Promising new resources for English-Language Learners.Lots of new ELL literacy products have recently emerged to address the more than five million ELL students in public schools. Here are three that have garnered positive feedback. The Rigby ELL Assessment Kit What it is: a K-6 standards-based kit that helps educators assess ELL students in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Why it works: "We use the Rigby Kit to fill the formative assessment Formative assessment is a self-reflective process that intends to promote student attainment [1]. Cowie and Bell [2] define it as the bidirectional process between teacher and student to enhance, recognise and respond to the learning. gap, guide instruction and place students in proper groups," says Sally Fox, ELL coordinator for the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District in southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . "In 15 minutes, we can get a good idea of a child's skills." rigby.harcourtachieve.com netTrekker d.i. What it is: a safe Internet search engine with a whole section of ELL resources. Why it works: "netTrekker has provided us with educational searches that are safe, relevant and correlated to standards," says Micha Villarreal, director of instructional technology There are two types of instructional technology: those with a systems approach, and those focusing on sensory technologies. The definition of instructional technology prepared by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and Terminology for the Ysleta Independent School District Ysleta Independent School District is a school district based in El Paso, Texas (USA). Ysleta ISD is the second largest school district in the city of El Paso. The Ysleta Independent School District was founded in the 1930s as a rural education district with one high school, in El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , Texas. "The English Learners button has the same resources as the regular section but also features skill-building in reading, writing and thinking. It lets me personalize instruction." www.nettrekker.com/di Evan-Moor's Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish What it is: a book with editions available for grades 1-3 that provides parallel English and Spanish versions of 30 reading selections, and follow-up activities that focus on comprehension, vocabulary, structural analysis, fluency and phonics. Why it works: "The books include different reading levels on the same topic that address various proficiencies and let students read independently," says Caryn Bachar, ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. coordinator for Hewlett Woodmere District in N.Y. "Each kid gets critical-thinking skills at the appropriate level." www.evan-moor.com |
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