Designated ELD
This focuses learning around an inquiry-based question, a variety of oral & written interconnected texts, multiple perspectives, relevance and an engaging cumulating project.
What is Thematic Unit?
Modeling language, incorporating sentence frames and highlighting vocabulary within context are all forms of what?
What is scaffolding language?
Valuing and incorporating student background, knowledge and strengths into instruction and assessment is know as this.
What are asset-based views of students and learning.
High school seniors are thinking thinking about this.
What is, "I'm all done!"?
Students working together to use language and develop communicative competence orally and in writing. (including the 4 Key Language Uses)
What is Purposeful Communication?
This is essential and complimentary to content learning and should be incorporated throughout every class period.
What is interacting with peers?
This leverages and cultivates students' relationships both in and outside of the classroom and supports emotional growth.
What is Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)?
This thought is in a middle school teacher's mind.
What is, "I'm done!"?
Vocabulary and grammar should be authentically developed in this way.
What are within context and for a meaningful purpose?
To help students develop deep understanding of disciplinary ideas, students need opportunities to practice this through structured engagement with peers.
What is Building Up Ideas?
When teachers and students authentically listen and respond to what students say, this is elevated in the classroom.
What is Student Voice?
High school teachers are thinking about this exclamation.
What is, "I'm done!"?
Developing language across content areas is foundational to this ELD fundamental.
What are Disciplinary Practices?
Activities with information gaps promotes this best practice.
What is meaningful student engagement and interaction.
Students feeling control over what and how they learn is known as this key element.
What is Student Agency?
8th graders are thinking about this.
What is, "I'm done with middle school!"?
The goal of this is to expand students' linguistic "toolkit" by analyzing how language works within rich, engaging texts.
What is the Language Focus?
Integrating language within content areas is most important for students at what proficiency level.
What are MLs at ANY level of English language proficiency?
These 4 underlying ideas provide the foundational layer for ELD.
What are Engagement, Agency, SEL and Voice?
Kristie and Ali are thinking this.
What is, "We finally have time to get things done!"?