HMH
According to the assessment map, Modules 11 and 12 are not taught, making them an opportunity for this.
What is a re-assessment opportunity?
Before instruction begins, the 95% CORE Program uses this type of assessment to determine a student's starting skill level.
What is a diagnostic assessment/Phonics Screener for Intervention PSI or Phonemic Awareness Screener for Intervention (PASI)?
In this strategy, students pick a question, answer it, then pass the card along to a peer who will answer the next one.
What is Fan-N-Pick?
These are the foundational principles of a dual language immersion program, focusing on academic excellence, cultural competence, and bilingualism/biliteracy.
What are the Three Pillars of Dual Language Immersion?
This instructional practice enhances ELLs’ language development and comprehension by encouraging verbal interaction, active listening, and authentic language use.
What is discourse?
This component of the HMH framework involves 20-30 minutes of focused instruction and occurs after your Whole Group (WG) Tier 1 lesson. It is intended to address specific needs in a fluid manner.
What is Tier 1 Small Group (SG)?
This strategy, a key part of one "Big Rock," involves students responding together out loud, increasing engagement and active participation.
What is choral response?
This strategy involves two circles of students, one inside the other, where students take turns discussing a topic and rotate after a set time.
What is Inside-Outside Circle?
Our DLI model focuses on students receiving equal exposure to both languages throughout their education, aiming for balanced proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both languages.
What is the 50/50 Model?
As part of supporting English Language Learners, every classroom is required to use this framework.
What are the Language Domains 4+1?
In the 3 Steps of HMH Into Reading, this step involves explicit instruction of the focus skill, often using an anchor chart.
What is Step 1 - Connect and Teach?
This "Big Rock" emphasizes focusing on mastery and effectiveness rather than overwhelming students with excessive practice.
What is quality vs. quantity?
This strategy requires students to be numbered within their small group to answer a question, with each member held accountable for contributing to the group's answer.
What is Numbered Heads Together?
This is the term used to describe the process of students developing literacy and academic skills in both their first and second languages, with an emphasis on reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
What is biliteracy?
These slides, found under “All Resources” in HMH, provide scaffolding and supports specifically for English Language Learners, and pair with group lessons for small group instruction.
What are Designated ELD Supports?
This step in HMH Into Reading includes blue post-its on the first day and purple post-its on subsequent days to guide comprehension.
What is Step 2 - Apply to Text?
The 95% CORE Program emphasizes this kind of instruction, meaning it follows a structured sequence that ensures mastery before moving forward.
What is systematic and explicit instruction?
These types of strategies, like Think-Pair-Share or Round Robin, are crucial in the classroom because they promote active participation from all students, ensuring that everyone has a voice in the learning process.
What are collaborative learning strategies?
Research shows that it typically takes this amount of time for students to become fully biliterate in a dual language immersion program, with proficiency in both speaking and reading/writing. What is the general timeline for students to achieve biliteracy in a DLI program?
What is 5 to 7 years?
This strategy involves using a bookmark to help students identify and clarify confusing or unfamiliar words and concepts as they read, promoting better comprehension and self-monitoring.
What is the Clarifying Bookmark Strategy?
This is where your success criteria is found and should never be skipped.
What is Step 3-Engage and Respond?
This teaching method, a key part of the 95% CORE Program, moves from direct instruction to guided practice and finally to independent student work.
What is the gradual release model?
These types of strategies improve the classroom environment where students feel comfortable taking risks and engaging in discussions, enhancing both social and academic development.
What is a positive classroom climate?
In this immersion model, students from both language backgrounds (e.g., English and Spanish) learn together, with the goal of becoming bilingual and biliterate in both languages. What is this immersion model called?
What is Two-Way Immersion?
This 95% resource helps English Language Learners by identifying and leveraging shared phonics and phonetic patterns as well as differences between Spanish and English, supporting their language acquisition and comprehension.
What are Cross-Linguistic Connections?