The Library Media Center & ELL Assessment:

An Untapped Resource

By Laura Dooley – Taylor & Heidi Steigerwald

Who we are… Laura Dooley –Taylor has been a Library

Media Specialist at Cumberland School in District 62 for 3 years and a Media Specialist for 6 years.

Heidi Steigerwald has been a Library Media Specialist at Forest School in District 62 for 5 years.

Goals for this presentation To educate teachers on multicultural

literature and resources for assessment strategies for ELL students.

To inform teachers about Media Center support and ELL success.

To provide an interactive online resource community to promote dialog and discussion on current ELL topics of research.

4 Domains of LanguageListeningSpeakingReading Writing

Listening AssessmentRubrics & Print Materials:

WIDA rubrics- Strand of Model Performance Indicators for Listening

50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners by Adrienne Herrell 428.24071 HER

Online resources: Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - this is a

library of online listening quizzes Storyonline - SAG Actors read stories aloud and

students can follow along with the captions.

Speaking AssessmentOnline resources:

“Teaching Ideas.” Retrieved Online from http://www.teachingideas.co.uk 28 November 2011. Provides a list of great ways to engage ELLs in speaking activities in your classroom such as the use of puppets, drama, talking books, and story cubes. When you click on the link educators find an appropriate age range and lesson plan for the activity.

Rubrics: “Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators Assessment Rubrics.” Retrieved

Online from http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ 28 November 2011. What makes Kathy’s website so appealing is that she includes a number of multimedia, Library Media, and professional development rubrics ready to print out and implement. In addition there are resources for electronic portfolios, graphic organizers, and tips on writing report card comments.

Print Resources: Bullard, Lisa. Ace Your Oral or Multimedia Presentation. Berkeley Heights,

NJ: Enslow Elementary, 2009. 808.5 BUL Engler, Larry. Making Puppets Come Alive: How to Learn and Teach Hand

Puppetry. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, 1996. 793.53 ENG

Reading AssessmentRubrics & Print Resources:

Bear, Donald. Words their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2004. PC 372.652 BEA

Beaver, Joetta M., and Carter, Mark A. DRA2 - Developmental Reading Assessment. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc, 2006. PC 372.4 BEA

Online resources: "Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners."

Retrieved Online from Using Informal Assessments for English Language Learners 28 November 2011. More suggestions for Reading assessments for ELL students.

"Read, Write, Think ELL Lessons." Retrieved Online from Read, Write, Think 28 November 2011.  Over 40 different focused ELL lessons for grades k-8. 

Writing Assessment Online resources:

“6 Traits writing” Retrieved Online fromhttp://educationnorthwest.org/traits__ 28 28 November 2011.

“Teaching that Makes Sense.” Retrieved Online from http://www.ttms.org 28 November 2011.

Print Resources: Diller, Debbie. Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers

Work. Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 2003. PC 372.6DIL

Fiderer, Adele. 35 Rubrics and Checklists to Assess Reading and Writing. New York: Scholastic, 1998. PC 372.6 FID

Ongoing & Additional resources… All resources may be accessed and

edited at the ELL Resource wiki –

http://ellresources.wiki.d62.org/

Credits - Library clip art-

http://www.book-clipart.com/free_book_clipart/librarian_in_the_library_with_lots_of_books_0515-0811-2017-1207.html

Listening clip art – http://sgforums.com/forums/12/topics/405683

Speaking clip art – http://www.easyvectors.com/browse/other/mouth-clip-art

Reading clip art – http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/vector-clip-art/person_reading_book_clip_art_16909.html

Writing clip art - http://www.school-clipart.com/school_clipart_images/pencil_touching_lead_to_paper_0515-1007-2718-0955.html