Comprehensible InstructionExtending the Conversation

Key Components of Effective Instruction ELLs1.Focus on Academic Language, Literacy,

& Vocabulary2.Link To and/or Build Background3.Support Student Comprehension4.Promote Interaction5.Develop Learning Strategies

1- Focus on Academic Language, Literacy, and Vocabulary

Planning for LanguageBricks: Academic Vocabulary

● Content-related words● High-frequency academic

words

Mortar: Language functions

● Inquire● Summarize● Sequence● Classify● Analyze● Compare/Contrast● Describe Cause/Effect

● Justify● Problem-solve● Synthesize● Evaluate● Infer/predict

Language and Vocabulary

Lenses for Planning Literacy Instruction

ContentCCSS

NextGen Science

Culture

Funds of Knowledge

Language

ELD standardsVocabulary

and functions

2- Build Background

Spill Wipe it Up

3- Support Student Comprehension

● Comprehensible Inputo Sensory o Graphico Visual

● Language Outputo Sentence Frameso Word Bankso Patterned Oral Languageo Structured Notetaking

Support Student Comprehension

2012 Amplification of The English Language Development Standards, WIDA, www.wida.us

Sensory, Graphic, and Interactive

4- Promote Interaction

5- Develop Learning Strategies

Assessment

● Content and Language● Formative and Summative● Timely and Ongoing

Application in Your Context:Extending the Conversation

The RtI Process

Sustainable Professional Development

Team Collaboration

Educator Effectiveness

Parent Communication

Effective Instruction for Language

Learners

Group Work: Guiding Questions

● Discuss a context in which to extend the conversation

● Compile guiding questions● Create a poster to illustrate those

questions● Gallery Walk

Next Steps: Outcome Review