Curriculum Mapping: Models, Procedure, and

Modification for ELLs (or MLLs)

Design a Common Core aligned ESL curriculum

Synthesis

What is Curriculum?

ESL Curriculum

If a curriculum is a map, ..

Where we must go?

Where we must go?• CCSS• State Standards and Assessment

• NYSLAT• Other district and state priorities

Do you know your ESL program?

Where we were in ESL?

Does it address these priorities?

• CCSS• State Standards and Assessment

• NYSLAT• Other district and state priorities

Does you school use Response to

Intervention (RTI)? How to

Make this Work: the Data, the

Interventions, the Teaming

ACADEMIC SYSTEMS SUPPORT SYSTEMS

STUDENTS

The VISION: To Provide Effective Interventions to Meet the Needs of ALL Students Through Early and Research Based Interventions

Tier 1 Core Instructional Interventions• All students• Preventive, proactive 80% 80%

Tier 1 Core Instructional Interventions• All settings, All students• Preventive, proactive

Tier 2 Targeted Group Interventions• Some students (at-risk)• High efficiency• Rapid response

15%Tier 2 Targeted Group Interventions• Some students (at-risk)• High efficiency• Rapid response

15%

Tier 3 Intensive, Individual Interventions• Individual Students• Assessment - based• Intense, durable procedures

5%

Tier 3 Intensive, Individual Interventions• Individual Students• Assessment - based• High intensity• Of longer duration 5%

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction

Curriculum Models

Questions to be considered

Sample Curriculum Mapping Framework

Mapping the Curriculum

Mapping the Curriculum for ELLs

Mapping the Curriculum for ELLs

Backward DesignCreate parallel streams to address the development of academic language

Aligning with Standards

Lesson Planning

Language Function

ActivityLet’s take the content “Simple Algebraic Expression” on next page:• What is the vocabulary needed

to complete this academic task?• What are the semantic and

discursive structures needed to complete this academic task?

Content vs. Language Objectives

Content vs. Language Objectives

What is the Content Stem?

What is the language function?

What is the language objective?

Activity• Look at the chart on next page, what does a Common Core aligned ESL Curriculum look like?

New Language Arts Progression

• What do you notice?• What do you infer?• How can you use this information

in your classroom?

Sample Curriculum Map templateEssential Question

Contents/Concepts=What students need to do

LanguageWord: (content words in cluster)Sentence: (language function)Discourse:

Skills= What students must be able to do

Standards Activities Assessment

September

October

November

Reference• https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-

york-state-bilingual-common-core-initiative