As I was planning my year for my ELL (English Language Learners), I realized that in order for them to reach their highest potential, I needed to do more. You see, I teach students whose English language is not proficient...for all language domains. My job is to help them develop linguistically and at the same time excelling academically...what a CHALLENGE! You might notice that I too need to develop my writing skills! This is because I faced the same challenge my students face....Language Development! I was born in Guatemala and lived there for 15 years of my life. When I came to this country I didn't speak, read, write, nor understood English. Thanks to a very good ESL program at the high school I was enrolled, I was able to learn English and achieve my goal in life...BE a TEACHER!
So I decided, to better serve my students this year, to partner up with classroom teachers. I believe that in order to support my students learning an effective partnership between core and language teachers, is a must!
My first small step was to invite classroom teachers to my classroom and share a few resources.
- I shared what an ACCESS for ELLs is (Assessing Communication and Comprehension in English from State to State).
- I shared the CAN Do's for ELLs, and
- ELD standards/Language Objectives, and other resources!
I'm hoping that by sharing this very important topics, our students develop even more not only linguistically but also academically!
I'm looking forward to see our students grow this year!!
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| Teachers adding student's names to their CAN DO charts |
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| Myself! Explaining how we use the ACCESS scores |
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| Diana Tirado Explaining CAN DOs |
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| Teams trying to decipher each letter for ACCESS |
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| Teachers trying to decipher what ACCESS stands for! |
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