Lecture 15 THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS : WHAT DO THEY MEAN FOR ELLs WITH LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT Flashcards
What are the 4 goals of CCSS?
1) Create globally competitive citizens in the 21st century
2) prepare students for college
3) create critical readers who “read deeply”
4) Students who are responsible citizens who use evidence for deliberation
The overarching goal is to create …..
students who are ready to succeed in a twenty-first century, globally competitive society.
The Common Core State Standards, enacted in 2010, have been adopted by how many states?
46 out of 50 states.
The standards address English Language Arts and Math
But we are concerned with ?
English Language Arts of course
English Language Arts Consists of what 4 Areas?
Reading
Writing
Speaking and listening
Language
what are some key changes in ELA Standards?
increase complexity, emphasis on expository (informational) text
Students: analyze, infer, provide evidence
For students with disabilities they are saying don’t modify expectations, but do provide
accommodations
probably the biggest game changer is an increased emphasis on what?
expository reading
Currently 15% of text in elementary school is expository, yet expository reading makes up _____ % of reading done in college and workforce
80%
what is the CCSS(Common Core State Standards–shift from elem, middle, and high school
50/50% at elem level
60 (exp)/40% middle school,
75 (exp)/25% high school
Past: students asked how they felt about readings; relate readings to personal experience
CCSS de-emphasize feelings and personal experience, demanding _____________
evidence
Students must present arguments justified by text they have read
Because the CCSS have put a great emphasis on expository reading (reading for information) Some experts are recommending that professionals expose children to expository reading as young as
preschool
These books relate to interesting topics such as jellyfish, slugs, and lizards.
T/F While narratives/story books are important to development, again, books that present expository information can be used starting in preschool to prepare ELL children for the greatly increased emphasis on expository reading beginning in the early grades of elementary school
True
What is Deep Reading?
Close, attentive, critical reading
Why is reading difficult for ELL students with LI ?
Academic materials are written in their second language of English
The LI often makes reading difficult
And, many children are seldom read to at home
I have found that using a Kindle (Amazon) or Nook (Barnes & Noble) is very advantageous (if possible) because
I have found that using a Kindle…
Reading is much “cooler”
Increase font size without embarrassment
T/F If ELL students with LI sound out basic sight words each time they encounter these words, reading comprehension and fluency will increase
False it will be slowed down greatly.
Professionals can drill these sight words with students until the students can read them quickly and automatically.
When students can read the words quickly and with automaticity what is greatly enhanced?
reading comprehension and fluency are greatly enhanced!
In order to help students read deeply we can use what?
We can use the Preview-View-Review Approach
We can use their class text books, especially their language arts books
Explain the PREVIEW-VIEW-REVIEW APPROACH
Use classroom textbooks to teach students this approach
This helps teach class curriculum content and enhance reading skills
Explain how you preview
- Overview of ch
- Read main idea sentence of key paragraphs
- Highlight key vocabulary
- Read concluding paragraph or summary
Explain how you view
- Read the text aloud and have students follow along
- Stop and have students explain content in their own words
- Help the student organize and outline notes and readings
- Review class notes which pertain to chapter
- Scaffold
- Use context to increase comprehension
Help the student visualize what is being read by asking them to make what?
mental pictures
Explain how you review
- Look over chapter headings and divisions again
- Ask questions about the content
- Help the student answer questions at the end of the chapter
- Have the student summarize the chapter in her own words
- Ask the student for his opinions about what was read (with supporting evidence)
- Ask the student if she has any questions about the chapter
- Help the student make up test questions about the content they have just read