Assignment: Song for Assessment of ELL Students
I picked the song, “Wavin’ Flag,” by K”NAAN, because, it teaches vocabulary and inclusiveness of all.
I actually am using this song in my class right now as an end of year performance for my Kindergarten class. We have focused on vocabulary, such as: freedom, champion, and inhibition. We’ve also discussed the many flags we have in our world and how our heritage is represented through these flags. My students/families picked the flag that represents their heritage and during the performance of this song they will be “wavin” their flag. This song is very repetitive which makes it easier for kindergarteners to learn.
This song will benefit English learners by showing appreciation of all heritages/countries and similarities and differences between the flags. The students will be able to show their pride in their heritage, and be proud of where they came from.
Music is important to English Language Learners because it helps them expand their language and to practice the sounds of a new language. Practicing the song will lead to understanding as well. Music is universal and can be appreciated by all.
Wavin’ Flag Lyrics
wavin' flag lyrics coca cola
Resources
Using Music to Help Children Learn Languages. (2012). Retrieved May 24, 2016, from http://blog.languagelizard.com/2012/03/05/using-music-to-help-children-learn-languages/
I actually am using this song in my class right now as an end of year performance for my Kindergarten class. We have focused on vocabulary, such as: freedom, champion, and inhibition. We’ve also discussed the many flags we have in our world and how our heritage is represented through these flags. My students/families picked the flag that represents their heritage and during the performance of this song they will be “wavin” their flag. This song is very repetitive which makes it easier for kindergarteners to learn.
This song will benefit English learners by showing appreciation of all heritages/countries and similarities and differences between the flags. The students will be able to show their pride in their heritage, and be proud of where they came from.
Music is important to English Language Learners because it helps them expand their language and to practice the sounds of a new language. Practicing the song will lead to understanding as well. Music is universal and can be appreciated by all.
Wavin’ Flag Lyrics
wavin' flag lyrics coca cola
Resources
Using Music to Help Children Learn Languages. (2012). Retrieved May 24, 2016, from http://blog.languagelizard.com/2012/03/05/using-music-to-help-children-learn-languages/
Assignment: "My Great Lesson"
Prompt: Write 1 paragraph describing a "great lesson" that you teach or have taught. Please write the lesson so that it is possible for others to modify it for their grade and possibly use the idea for the classroom they are teaching now. What ways does your lesson help English Language Learners?
Subject: Math/One to One Correspondence
Age group: K-1
I attended an SVMI Conference last summer and learned about Math Talks. They are a great way to engage your students in talking about math and their thinking with one another. I am new to Math Talks, so this year I used a book to help me. The book is called, Math Talk-Teaching Concepts and Skills Through Illustrations & Stories, Pre-K-1, by Char Forsten & Torri Richards. I have attached a link at the bottom for reference. The Math Talk book has 16 colorful pictures that invoke math discussions. I pick one a week and we talk about the same one every day at morning circle. I enlarged the pictures, however, using a doc camera works great too, as the bigger the better.
To begin a math talk, first go over or teach your Math Talk Moves/Rules.
The ones I focus on in Kindergarten are:
*I agree/disagree with you because
*Can you explain your thinking to me?
*What I heard you say was…
*What strategy did you use?
*Is there another way of solving this problem?
I post these on a big poster and focus on just one at a time, gradually utilizing all of them. I start with, “I agree, disagree” because it's the easiest to understand and I give my students the option of thumbs up/thumbs down to agree/disagree. This is great for my ELL students because they can copy what others are doing if they aren’t sure. . We take turns naming the pictures and describing what we can count. I write down everything they say, and write their name next to it. They love to see their name on the chart and more and more students volunteer so they can see their name too. Then we start counting each group of items, i.e. the corn in the picture or the tomatoes. We agree or disagree with what was counted, most of which are agreed upon as if there are any difficulties I support by helping them to apply the strategy of touching and pointing to each object (one to one correspondence). In the beginning we are mostly counting objects, but we move on to more than, less than, addition and subtraction. This book also has questions for each math talk picture with varying levels which is great for a beginning math talk teacher. Math talks with pictures is a lot of fun, and is excellent for ELL students. The pictures lead to discussions of math, vocabulary and academic language. The modeling of math talk moves and discussions help ELL students become more confident and involved in class discussions.
Link for Math Talk Book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1934026573/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1464567270&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=math+talks&dpPl=1&dpID=61QqLCpNxcL&ref=plSrch
Subject: Math/One to One Correspondence
Age group: K-1
I attended an SVMI Conference last summer and learned about Math Talks. They are a great way to engage your students in talking about math and their thinking with one another. I am new to Math Talks, so this year I used a book to help me. The book is called, Math Talk-Teaching Concepts and Skills Through Illustrations & Stories, Pre-K-1, by Char Forsten & Torri Richards. I have attached a link at the bottom for reference. The Math Talk book has 16 colorful pictures that invoke math discussions. I pick one a week and we talk about the same one every day at morning circle. I enlarged the pictures, however, using a doc camera works great too, as the bigger the better.
To begin a math talk, first go over or teach your Math Talk Moves/Rules.
The ones I focus on in Kindergarten are:
*I agree/disagree with you because
*Can you explain your thinking to me?
*What I heard you say was…
*What strategy did you use?
*Is there another way of solving this problem?
I post these on a big poster and focus on just one at a time, gradually utilizing all of them. I start with, “I agree, disagree” because it's the easiest to understand and I give my students the option of thumbs up/thumbs down to agree/disagree. This is great for my ELL students because they can copy what others are doing if they aren’t sure. . We take turns naming the pictures and describing what we can count. I write down everything they say, and write their name next to it. They love to see their name on the chart and more and more students volunteer so they can see their name too. Then we start counting each group of items, i.e. the corn in the picture or the tomatoes. We agree or disagree with what was counted, most of which are agreed upon as if there are any difficulties I support by helping them to apply the strategy of touching and pointing to each object (one to one correspondence). In the beginning we are mostly counting objects, but we move on to more than, less than, addition and subtraction. This book also has questions for each math talk picture with varying levels which is great for a beginning math talk teacher. Math talks with pictures is a lot of fun, and is excellent for ELL students. The pictures lead to discussions of math, vocabulary and academic language. The modeling of math talk moves and discussions help ELL students become more confident and involved in class discussions.
Link for Math Talk Book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1934026573/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1464567270&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=math+talks&dpPl=1&dpID=61QqLCpNxcL&ref=plSrch