Event Title
Keynote Speakers. Engage: Essential Practices for English Language Learners
Start Date
18-10-2008 8:00 AM
End Date
18-10-2008 11:30 AM
Description
Join us for a day of discussion related to meeting the needs of the linguistically diverse children in our classrooms. On Saturday morning, David and Yvonne Freeman will share describe 5 practices essential for teaching ELLs effectively. Teachers should (1) know their students, (2) teach language and content, (3) organize curriculum around thematic units based on big questions, (4) draw on students’ primary languages and cultures, (5) emphasize meaningful reading and writing, and (6) develop academic language. For each practice, the presenters give specific examples using PowerPoint slides with pictures of classrooms of effective teachers. A copy of the Freemans’ new professional book English Language Learners: The Essential Guide (Theory and Practice) (Scholastic, 2008) is included in the registration fee.
Keynote Speakers. Engage: Essential Practices for English Language Learners
Join us for a day of discussion related to meeting the needs of the linguistically diverse children in our classrooms. On Saturday morning, David and Yvonne Freeman will share describe 5 practices essential for teaching ELLs effectively. Teachers should (1) know their students, (2) teach language and content, (3) organize curriculum around thematic units based on big questions, (4) draw on students’ primary languages and cultures, (5) emphasize meaningful reading and writing, and (6) develop academic language. For each practice, the presenters give specific examples using PowerPoint slides with pictures of classrooms of effective teachers. A copy of the Freemans’ new professional book English Language Learners: The Essential Guide (Theory and Practice) (Scholastic, 2008) is included in the registration fee.