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Things to prepare
Highlighters Summary/Synthesis – chart paper/Post-It chart paper Mr. Sketch Markers Curriculum Spiral Map (CCSS) (in color) Clicker Speakers Powerpoint copies Accountable partner talk (poster) Classroom rules (samples) “Collaborative Conversations” Fisher, D. & Frey, N.
(2013). Conversation Roundtable – graphic organizer Manila folders w/ labels
To do list Video 1 group of students using
academic vocab Take pictures of classroom Bring social contract poster 4Ls poster Collaborative conversation posters
Structured Learning Groups to Increase Literacy
Pre-Good Teaching ConferenceSan Jose, CAJanuary 6, 2013
Presenters:Esther Jang-Tamanaha& Cristina Rojas
Contact Info
Esther Jang-TamanahaEnglish Teacher/ EL Coordinator(626) [email protected]
Cristina RojasDistrict Program Specialist/EL Programs(626) [email protected]
Objectives
1. Participants will identify the academic needs of English Learners.
2. Participants will deconstruct the Speaking & Listening Standard 1and list the skills to effectively communicate and collaborate.
3. Participants will apply the components of accountable partner task and collaborative groups.
Activating Prior Knowledge
With a neighbor:
Describe how you structure speaking and
listening opportunities in your classroom.
English Learner – State Goals
“2010–11 school year, there were approximately 1.4 million English learners”
Ensure that English learners acquire full proficiency in English as rapidly and effectively as possible and attain parity with native speakers of English.
Ensure that English learners, within a reasonable period of time, achieve the same rigorous grade-level academic standards that are expected of all students.
California Department of Education (2013)
English Learner Characteristics
The majority (59%) of secondary school English
Learners are “Long Term English Learners”.
L-TELs exhibit oral fluency
L-TELs are yet to fully comprehend academics
L-TELs are mainstreamed without support
L-TELs may struggle in school, be disengaged, exhibit
behavioral problems due to the patterns of
discouragement and failure
Olsen (2010)
What do English Learners need?
“Oral language is the foundation for literacy” (Olsen, 2010, p.
16).
Students need:
oral language practice,
instructional conversations,
and multiple opportunities for speaking
Oral language builds writing skills (Olsen, 2010)
What do ALL learners need?
Opportunities to build trust and community (Olsen,
2010)
Consistent academic routines (Olsen, 2010)
Explicit expectations for engagement,
participation, and academic discourse (Olsen, 2010)
Structured listening and speaking (Kinsella, 2013)
What does the standard say?
Speaking & Listening Standard 1
Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
What does the standard say?
Read your grade level speaking & listening
standard
Then identify the college and/or career
ready skill(s) the Common Core Standard
is asking students to have.
Accountable Partner Talk
According to the Speaking & Listening Anchor Standard 1, an important skill my students need to have is ___________________________________.
A college / career skill the Common Core State Standard is requiring of students is ________________.
Partner Task
Share your response with your partner.
Compare & Contrast each other’s
responses.
Expand your thought by building on your
partner’s response.
Accountable Partner Talk
1. Look
1. Lean
1. Lower
1. Listen What I heard you say was ______________. An interesting point you brought up was ____________. I agree with your point that ____________.
(Kinsella, 2013)
Whole Group
Video
• What do you see?
• What do you hear?
Video
• A college/career skill I saw/heard the class working on was _________.
• A best practice the teacher using practicing was _______.
• The students were using ________ as a stimuli/tool for learning.
What does the research state?
“Collaborative Conversations” Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey
Collaborative Group Work
Jigsaw Reading
1)Agree on section to read (A, B, C, or D)
2)Read your section once through
3)Re-read and highlight important words/phrases
4)Use highlighted words to summarize
Collaborative Group Work
In your groups, complete the graphic organizer:
1)Jot each other’s summary
2)Synthesize the entire article
Partner summary
Synthesis of everyone’s summary
Collaborative Group Conversations
Summarize: According to X, “ ___________.” Basically, X is saying ________________. When X states, “ __________,” X are raising/indicating ____________________.
Synthesize: The overarching idea of this article is ________. The main idea of this text is __________.
How do we create structured learning groups?
Arrange classroom structure & partners
Establish classroom rules
Build various “partner talk” opportunities
Utilize academically rigorous sentence frames
Create “collaborative group work” expectations
Incorporate appropriate structure into lessons
Teach, model, provide practice-time
Facilitate whole-class discussion
Debrief
Closure
1. Participants will identify the academic needs of English Learners.
2. Participants will deconstruct the Speaking & Listening Standard 1and list the skills to effectively communicate and collaborate.
3. Participants will apply the components of accountable partner task and collaborative groups.
References
California Department of Education. (2013). Facts about English learners in California. CalEdFacts, Retrieved from http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/cefelfacts.asp.
Fisher, D. and Frey, N. (2013). Collaborative Conversations. Instructional Leader, pp. 57-61.
Kinsella, K. (2013). Preparing Academic English Learners for the Language Demands of the Common Core State Standards. Academic English Learners Keynote, Rancho Mirage, CA.
Olsen, L. (2010). Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California’s Long Term English Learners. Californians Together, Retrieved from http://www.californianstogether.org.