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Bringing Academic Language to the Mainstream
Using Sentence Frames to Collaborate with Mainstream Teachers
Max Ginsberg [email protected] MELEd Conference 2015
PowerPoint and Resources Online:
https://goo.gl/YVcMuc
(This link is cAsE sEnSiTiVe)
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Feedback • Questions?/Comments?/Suggestions?:
Todaysmeet.com/MELEd
• Use Today’s Meet (or paper or to someone sitting next to you) to fill in this sentence frame:
Sentence frames are ______________.
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Agenda
1. My Method 2. Shared Resources 3. Your Turn
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How This All Started… • How much language
instruction is occurring in the mainstream classroom?
• Is it my role to promote explicit language instruction?
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Guiding Question
• How do teachers deliberately build academic language instruction into their students’ daily interactions?
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Sentence Frames Defined • Sentence frames (also called
starters or stems) are parts of sentences provided to students that help them learn and use specific grammatical structures and academic vocabulary that may be higher level than they are able to produce on their own.
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The Research
Sentence frames “get students thinking and talking academically.”
Academic English learners: Students who have “struggled with the ways in which school asks them to read, write, speak, listen to, or converse in academic English.”
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Action Plan • Administrators • ELL Colleague • Co-‐‑Teachers • Grade-‐‑Level Teams • Academic Language Team
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1st, 2nd Grade Language Arts Sentence&Frames&for&my&
App&Creations&&The&main&characters&&in&the&story&are&_____________.&&The&setting&in&this&story&is&__________________________.&&One&of&the&events&from&my&story&is&____.&&The&problem&in&this&story&is&__________.&&The&solution&for&the&problem&in&this&story&is&__________________.&&I&infer&that&the&character&feels________.&&I&predicted&that&_______________________.&&In&the&beginning&of&the&story&__________.&&
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3rd Grade Math
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3rd Grade Language Arts
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compareDefinition: What is the same or similar
I can compare ___ and ___.They are similar because they both _____.
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Main%Idea:)What)the)text)is)mostly)about)Supporting%Details:)Give)examples)that)show)the)main)idea)
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Partner%1:% Partner%2:%
1.)Main)Idea,)Go!) )
) 2.)The)main)idea)is)________________________.)
3.)First)Supporting)Detail) )
) 4.)The)first)supporting)detail)is)___________.)
5.)Second)Supporting)Detail) )
) 6.)The)second)supporting)detail)is)_______.)
7.)Third)Supporting)Detail) )
) 8.)The)third)supporting)detail)is)__________.)
9.)What)I)heard)you)say)was:)The)main)idea)is)________)and)the)supporting)details)are)_________,)__________,)and)___________.)
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Pro: Transition Words: Con:
● One reason for having debates is…
● Another reason is… ● Additionally, debates in
the classroom are positive because...
● However,
● On the other hand,
● A reason for not having debates in the classroom is…
● Another reason against debates is…
● Furthermore, we should not use class time for debates because…
Director: Retell: Conclusion:
● Debates in the classroom: Pro!
● Debates in the classroom: Con!
● What I heard you say is... ● I believe you said… ● Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought I
heard you say…
● Based on what I heard, I think that you really believe that...
4th, 5th, 6th Grade Speaking
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4th, 5th, 6th Grade Writing
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Innovation Configuration
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Teacher Survey Sentence Frames… Sentence Frames have…
“help kids organize what they want to say, and give them a “school language” way to say it.”
“provided students who are nervous to speak more confidence in participating in the classroom and also generated more academic language use in the classroom.”
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Student Survey 6th Grade English Learner:
5th and 6th Grade Academic English Learners:
“speak the right way so people can understand.” “help me learn more transition words and when to use them.”
“I think sentence frames are helpful and useful because along with using them in our writing, I started using them when I’m not at school.” “It helps me put my thoughts on the paper.”
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When I Knew…
“Sentence frames have really opened my eyes. If we don’t show students, how will they know what to do?”
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Limitations • Sentence Frames are not a panacea.
• “We shouldn’t sentence-‐‑stem-‐‑ify every single response by students.” (Zwiers, O’Hara and Pritchard)
• Find the “delicate balance”
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Reflection • Use Today’s Meet or Paper/Pencil
Sentence frames are useful for _________; however, _________.
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What’s Next?
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Questions?
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Shared Resources
https://goo.gl/YVcMuc
(This link is cAsE sEnSiTiVe)
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Your Turn
1. Develop a question or idea 2. Perform a Stakeholder Analysis 3. Fill out an Impact/Effort Grid 4. Action Calendar
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Develop a Question or Idea
• How do teachers deliberately build academic language instruction into their students’ daily interactions?
• Strategy: Sentence Frames
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High Ability to Influence
Keep
Satisfied
Engage
Fully
Low
Support
High
Support
Monitor
(Minimum Effort)
Keep
Informed
Low Ability
to Influence
Stakeholder Analysis
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Question/Idea:
High Quick Wins Major Projects
I m p a c t
Hard Slogs Abandon
Low Effort High
Impact/Effort Grid
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Action Calendar
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
Next Year
Action Calendar
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Final Thoughts…
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Contact Info • Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or simply need some encouragement:
[email protected] • Use and add to the shared folder.
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