Module 5 Elementary Instructional Elements 13 Hours
SEI Required Framework Components
Section I
Universal Design for Learning
Objectives
Define elements of engagement (why), representation (what), and action and expression (how), and describe how they allow teachers to consider the learning needs of all students when planning lessons.
Required Reading
Wiggins & McTighe, 2010 Backward Design
Review the Universal Design for Learning website: http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/whatisudl
Instructional Pacing: How do your lessons flow? Located at:
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/instructional-pacing-tips-rebecca-alber
Module Resources
Video Developing Learning Goals located at: http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/aer/aervideo/learninggoals.html
Video Developing Success Criteria located at: http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/aer/aervideo/learninggoals.html
Respond to the following prompts regarding the Universal Design for Learning portion of this module:
1. How are the elements of engagement (why), representation (what), and action and expression (how), as described in the reading and how do these elements help teachers to consider the learning needs of all students when planning lessons?
2. Why is notion of pacing important in planning lessons? How can pacing support or inhibit students learning?
3. View the 2 videos on learning goals and success criteria. How can the regular use of learning goals and success criteria in daily lessons with elementary EL students support their social and academic language development in English?
Response requirement: 1 page minimum doubled spaced that includes all 3 responses
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Educational Solutions for the 21st Century Learner
Section II Listening and Speaking Instruction Aligned with the ELP Standards Objectives
Explore receptive oral language skills as they apply to elementary ELs.
Explore productive oral language skills as they apply to elementary ELs.
Explore receptive and productive strategies that help elementary ELs to engage in academic discourse.
Explore the development of a lesson aligned to the Listening and Speaking Domain of the ELP Standards that includes the use of grade level appropriate materials.
Required Reading
Wright Chapter 7
Module Resources
Arizona English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards Listening & Speaking Strand Choose a grade level to review located at: http://www.azed.gov/oelas/elps/
Strategy handbook: Kaplan & Leckie: Equitable Instruction for All! Creating Equal Learning Opportunities in The Classroom: From Planning to Practice
Respond to the following prompt regarding this portion of the module:
What are the relationships among listening, reading, speaking, and writing? How might these relationships inform your future teaching?
Response requirement: 1 page minimum doubled spaced
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Educational Solutions for the 21st Century Learner
Section III Grammar Instruction Aligned with the ELP Standards Objectives
Explore grammatical skills as a foundation of language for elementary ELs.
Explore strategies that allow elementary ELs to apply their knowledge of syntax to create and
understand communication in various contexts.
Explore the development of a lesson aligned to the Language Strands of the ELP Standards that includes the use of grade level appropriate materials.
Required Reading
Folse Why K12 Teachers Need to Know About ESL Grammar Issues located at: http://www.tesol.org/read-and-publish/journals/other- serialpublications/compleatlinks/compleat-links-volume-6-issue-3-4-(october-2009)/why-k- 12-teachers-need-to-know-aboutesl-grammar-issues
Modules Resources
Arizona English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards Language Strand Choose a grade level to review Located at: http://www.azed.gov/oelas/elps/
Acting Out Antonyms Grammar Lesson
Kaplan & Leckie: Equitable Instruction for All! Creating Equal Learning Opportunities in The
Classroom: From Planning to Practice
Respond to the following prompts regarding this portion of the module:
Why do K-12 teachers need to understand the English grammar issues that EL students face as they learn English?
Response requirement: 1 page minimum doubled spaced
Lesson Plan: Review the SEI lessons in the Google drive folder. Choose a grade level band of the ELP standards from the Language Strand to review. Create a either a grammar or listening/speaking lesson plan for a proficiency level of Els at a specific grade level band. For instance, you may choose to create a lesson plan for EL students at Stage III in fourth grade at the Emergent proficiency level.
At a minimum, your lesson plan must include:
Grade level & ELP Proficiency Level of the Students (Pre-Emergent, Basic, L
Intermediate, H Intermediate, Proficient)
Learning Goal
Success Criteria
Appropriate Grade Level Arizona State Standard for the content and grade level of the
lesson
Arizona ELP Language strand standards
Sequence of activities and instructional strategies that demonstrate how you might highly
engage El students in the lesson.
