SDAIE part III

Okay, so we're back in the library for more PD on Title III Access to Core SDAIE Session after a long day of CST Writing Exam special schedule and AT&T filming on campus. Whew. Busy day, 20 minute periods.

We came into the library after giving in to or resisting chocolate cake for faculty birthdays!

I caught Morrison reading. Awesome.

Meghan got us right in to an activity to review the four critical elements review: comprehensibility, interactions, content, connections. We paired up, one with each of the hour elements to review strategies for each of these four elements. Oakes kept getting candy which was super annoying to me.

After reviewing the four critical elements, we read through the definitions of English Learners Proficiency Levels: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced. We went over what each of these levels can and can't do, and what they need.

Then we went into a Language Assembly Task. After looking at photos of four different shoes, we wrote about them and then shared our writing. We shared out some entertaining ones, Sharon's brass heel, Mr. Morrison's cowboy boot etc...

We then went into some collaboration around "The Language of Schooling" discussing how we might be more explicit about our use of instructional questions.  By department we discussed what strengths and difficulties we have with SDAIE methodology.

We shared out some of our language functions and that was it!