GOING SOLO

for

ESOL

Kia ora, Talofa, Namaste, Bula, Malo e lelei, Fakalofalahi atu, Chou nei, Aslam Alicom, Salaam, Tang, Chao, Kon-nichiwa, Ni hao, Kamusta.

Faamolemole alaala mai i lalo.

Faatumu mai le pepa lena.

Why SOLO for ESOL?

Anticipatory Task

Who are the ELLs at OPS?

Approx 1/3 of school currently enrolled.

Samoan, Tongan, Indian, Fijian, Chinese, Russian, German, Cook Island, Niuean, Indo-Fijian, Myahnma/Burma, Pakistani, French, Phillipino,

MACRO CONCEPT

Relationships

KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU

To Know the Learner is:

Being connected to ELLs:

Eg; Recognising strengths.

What the Key Understanding looks like…

Being culturally responsive

Eg; knowing about the learner’s

perspective, their skills and

knowledge.

Teachers as Learners:

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/inquiry

A Y3/4 ESOL Group

Describe map

Describe map

Working the map…

When Justifying a level

Sharing our Deeper

understanding

Linking our ideas

Self Reflection 1

Self Reflection 2

Self Reflection 3

A challenge…

How well do we as teachers reach out to our ELLs..?

The fact of the matter is:

As ESOL teachers we aim to:

support classroom teaching/learning.

support ELLs by providing small

group learning experiences, that will

encourage “quality group talk.”

Use SOLO to empower ELLs to

“think about their thinking” (meta-

cognitive skills).