ELA, Reading/Writing, English Language Learners, Teaching Strategies, Lesson & Curriculum Planning
Course Description:
(8 Hours) Learn the importance of writing practice for English Language Learners (ELLs) and six specific strategies and methods you can incorporate into your lessons, regardless of content area, to improve the literacy and writing skills of your ELLs.
Course Objectives:
About the struggle ELL students have in different content areas, and how writing plays a role in all content areas.
Six simple strategies that can support the writing skills of ELLs across all content areas.
How to best monitor the progress of your ELLs.
Course includes 20 high-quality tools, templates, & student resources.
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This course will explain the importance of writing practice for English Language Learners and provide strategies and methods you can incorporate throughout lessons and across content areas. You will learn 6 methods to supporting writing specific to improving literacy in English Language Learners and will plan for how to implement those strategies into your existing lesson plans. You will also learn how to monitor the progress of your ELLs to make sure they are improving their writing skills.
You Will Learn:
About the struggle ELL students have in different content areas and how writing plays a role in all content areas.
Six simple strategies that can support the writing skills of ELLs across all content and subject areas.
How to best monitor the progress of your ELLs.
Strategies such as buddy writing, daily writing, and interactive writing as great ways to improve the writing fluency and confidence of ELLs.
How exposing students to quality mentor texts and providing them with sentence stems or frames are excellent ways to scaffold the process of writing.
Vocabulary development as a critical part of literacy development for ELLs.
The importance of monitoring the progress of your ELLs and three strategies for monitoring progress.
Course Guiding Question:
Regardless of my content area, what kind of writing support can I provide to my ELL students?
Professional Development Credits
At the conclusion of the course, you will receive a certificate for 8 Professional Development Hours (Clock Hours, CPEs).
Model Teaching Professional Development Courses are pre-approved in many states and we provide easy approval forms to submit to your license granting authority if required.
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Approval Information About This Course for Teaching License Renewal & Continuing Education
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This course is Pre-Approved in the following states for License Renewal and Continuing education:
Texas – CPE’s, TEA-Approved
New York CTLE’s – NYSED-Approved
Pennsylvania DOE – ACT 48-Approved
Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) – Approved
Nevada DOE
Tennessee
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Topics Covered and General Course Outline
Section 1 – ELL Proficiency Levels
About the struggle ELL students have in different content areas, and how writing plays a role in all content areas.
Six simple strategies that can support the writing skills of ELLs across all content areas.
How to best monitor the progress of your ELLs.
Section 2 – Support Strategies
That strategies such as buddy writing, daily writing, and interactive writing are great ways to improve the writing fluency and confidence of ELLs.
How exposing students to quality mentor texts and providing them with sentence stems or frames are excellent ways to scaffold the process of writing.
That vocabulary development is a critical part of literacy development for ELLs.
Section 3 – Monitoring Progress
The importance of monitoring the progress of your ELLs.
Three strategies for monitoring progress.
Helpful Resources & Templates Included With the Course
The course comes with 20 templates, tools, and graphic organizers ready to be used in your classroom!
These Include:
Proficiency Levels of English Language Learners
Teacher Reflection on ELL Support
Teacher Reflection on ELL Support-SAMPLE
Important Tips for Pairing Students for Buddy Writing
