participation.
Québec Education Program: Preschool Education and Elementary Education, English as a Second Language, Cycle One p. 6
Tips on Selecting the Best Stories
What would you say?
Tips on Selecting the Best Stories
To Act on Understanding of TextsThe How-To Handbook
p. 8
Steps of Reading Aloud
• Teacher’s preparation• Preparing the Read-Aloud• Reading The Story• After Reading
Steps for Reading Aloud
As child-centered educators and motivators, teachers create a pleasant environment where students feel secure and accepted…
As linguistic models, teachers…help understanding by being creative and very expressive: using facial expressions and gestures; varying intonation, volume, stress and pace; using cognates; reformulating; animating objects; etc.
Québec Education Program: Preschool Education and Elementary Education,English as a Second Language, Cycle One p. 8
Steps for Reading Aloud
Being able to rely on the group is very beneficial to Cycle One students, since language acquisition is emotionally embedded and requires psychological safety.
It has the great advantage of masking individual errors, thereby adding to self confidence and motivation, as well as contributing to lowering the affective filter.
Québec Education Program: Preschool Education and Elementary Education, English as a Second Language, Cycle One p. 6
Retelling Stories
Guided by the teacher
Use key elements
Sequence the events
Practice several times
Creating personalized versions of texts
1. Develop and demonstrate understanding of original text
Example: A Wacky Body Experience
• Activity 5: sequencing activity
• Activity 8: identifying key elements
• Activity 12: questions on key elements
• Activity 16 labelling activity
Clip 1-GettingReady
Creating personalized versions of texts
2. Participate in the preparation of the resources
Clip 2-DonnaRejaneModelStory
Clip3-BuildingResources
Creating personalized versions of texts
3. Participate in the creation of group version of the text
The program says:
•Explicit modeling
•Templates
Clip 4- StoryOrganizerRejaneDonna
Creating personalized versions of texts
Assisted modeling:
Scaffolding
Thinking aloud
Encouraging students to participate Active participants
Creating personalized versions of texts
A Wacky Body Experience: Activity 21
What Would You Bring to a Picnic? Activity 7
Clip 5- BuildingClassStoryOrganizer
Creating personalized versions of texts
The program says:
•Essence of the original text
•Facilitate replacement of language elements by students
Clip 6- ModelingClassStory
Creating personalized versions of texts
Teacher Tools for modeling
Creating personalized versions of texts
Student Handouts for personalizing the text
Self-Monitoring
CONCENTRATION
DEMONSTRATION OF UNDERSTANDING
USE OF ENGLISH
USE OF RESOURCES
Self-MonitoringconcentrationTeacher Tools
Self-Monitoring
demonstrating understanding
Self-Monitoring
Use of English
Self-Monitoring
Use of resources
Self-Monitoring
Student Handout
and
Self-Evaluation
Lunch
Be back at 1:30
