PROMOTING ESL AND NEW LITERACIES IN CHINA’S ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS

DAY 2

CLOSE READING AND VOCABULARY BUILDING

INSTRUCTOR: MARIE HIMES

INTRODUCTIONS AND WORKSHOP GOALS• On sticky note

• Name• What are your goals for this workshop?

• Introductions

• Name• What you teach• What your goals are for this workshop

• After your introduction, place sticky note on ANCHOR CHART

DAY 2 AGENDA• Introductions And Workshop Goals

• Debrief Last Night’s Reading (Chapters 1-3 In The Language-Rich Classroom: A Research-Based Framework For Teaching English)

• Close Reading And Why It’s Important In The ESL Classroom

• How To Cultivate A Language-Rich Classroom

• Metacognition- Thinking About Thinking

• Vocabulary Building Strategies

• PBI Design Studio- Gather And Analyze Sources

• Wrap-up and Reflection

DEBRIEF LAST NIGHT’S READING• WORD WALL: BICS (basic interpersonal

communicative skills) and CALPS (cognitive academic language proficiency)

• Inside-outside Circle Discussion

• ANCHOR CHART: CHATS

Last Night’s Reading:The Language-Rich Classroom:A Research-Based Framework for Teaching English Language Learners • Chapter 1- ELLs: An Overview• Chapter 2- Developing Academic Language• Chapter 3- C= Content Reading Strategies

CLOSE READING AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

• WORD WALL: Close Reading, Scaffold, Metacognition, Think-Aloud

• Fluency and Comprehension

• Before, During, and After Strategies (BDAs)

• Talking to the Text

• Read-Aloud

• Teacher• Audio Books

HOW TO CULTIVATE A LANGUAGE-RICH CLASSROOM

• WORD WALL: Social Dimension, Personal Dimension, Cognitive Dimension, Knowledge-building Dimension

• Scaffolding

• Analogy: Learning to Ride a Bicycle• Brainstorm: Example Strategies

• ANCHOR CHARTS: How to build the Social, Personal, Cognitive, and Knowledge-building Dimensions

METACOGNITION- THINKING ABOUT THINKING

• Pipe Cleaner Animals

• How do I create an animal out of a pipe cleaner?• Must stand on own• Have legs• Be an animal that exists• Be replicable

• Think-Aloud

• Model• Partner Practice

VOCABULARY BUILDING STRATEGIES

• Kinesthetic

• Song• Charades

• Visual

• Verbal-visual Cards• Comic Strips

• Grouping/Sorting

• Verb Families • Categorical

• Dialogue Creation/Text Creation

PBI DESIGN STUDIO

Gather And Analyze Sources

DAY 2- WRAP-UP AND REFLECTION• For self-assessment:

• How is your classroom already a language-rich environment for your students to learn English?

• How is it not? • What are your goals going forward for creating a

language-rich classroom?• Plus/Delta

• Plus- What went well today?• Delta- How could today have been better?