Teaching Science: How to Really Give Universal Access to English Learners

Presenters

John Carr (Primary)

Senior Research Associate
WestEd

Ursula Sexton

Senior Research Associate
WestEd

Description

This interactive presentation will address practical, powerful ways to differentiate science instruction for English Learners. Many science teachers know about the 5 Es (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) of inquiry-based instruction and teaching tools such as graphic organizers, but they want to know how to extend these strategies to reach and teach English Learners. John Carr and Ursula Sexton, Senior Research Associates at WestEd and co-authors of the new book, Making Science Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers, will lead participants through slides, examples, and opportunities for questions and comments. It's all about engaging students through hands-on activities, showing while speaking, and supportive writing so students learn to think and communicate as real scientists do. The focus of this presentation will be middle and high school, but inclusive of upper elementary grades also.

NCLB Accountability Requirements for English Learners

Understanding How to Navigate the Map of Standards for English Learners (Introductory)

Understanding How to Use the Essential ELD Standards for Teaching and Assessment (Intermediate)

English Learners and the Language Arts

English Learners and the Language Arts (Follow-up Presentation)

Evaluating English Learner (EL) Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 1

Evaluating English Learner Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 2

Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School

Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent ELLs (Research from CREATE)

Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth (Research from CREATE)

Building Oral Language into the Basal (Research from CREATE)

Critical Science Vocabulary

Using Formative Assessments to Accelerate the Academic Achievement of English Learners

RTI Process Steps: A Small Elementary School's Approach to Implementation

RTI in a Secondary School Setting: Riverbank High School Story

English Learners and the Language Arts

Taking Center Stage—Act II : Building Effective Programs for English Learners in the Middle Grades

English Learner Literacy Development through Formative Assessment of Oral Language

Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model (Encore Presentation)

Doing What Works: Teaching Elementary-School English Learners

Building Oral Language into Content Area Instruction (Research from CREATE)

What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners

English Learners in Secondary Mathematics: Rigor and Excellence

Quality Teaching for English Learners: High Challenge and High Support

Closing the Learning Gap: Steps That Work

Signal Hill Elementary School: A Road to Results

Cesar E. Chavez High School: High Expectations, Empowerment, and Excellence

Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

English Learners and the Language Arts (Encore Presentation)