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TED Elementary Capstone Project Naomi Fox

+Who am I?

  Naomi Fox

  ESL Resource at Ashland Park Robbins Elementary

  Grades 3-6

  Inclusion method

  Guided Reading block

  Graduating in May 2013 with Masters in Elementary Education with a Concentration in ESL.

+Our School and Mission: Ashland Park Robbins Elementary

  South Omaha

  1,200 students Pre-K through Sixth.

  450 of these students are classified as current English Language Learners.

“The mission of Ashland Park-Robbins Elementary School is to educate all students to their highest level of social responsibility and academic potential in a safe and

secure environment in partnership with families and the community.”

+Focus Student: Alex

  11 year-old boy

  Fifth Grade

  Moved to Omaha from Tamaulipas Mexico in Summer of 2012.

  Lives with Aunt and Uncle in Omaha

  Home Language is Spanish, but other members of family speak English

  Very little English usage by student

  Reluctant to try with possibility of failure

+Goals I set for Alex (January 2013)

Secondary Goals

Rely less on Spanish translators in classroom

Move to a ‘C’ guided reading level in English (Fountas and Pinnell)

Understand enough English to use LLI

Primary Goals

Build confidence in using English

Use English in the mainstream classroom

+School Environment

  Alex’s classroom has 15 out of 26 students as current ESL students.

  His classroom teacher holds her ESL endorsement and has a great deal of experience working with ESL students.

  Sits next to Bilingual classmates.

  One-on-One time

  Small group New Comer time

+Lesson 1 Reading and Critical Thinking 

Lesson Objectives

  Student will read and comprehend sight words and high frequency words.

  Student will be able to write sentences connecting his prior knowledge about ponds to the new English vocabulary words he has learned.

  Student will be able to orally communicate sentences using the stem “There are ______ in the ___________.”

+Critical Thinking and Reading Procedure

  Introduce sight words that will be used. Translate into Spanish to build comprehension.

  Discuss the topic:   Are there ponds in Mexico?   Have you been to a pond before in

Mexico?   Have you been to a pond in Omaha?   What kind of things do we find in

ponds? What animals?”

  Read story and refer to sight words to build comprehension.

  Write a few sentences expanding on the new sight words. The goal will be to connect the sight words to his own life, and if possible with the topic of Pond Life.

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Discuss How he will be able to use these sentence stems in his classroom today. Who will he target to talk to in English? Maybe an English-only classmate?

+Lesson 2 Collaboration and Writing Objectives

  Students will read an informational text and summarize important points near their reading level.

  Students will identify unknown words and use strategies to understand their meaning in English.

Procedure

  Discuss any prior knowledge of jets.   Where do you find these?   What are they used for?   What do you already know

about these?

  Take turns reading sentences on the handout aloud.

  Highlight words that are unknown for meaning. Write a list down on a separate piece of paper.

+Collaboration and Writing

  Using iPad, dictionary, or picture dictionary, find the meaning of these words collaboratively. Discuss correct meaning of word.

  Draw a picture or write meaning in Spanish on paper where words were recorded.

  Reread text with new understanding of unknown words.

  List 3 new things learned about jets. Use sentence starter: I learned that _________________.

  Take turns reading what they learned. Discuss together for understanding.

  Discuss what plane is your favorite, and what you would like to fly someday. Which would be most fun to ride in or fly? Why?

+Student work

+Lesson 3 Creativity and Digital Literacy

Lesson Objectives:

  Students will be able to listen and watch a video about transportation, and make meaning from the digital media.

  Students will be able to use different online tools to record their learned information about modes of transportation.

+Procedures

  Engage: Watch video on Brain Pop Jr. about Transportation to introduce different modes of transportation. 

  Choose favorite mode of transportation from video- Discuss.

+Engage with Brain Pop

+Creativity and Digital Literacy

  Type three facts about mode of transportation in word processer.

  Use iPad to look up more information on the internet about his favorite mode, bicycles.

  Use Voki.com to create a talking Avatar to report information about transportation.

  www.voki.com

+Animoto Video

  Animoto 30 second video about favorite type of transportation.   Go to www.animoto.com

  Create a new video (under teacher’s premade account).

  Make title page

  Choose pictures and video from Animoto library.

  Make slides sharing 3 facts about the mode of transportation.

  Use creativity to add music and different effects found in the Animoto library.

  Once complete, produce video and share with classmate. 

  Share Animoto video and Voki character recording with classroom teacher to showcase how the use of digital literacy is useful in the classroom for ESL students.

+Creation of Animoto Video

+Achievements (April 2013)

  Understanding more English- especially directions and explanations.

  Responding to questions in short English sentences.

  Trying more English in the classroom.

  Speaking to non-Spanish speakers in classroom.

  Starting to build more confidence in English.

+Reflection and Future ideas…

  First lesson would link with the other two topics. (Transportation)

  Collaborate with other New Comers

  Push and challenge for harder reading levels (D next fall)

  Following up to make sure he is signed up for Summer School to help with reading and English comprehension.

  Reading over the summer in English.

+Thank you!

Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions for my student.

Naomi.fox@ops.org