Getting Started Timeline with Classroom Resources
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3 Steps to Best Practice
Know your students' data
Wander around the room (engage)
Provide individual & small group support
CONSIDER THIS... CAREER READINESS
CONSIDER THIS... MATH
Designing Shifts-Aligned Interventions in the Math Classroom- Avoid common pitfalls when it comes to supporting students with unfinished math learning
CONSIDER THIS... ELL
Week
Learning Goals
Welcome “Week” December 19—January 8
Get Ready!
- Familiarize yourself with course platforms and the principles that will underpin the course
Week 1 January 6-12
Why this Work Matters
- Learn about the research base that underpins the course.
- Learn why supporting ELLs with strategic interventions is so critical, and the dangers of not providing access to high-quality content.
- Preview the course components.
Week 2
January 13-19
Supporting Vocabulary Growth in ELA and Math
Learn about and engage with:
- Supporting domain-specific vocabulary acquisition
- Supporting academic vocabulary acquisition
- Vocabulary instruction activities within the context of a text
- Dos/Don’ts of vocabulary instruction
- Word learning strategies
- Vocabulary work with newcomers
- Selecting vocabulary for in-depth study
Week 3
January 20-26
Accessing CCR Content—ELA
Learn about and engage with:
- Identifying challenges to access
- Using home language strategically
- Foundational skills and ELLs
- Pre-reading strategies and building knowledge
- Graphic organizers
- "Juicy sentence” deconstruction process
Week 4
January 27-February 2
Accessing CCR Content—Math
Learn about and engage with:
- Incorporating multi-modal representations
- Integrating authentic, scaffolded opportunities for students to demonstrate understanding
- Implementing Mathematical Language Routines
Week 5
February 3--9
Supporting Discussion
Learn about and engage with:
- Implementing strategic grouping
- Using sentence frames, signal words, word walls
- Facilitating dialogic reasoning model for discussion
- Creating opportunities for discussion in math
- Using Mathematical Language Routines to scaffold discussion
Week 6
February 10-16
Re-writing student-facing tasks for better access:
Learn about and engage with:
- Re-writing math tasks for clarity
- Re-writing ELA questions for clarity
- Strategic sequencing of questions using a mix of inferential and factual questions
- Identifying materials designed with ELL-supports (ELSF intro)
Week 7
February 17-23
Classroom Instruction: Planning and Observation
Learn about and engage with:
- Designing language objectives to support content objectives
- Planning and delivering instruction with embedded ELL supports that align with the Instructional Practice Guide
Week 8
February 24-March 2
Wrap Up!
--Understand the logistics of final project
--Understand the logistics of certificate and course completion
--Thank-you’s and special recognitions