Virtual Oral Assessment and Rubric
This is a question that eighth-grade students were assessed on for their virtual oral assessment. The rubric provides more in-depth details on how students were assessed.
December 2, 2020
Tag: Targeted and Relevant
Session A: Introduction to Remote Learning (Presentation and Video)
This session is focused on the basic supports needed for remote learning: strategic design and supports for effective implementation. Strategic design includes understanding and leveraging various learning modalities (asynchronous, synchronous, digital, and analog) to build a high-quality learning experience for all students. Effective implementation covers the building blocks to engage students effectively, including an overview of key remote instruction quality drivers, setting up comprehensive student development and social and emotional learning supports, and structures and routines to ensure students are successful as independent learners.
Additional resource: The following video provides additional support and framing to accompany this session that can be used to push your own learning or engage others in this work.
To access this presentation for your own use, use this editable copy here.
September 28, 2020
Session B: Driving Remote Instructional Quality and Improvement (Presentation and Video)
This session goes one step further than Session A (Introduction to Remote Learning) by getting specific about effective remote Instruction and why it is so important to build in opportunities for personalization, mastery-based learning, and data-driven instruction utilizing the various learning modalities so that all students are both engaged in the content but also the experience in an equitable manner.
Additional resource: The following video provides additional support and framing to accompany this session that can be used to push your own learning or engage others in this work.
To access this presentation for your own use, use this editable copy here.
September 28, 2020
How to Set Up Language Warm-Ups
Language Warm-Ups use receptive and productive language tasks including “repeat-after-me” activities, minimal pairs, phoneme identification, numbers pronunciation, rhythm drills, and intonation exercises using tools such as mirrors and phonics phones.
March 24, 2020
8 Tips for Creating Effective Word Walls
This article maps out ways to ensure word walls are engaging, interactive, student produced, and effective in supporting student learning through creative tips and ideas.
March 24, 2020
Bilingual Binders at Dallas ISD
This picture illustrates an example of a bilingual binder used in a school in Dallas ISD. Students are given the option of using worksheets in both English and Spanish to take down the barrier of entry when self-monitoring mastery, progress, assignments, mood, and more.
March 24, 2020
Rules for “Say Something” Cards
This set of cards provides students with sentence stems to use during classroom conversations. Educators can print off this document to create tangible cards for students to reference. Some teachers laminate the deck and hang it from a hook in the classroom so students can easily access the material. These cards can also be printed in multiple colors to allow more strategic use during daily activities.
March 24, 2020
Grammar Walls
This website shares information around creating a “Grammar Wall” with children, along with ideas on how to make the activity colorful, age-appropriate, and content-focused.
March 24, 2020
What is Total Language Response?
This video explains what Total Language Response (TLR) is and how to use it to better support students who are learning English.
March 24, 2020
What is Modeling?
The teacher models a skill or strategy for students using a gradual release method that follows the pattern: “I do, we do, you do.” The teacher uses a variety of instructional methods while thinking aloud and explicitly modeling a skill or strategy for students. Then, the teacher models the strategy alongside the students before allowing them to work independently.
March 24, 2020