academy classes for english language learners

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Kellygarcia23@gmail.com

"Tell me and I'll forget;

Show me and I may remember;

Involve me and I'll understand."

-Chinese Proverb

Academy Classes for English

Language Learners

Kelly Garcia: Simplyphysics.weebly.com

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Agenda

10 min: Introduction

40 min: Class/Demonstration: Sharing of Best

Practices

15 min: Facilitated Discussion: Questions

10 min: Closing: Wrap-Up and Session Evaluations

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Participants will be able to …

1) Identify culturally responsive

opportunities within assignments,

classroom, school environment

2) Make content accessible utilizing literacy

strategies

3) Utilize strategies to make projects more

manageable for English Language

Learners

Outcomes

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Who is your presenter?

Kelly Garcia

• Physics and Engineering teacher in New

York City

• Previous job aspiration: Famous musician

(didn't work out)

• Known for: bad jokes

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What does it mean to be culturally

responsive?

Respecting students’ language, culture,

and life experiences.

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Investigate Culture:

What types of culture do you see

when you look at your students?

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Student Internet Meme

How my professor sees us:

How we see each

other:

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Not only do students sometimes have different

cultures from you, they often have them from

each other.

• Different countries

• Different regions within that country

• Different experiences within this country

• TV, music, neighborhoods

• Different experiences with technology

• Some don't have it while others can hack

into your stuff

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So how can I respond to these

cultures?

• Allow different opportunities for

students to express their culture or

validate their experiences

– in their school work

– to each other

– to you

– in their school environment

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In their Schoolwork:

Old Project: Analyzing the DNA sequences

of Snorks (from biologycorner.com)

What the heck is a snork!?

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New Project: Analyze the DNA sequences

of the characters from your favorite TV

show “Adventure Time” on Cartoon

Network

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• Old Activity: Measure your book with

your ruler

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New project: Use a ruler to measure yourself,

create a scale, build a miniature “you”, design

furniture for your miniature “you” based on

your measurements, & build your furniture.

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Old Activity: Memorize Newton’s First Law

and be able to recite it.

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New Activity: Create a funny illustration

where you demonstrate Newton’s First

Here is an example:

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Examples of student work:

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Peer-to-peer

interaction,

questions, debrief

regardless of

language

(as long as it’s

professional)

Allow Language to happen!

Peer-to-peer interaction:

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Grouping should be intentional and

meaningful.

Groups for the sake of groups breeds

animosity.

Peer-to-peer interaction:

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"It's one thing to learn a topic. It's another thing to learn

that topic from me."

-Dr. Ignacio Lopez Building Rapport is the

difference between this: And THIS!

Student-to-teacher interaction:

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Validation in the Environment:

Creating assignments and projects

together gives students a sense of

ownership

"I once made students think that it was

their idea to take a test. Afterwards, they

thanked me for the opportunity."

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Physics calculators have labels with student name.

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Literacy Strategies

• Interactive Graphic Organizers

• Purposeful Highlighting

• Think Alouds

• Recognizing Tier 2 Words

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nucleus

membrane

chloroplast

vacuole Highlighting Tape

Interactive Graphic Organizers:

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Purposeful Highlighting:

Colors represent different aspects

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The orange lines are how I

show student to how to

summarize: What is the

main idea?

Green is the answers to the

questions.

Purple is the math.

Color coding notes can also help you point

out keywords or paraphrase:

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Color helps to

identify the step

where you “got

stuck”

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Think Alouds

Always have concrete examples or steps

illustrating abstract ideas.

Students always ask, "How did you get there?"

• write down every single step that I took

to get to where I ended up.

• allowing "soak time" so that they can

process.

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Think Alouds

What do I

visualize when I

think about this?

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Visuals are one form of “realia”.

Videos and objects are other

examples.

Videos need Subtitles

Think Alouds

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Tier 2 Words

Words can be broken down into three

levels:

1)Tier 1- easy words that usually

only have one meaning

2)Tier 2- words that can contain

multiple meanings or that are

more abstract

3)Tier 3-words that are specific to

that discipline

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Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3

Butterfly Table

Combine

Obstinate

Argument

Isotope

Simple harmonic

motion

Electromagnetic

spectrum

Can be easily

demonstrated or

clarified.

Can be abstract :

Combine objects on a

table, combine

chemicals in a

mixture, combine

Can be very high

level and

sometimes only

encountered in that

subject

Examples:

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Making Projects Manageable

• Backwards Planning!!

– Clear objectives, examples, and rubrics

• Structure

– Enough background knowledge &

resources

– Checklist of manageable goals

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Starting at the end and working your way

forward.

What are the main ideas?

• Essential Questions.

What are the end products?

• From here you can break down

what lessons you will need to

teach.

Backwards Planning:

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Example of expected product.

Snorks

Adventure Time

Clear objectives and examples:

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Teacher reservations about projects:

• I don’t have enough time for projects.

• Students can just copy projects.

• I don’t like chaos.

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Differentiation:

Of product?

Of process?

Of information and resources?

Structure:

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Old Introduction:

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New Introduction:

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Old Instructions:

Uses “teacher” language & wordy

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New Instructions:

To the point & short using

everyday language

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Old project had

only a few

boxes for

calculations and

questions that

required one-

sentence

answers.

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Project with new instructions:

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Final Review

• Culturally responsive strategies:

– create opportunities for expression,

choice, sharing

• Literacy strategies:

–visual & interactive

• Projects:

–backwards planning & clear guidelines

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