1st Edition

Helping English Language Learners Meet the Common Core Assessment and Instructional Strategies K-12

By Paul Boyd-Batstone Copyright 2013
    184 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    184 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    This new teacher-friendly book offers a quick, efficient, easy-to-use tool--the Classroom Assessment of Language Levels (CALL)--to assess the language levels of English learners in grades K-12. Learn how to effectively use the tool utilizing direct interview and small-group observation to determine students’ instructional levels and needs. Get a variety of engaging, differentiated, Common Core-based strategies that can be used post-assessment to help students at each level improve their speaking and listening skills.

    Strategies to help all your ELLs optimize their learning include...

    • Using interactive journals
    • Creating chart stories
    • Using meaningful gestures
    • Using cognates
    • Exploring word origins
    • And much, much more!

    Part 1: The Classroom Assessment of Language Levels
    Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview of the Classroom Assessment of Language Levels
    Chapter 2: The Components of the Classroom Assessment of Language Levels
    Chapter 3: Ways to Conduct an Assessment: Direct Interview and Indirect Small-Group Observation

    Part 2: Classroom Strategies for ELLs at Each Level
    Chapter 4: Level 1: The Beginning Stage and Common Core Listening and Speaking
    Chapter 5: Level 2: The Early Intermediate Stage and Common Core Listening and Speaking
    Chapter 6: Level 3: The Intermediate Stage and Common Core Listening and Speaking
    Chapter 7: Level 4: The Early Advanced Stage and Common Core Listening and Speaking
    Chapter 8: Level 5: The Advanced Stage and Common Core Listening and Speaking

    References

    Biography

    Paul Boyd-Batstone