Bilingual and ESL Standards, Objectives, and Teaching Strategies

1. ESL Education

1.1. STANDARDS: Standard 1:

1.2. English language learners communicate for social, intercultural, and instructional purposes within the school setting.

1.3. Standard 2:

1.4. English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the area of language arts.

1.5. Standard 3:

1.6. English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the area of mathematics.

1.7. Standard 4:

1.8. English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the area of science.

1.9. Standard 5:

1.10. English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the area of social studies.

1.11. OBJECTIVES: The overall goal is proficiency in English while learning content in an all-English setting. Students from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds can be in same the class, and instruction is adapted to students’ proficiency level and supplemented by gestures, visual aids.

1.12. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES:

2. Bilingual Education

2.1. STANDARDS: 1. Students will use oral and written language that follows accepted linguistic conventions to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information. 2. Students will use oral and written language for self-expression and artistic creation. 3. Students will present, in oral and written language and from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information, and issues. 4. Students will use oral and written language that follows accepted linguistic conventions for effective social communication with a wide variety of people.

2.2. OBJECTIVES: Students will demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and understanding: This includes the ability to demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and sensitivity in communicating with others of varied social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. They will develop and use culturally appropriate behaviors, and a knowledge of local and U.S. cultures and practices, in their interactions with others in their new cultural environment

2.3. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES: 1. Students will use oral and written language that follows accepted linguistic conventions to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information: Family interviews, Class presentations. KWL charts. Research reports. Discussions. Essay writing. Narrative writing. Retelling

2.4. 2. Students will use oral and written language for self-expression and artistic creation: Personal narratives, poems, essays, presentations, group work.

2.5. 3. Students will present, in oral and written language and from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information, and issues: Family history reports, country of origin reports, oral reports, read to synthesize, morning shares, cultural day

2.6. 4. Students will use oral and written language that follows accepted linguistic conventions for effective social communication with a wide variety of people: Organized play in another language. Games from around the world. Group discussion, TPS, T&T, recess reports

2.7. 5. Students will demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and understanding: This includes the ability to demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and sensitivity in communicating with others of varied social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. They will develop and use culturally appropriate behaviors, and a knowledge of local and U.S. cultures and practices, in their interactions with others in their new cultural environment. Cross curricular work. Follow up questions after heritage reports. Text to person connections.