Vocabulary
EL/ML
What is an English Learner or Multilingual Learner
Previous Schooling
What is the type of schooling a student had in their home country and how they did there?
Minimal social academic language.
What is ELP1?
Students choose a corner that has a sign with choices or categories. Students chooses a corner and discusses with other students in the corner.
What is 4 corners?
Pictures, drawings, etc.
What are visuals?
ESL
What is the name of the program where MLs learn English?
Home Language
What language do they use at home? Is it Characer based? Are there cognates?
Knows and uses social English and some Technical academic language.
What is ELP 4?
Have students stand in two circles facing each other. They will have a questions or a card with information that they will talk about. Inside starts and are the only ones talking while outside listens. Then switch.
What is inside/outside circle?
Learn vocabulary BEFORE reading a text.
What is pre-teach vocabulary?
ACCESS
What is the annual test that all MLs must take?
ELP
What is the student's English Language Proficiency?
Knows and uses social and Academic language working with grade level material.
What is ELP 5?
Demonstrate how to take notes either in graphic organizer or in brain map.
What are cornell notes, t-graph, structured note-taking?
Discuss topic ahead of time to assess knowledge.
What is build background knowledge?
What is English Language Proficiency
Lexile/other data
What is important data about what the student is able to do?
Knows and uses social English and some specific academic language.
What is ELP 3?
Assign different parts of a text to different students/groups. They then present to the class.
What is jigsaw reading?
Organize information in different ways and visually.
What are graphic organizers?
What is Student with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
Knows general academic language and some social English?
What is ELP 2?
Prepare two card sets, one with the vocabulary word and one with the definition. Hand out one set to a group of students and the other to another group. Students then walk around the room trying to match definition and vocabulary words.
What is mix and match?
Use texts that are at a different level (probably easier) so student can comprehend.
What is modify lexile?