ELL Strategies with Discovery Education

ELL Strategies withDiscovery Education

@LROUGEUXWednesday, February 6, 2013

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Strategies and resources for Discovery Education

STREAMING and TECHBOOK

Resources in Discovery Education TECHBOOK

Ideas, resources and strategies shared by the Discovery Educator Network (DEN)

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Yasiv.com


http://www.fakeiphonetext.com




Over 11 million students speak a language other than English at home

http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts




100% speak this...


R U havN trouble rEDN DIS? iz it makin U :-||, ^set, Grr? DIS iz d way kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ 4 dem. dey luv it. dey luv it mo wen U spk thR lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.



R U havN trouble rEDN DIS? iz it makin U :-||, ^set, Grr? DIS iz d way kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ 4 dem. dey luv it. dey luv it mo wen U spk thR lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.


Are you having trouble reading this? Is it making you mad, upset, angry? This is the way kids talk. Seriously. It is easy for

them. They love it. They love it more when you

speak their language. At least a little bit.





Non-linguistic representations

Cues, questions and advance organizers

Cooperative learning

Setting objectives and providing feedback

Homework and practice

Summarizing and notetaking

Activating prior knowledge

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http://ell.nwresd.org

http://ell.nwresd.org

Context embedded

Cognitively undemanding

Talking on the playground

Context reduced

Cognitively undemanding

Talking on the phone

Context embedded

Cognitively demanding

Using manipulatives to solve a word problem

Context reduced

Cognitively demanding

Lectures about abstract concepts

Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) vs. Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) (Jim Cummins)



Activating Prior Knowledge with Non-linguistic representations


AEIOUAdjective, Emotion, Interest, Oh!, Umm?




Multiple Non-linguistic representations

Interactive glossaryWednesday, February 6, 2013


Use Student Center to have students make their own





Practice with Non-linguistic representations

I see, I know, I wonder...


Practice with Non-linguistic representations

Six Word Story


Multiple representations and levels


Setting objectives and providing feedback

ClassDojo


Building Background Knowledge

TranscriptsWednesday, February 6, 2013

Building Background Knowledge

Highlighting, Text-to-speech, Note-takingWednesday, February 6, 2013

Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

Assessment Manager or the BuildersWednesday, February 6, 2013


As you watch the video, listen for facts and determine which of these statements is

NOT true

1. Fungi survive on the cells of other living things.

2. Fungus growing inside the tree trunk takes away nutrients from the tree.

3. By hollowing out the tree trunks, the fungus provides a home for bats

4. Bat droppings provide nutrients for the tree in which it lives.



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Silent film

Stories as Summaries


Stories As Summaries







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