ELLs and Special Education

Here’s a presentation/powerpoint (in .pdf format) from the WIDA consortium about English language learners and special education.  Among other great points raised in the presentation; Speaking a language other than English is not a disability!

http://www.eslportalpa.info/providers/296/esl-special-ed-parti-slides.pdf

Terakki English Language Teaching Conference

This week was 1st Terakki ELT conference hosted by a lot of my extremely talented and knowledgeable colleagues from Terakki Schools in Istanbul, Turkey.  Way to go, guys!

http://www.teltconference.com/

Using the Can-Do Descriptors in Grades 3-5

From WIDA Blog…

http://widaatwcer.blogspot.com/2012/05/can-do-descriptors-in-grades-3-5.html

Writing Content and Language Objectives: A PowerPoint

From Kim Gearheart’s ESL blog;

Writing Content and Language Objectives: A PowerPoint.

Writing Language Objectives

Here’s a video from Colorin Colorado about the importance of writing language objectives.

Steps for Developing Language Objectives

This video provides a great tutorial on how to develop language objectives for our CLD students. From Depttl2012.

Language Objectives: The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for English Learners

A post from Colorin Colorado via Dr. Broady’s ESL blog. This post discusses what language objectives are, why they’re important, and how teachers can form language objectives for their CLD students.

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Overview:

what a language objective is
steps that teachers can take to create language objectives
how to implement language objectives in a general education classroom
how to align objectives to content and language standards
ideas and resources on how to support teachers as they become familiar with this practice.

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