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ELLS REALLY CAN-DO: EMPOWERING STUDENTS THROUGH CHOICE
WIDA Certified Trainers and ELD Specialists, Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, OK
Stephanie CagleVan Meade
Tetyana Roger
Agenda
• Tulsa Fast Facts• What is Differentiation?• WIDA Performance Definitions• Tic Tac Toe Menu• Think Dots• Reflection
Tulsa Public Schools Fast Facts
• 40,000 students• 75 schools• 86% free/reduced lunch• 12,477 speak another
language• 7,382 ELL• 79 languages
represented• Students from 77
different countries
• Population: 400,000• Second largest city
and school district in OK
Elements of Differentiation
• Created by Carol Tomlinson• Philosophy: Students differ as
learners, and teachers are responsible to meet their needs
• Differences affect learning• Flexible approach that makes room
for student variance
What to Differentiate
• How students learn
Process
• What students learn
Content
• How students show learning
Product
How to Differentiate
• Curiosity
Interest
• Language Domain• Language Proficiency• Intelligence Preference• Culture
Learning Profile
Why Differentiate?
• Increased motivation• Appropriate assignment choices• Increased engagement
She is a 3rd grader and has attended school in the US and Mexico. She has developed close friendships with other girls.
She feels comfortable sharing ideas in small groups.
She is enthusiastic about hands-on science activities and is inquisitive during math. She often extends his science learning at home by trying experiments and shares his results before school with his classroom teacher.
ACCESS Scores Listening: 3.6Speaking: 4.5Reading: 5.9Writing: 3.4
She was born in the US, her older siblings were born in Mexico; the family has moved between the countries. Spanish is the primary language spoken at home.
Parents and teachers use interpreters to communicate with her parents about Fatima’s progress in school.
Fatima can read more complex text in English but does not participate in whole class discussions
When solving story problems, she can give the answer to the problem but has difficulty explaining the process
She enjoys illustrating stories
FATIMA
WIDA Performance Definitions – Listening and Reading Grades K-12
WIDA Performance Definitions – Speaking and Writing
Tic-Tac-Toe Menu
• Allows student choice• Covers 1-3 topics• Helps teacher differentiate by:
language proficiency, language domain, multiple intelligence, etc.
• Can be used as part of a long-term project
Speaking Example:
Explain to a partner why one fraction is larger or smaller than another.
Listening
Reading
Writing
FREECHOICE
Writing
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Think Dots
• Allows limited student choice• Covers 1-2 topics• Teacher targets type of
differentiation• Often used as formative assessment
Directions
• Use the student profile to create two instructional menus
• Be prepared to share
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3—2—1
• 3 concepts you learned• 2 ideas you can use next week• 1 strategy to share with a colleague
Contact Information
• Stephanie Cagle: [email protected]
• Van Meade: [email protected]
• Tetyana Roger: [email protected]
