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 ELL Hot Minute #4April 2019Dear Colleagues, Spring is finally here! Time to get outside and enjoy the warmer, longer days! April 7th was World Health Day, so even though we’re a little late, this is a perfect time to focus on health. You don’t really want to be stuck inside with your kids in school all day, do you? Getting outside offers unique and memorable ways of teaching! For example, take an “I Spy” walk! Give your students a list of spring vocabulary words and take them outside on a scavenger hunt! How about just reading outside? Go to this link for other great ideas: you!Ann & Kiran SIOP MOMENTComponent: Comprehensible InputAccording to , comprehensible input is “language input that can be understood by students despite them not understanding all the words and structures in it.”Imagine yourself watching a lecture video in a foreign language. You are probably thinking, “what is happening?”, “what is the person talking about?” You are probably listening carefully to words or phrases that you can recognize. Despite your inability to keep up, you may know the content and concepts of the lecture. However, you aren’t able to interact with the learning because you don’t have the language yet. These may be the experiences of our ELL students in classes every day. You can imagine how exhausting this is! As teachers, we need to differentiate our lessons so that our learners can receive the information more readily. Providing clear instructions can help students access academic tasks. Some examples of this include:Valentina Gonzalez: comprehensible input: Mandarin Chinese lesson video clips, with companion professional development activities. DVDs available at the DLRC (Call #: DVD 428.24DEM)Other ways to provide comprehensible input include ensuring that content is being presented at an appropriate language level for students. Some websites that may help include: website can help simplify challenging text. websites all present text at different language levels with the same content focus. This can help students access the same content as their peers but at an appropriate language level. -666749114300TL: Target LanguageCI: Comprehensible Input Grammar Moment how to provide corrective oral feedback and how often is challenging! Here are some research-based tips: Correct errors when they interfere with meaning. Try to avoid over-correcting student speech as that could be discouraging for students.Try “elicitation.” This feedback strategy is not as commonly used, however, can be very effective to signal to students that an error has been and often leads to student attempts to self-correct. Elicitation:clearly communicates that an error has been madehelps the student find the error often leads to a student attempt to repair the errorExample:Student: I don’t got itTeacher: I don’t…Student: I don’t have itKarr, J. (2017). When ELs make spoken errors, what can teachers do? Retrieved from: , R., & Ranta L. (1997). Corrective feedback and learner uptake. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19(1), 37-66. YOUR QUESTION ANSWEREDQuestion: Who do I contact if I have questions about Grade 7 ELL articulation?Answer: If you have questions about what scheduling looks like for incoming Grade 8 students or about ELL levels, please get in touch with the secondary SIOP teacher in your catchment area. Alpha Steve David steve.david@burnabyschools.caBurnaby Central Sonia Dhaliwalsonia.dhaliwal@burnabyschools.caBurnaby Mountain Sissi Phillips sissi.phillips@burnabyschools.ca*Sissi has a checklist to help with articulation, please contact her if your students will be going to Mountain*Burnaby North Danielle Stokesdanielle.stokes@burnabyschools.caBurnaby South Katerina Vakakis k.vakakis@burnabyschools.caByrne Creek Meena Mangatmeena.mangat@burnabyschools.caCariboo Lara Moorelara.moore@burnabyschools.caMoscrop Jennifer Taylorjennifer.taylor@burnabyschools.caUPCOMING EVENTSELL Book Club: Larry Ferlazzo’s The ELL Teachers’ Toolbox. Our last session will be April 11, 4:00 at Burnaby North.ELL Secondary SIOP meeting April 18th at Burnaby Mountain, 3:45 p.m.Inclusive Practice: What’s in your ELL Toolbox? The second session of this dinner series will be May 13, at Burnaby North, Room 42 from 4:00 - 6:30. Session #2 will be about Comprehensible Input. The session is full, but please email Ann Thorup if you want to attend. CONTACT US!ann.thorup@burnabyschools.cakiran.abraham@burnabyschools.caPlease let us know if you have any requests of questions or resources for an upcoming Hot Minute! ................
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