2. Giving Kids a Can-doAttitude!September17, 2010 Nadine
Jacobsen KY NELL Representative Spanish Teacher Dunn Elementary
Louisville, KY 3. Background
- Spanish Teacher, Louisville, KY
- Second language learning started in the university.
- No language exposure in elementary school.
- Elementary School with 600+ students
- With k-2 twice a week 30 minutes = 60 min./wk
- With 3-5 once a week 40 minutes / wk
4. Motivation for the Action Research
- Personal experience learning a second language.
- Job search with a B.A. in Spanish
- Grading 600+ students every 6 weeks (with no assistance)
- Providing students with genuine & motivating feedback.
5. Icantdo it 6. Icando it! 7.
AssessmentYou could...bribe them to do it withprizes and candy!
8. Linguafolio Inspired
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- I CANtell you what I like!
10. I CANtell youwhat I would like to be when I grow up!
- I would like to be an artist.
11. I can... Statements:
- Answer that inevitable question:
- What did you learn at school today?
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- Match assessment to curriculum
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- student-centered learning experiences.
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- https:// maestranadine.wikispaces.com
17. Unit 4: What do I enjoy from celebrations? 18. 19.
20. My Wonderings
- How does what students believe they can do with Spanish compare
with what they really can do with it?
- How do learners feel about what they can do in Spanish?
- How effective are I can statements?
- Given a topic, to what extent can learners talk about it in
Spanish?
21. My Plan
- 1. Survey all five classes in 3 rdgrade.
- 2. Choose 30 learners by randomly drawing their names out of a
bag after they completed the survey.
- 3. Orally Interview the 30 learners assessing what they can do
using Spanish.
- 4. Compare what learners felt they could do using the language
to what they could do in an oral interview with me in Spanish.
22. Total Student Enrollment : 619 23. 24. 3 rdGrade Enrollment:
120 25. The Survey 7.(Fill in what else you can do!)I can : 6.I can
talk about what I like and dont like to do!5.I can talk about the
weather!4.I can talk about birthdays!3.I can talk about my home!2.I
can give directions!1.I can talk about things in my classroom!I
need to work on this. I can with some help. I can with no help! Si
Se Puede! 26.
- Unit 4) Cuando es tu cumpleaos? Cuantos anos tienes? Que te
gusta
- hacer en la fiesta? Can you sing a Birthday song? Able to
answers
- 0 (3)1 (Need to work =3)2 (some help = 2)3+ (Can do=1)
- Unit 5) Que tiempo hace? Able to describe the weather given
pictures
- and gestures learned in class:
- 0 (3)1 (Need to work =3)2 (some help = 2) 3+ (Can do=1)
- Unit 6) Que te gusta hacer? Que no te gusta hacer?Able to
answer given
- pictures and gestures acting out activities learned in
class:
- 0 (3)1 (Need to work =3)2 (some help = 2) 3+ (Can do=1)
The Oral Interview Rubric Examples 27. My Data Analysis Plan
- 2.Create pie graphs measuring the responses for
- 3.Create a pie graph for a total of all the
- 4.Create graphs to compare the survey to the
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29. Total Survey Results 30. Each Question / Unit (1-4) 31.
Units 5 & 6
- 1) First unit identifying classroom objects and people.
- 2) Less time was spent on directions and more time was spent on
learning the classrooms in the school and Unit 1.
- 3) This unit combined the home and family.
- 4) The most fun of all the units; however, learners have a
higher self-efficacy with these language goals.
- 5) We just finished this unit, lots of fun talking about the
weather.
- 6) One of the 3 rdgrade classes had not been introduced to Unit
6; however, throughout the year we talked about what we liked to do
in class.
32. How does what learners believe they can do compare to what
they can do?
- Below are the results of thirty learners surveys based on
question 1-6.
- Over fifty percent of their responses reflect they were
confident they could demonstrate the I can statements without
help.
- The interview demonstrates learners thought they could do
better than they really could do.
- It also demonstrates the contrary showing they could do more
than what they thought they could do in regards to their answers
about needing to work on certain statements.
33. #7: Fill In I can ... Survey Entry
- 119 learners were asked to fill in what they thought they could
do in the language. 114 responded.
- 89% responded with something they could do orally.
- 4% claimed they couldread in Spanish.
- 4% claimed they couldlisten and followdirections in
Spanish.
- 3% claimed they couldwrite in Spanish.
34.
- I can talk about school supplies and books.
- I can talk about seasons.
- I can talk about the weather.
- I can talk about what I like to do.
- I can tell what I do in the classroom.
- I can tell what sports I like to play.
- I can tell when my birthday is.
- I can sing a birthday song in Spanish(Espanol).
- I can sing a pinata song.
- I can sing happy birthday to you.
- I can sing some of the songs.
- I can sing Spanish songs.
- I can sing the "Meses del ano" song.
- I can write Spanish books.
- I can ask basic questions and respondto them.
- I can count to triente (30).
- I can name the people in my family.
- I can say my name and how I feel inSpanish.
- I can say my name and my family'sname.
- I can say what I like to do outside andinside.
- I can say what my room is like.
- I can talk about animals.
- I can talk about days, months andseasons.
- I can talk about englasa (church).
- I can talk about my sport. I can read inSpanish.
- I can read a book in Spanish.
Examples Of Learners I Can Statements