The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 5

Planning, Teaching, and Monitoring CALLA

Dr. Ellen de Kanter

University of St. Thomas

Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL

BIED 5336

How to Plan for CALLA Instruction

Assessing Students’ Prior KnowledgeAssess students’ prior knowledge.

Setting Instructional ObjectivesSelect concepts and skills to be learned,

including higher-order thinking skills.Identify academic language skills and functions

required to perform a specific content area task.Choose learning strategies that are appropriate

for tasks in different phases of the lesson.

How to Plan for CALLA Instruction

Assembling Materials for CALLA Instruction Assemble materials needed to provide context and hands-on

activities

Planning an Instructional Sequence Organize activities into a five-phase instructional sequence:

Preparation

Presentation

Practice

Evaluation

Expansion

Teaching CALLA

PreparationStudents identify and reflect on prior knowledge related

to the lesson topic; teacher provides overview of lesson objectives, introduces essential new vocabulary, and may provide concrete experience to to develop students’ prior knowledge.

PresentationTeacher presents/explains new information, skills,

and/or learning strategies; information is presented through a variety of modes to accommodate different students’ learning styles.

Teaching CALLA

Practice Students actively practice new concepts,skills and/or learning

strategies; cooperative learning activities are featured.

Evaluation Students practice individual and cooperative self-evaluation.

Expansion Students integrate what they have learned in the lesson into their

existing knowledge framework; restructure and refine prior knowledge as needed; apply new knowledge, skills, and/or learning situations in real-life contexts.

Activities That integrate Content And Academic language

Phase Activity

Preparation 1. Show students how to use graphic organizer to identify prior knowledge, prepare study guides, and restructure prior knowledge.

2. Have students identify new words and structures that they hear

or read.

Presentation 3. Provide general overview of lessons; present new information in

chunks

4. Scaffold new information to support meaning and ensure comprehension.

5. Integrate process skills with content.

6. Provide explicit instruction in learning strategies.

Activities That integrate Content And Academic language

Phase Activity

Practice 7. Students listen, speak, read, and write in all content areas.

8. Use hands on and cooperative learning activities.

Expansion 9. Use content resource materials.

10. Connect to outside experiences.

Evaluation 11. Monitor students’ comprehension and teach the to :know when they don’t know”.

12. Students describe and evaluate the strategies they use.

How to Monitor CALLA Instruction

Analyzing current Teaching StrategiesAnalyze current teaching strategies and identify those

compatible with CALLA.

Setting Realistic GoalsDevelop a realistic plan for change.

Coaching CALLAWork with a coaching partner to plan CALLA lessons,

observe each other, and discuss the observations.

The CALLA Handbook – Chapter 5

Planning, Teaching, and Monitoring CALLA

Dr. Ellen de Kanter

University of St. Thomas

Instructional Strategies for the Content Area in ESL

BIED 5336