Be Smart:

Using Multimedia & Common

Core State Standards for ELLs

TESOL 2013


Cara Kruse-Hoppe, Montgomery College
Leslie Kirshner-Morris, School District of Philadelphia

Instructional Shifts



changes in pedagogy

required for students to
achieve mastery of the CCSS

Complex

Text

Tier 2

Vocabulary

Meta

cognition

Evidence

Based

Responses

Complex text

Reading

&

Rereading

for specific purposes

Depth



of



Understanding

Explicit

Vocabulary

Instruction



hallelujah!

Students with



poor vocabulary

in 3rd grade have



declining text comprehension

scores in 4th & 5th grades, ref 1

Vocabulary size at the end of

1st grade



is a significant predictor, ref 2



of reading comprehension

ten years later

Focus on Tier 2 Vocabulary


Evidence Based Responses



where do you begin?

CCSS ELA RL.1


K With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

2 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

3 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

4 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

5 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.


meta

cognition

How does the colt feel?



"He's scared to

cross the river."

I'm thinking that the colt feels anxious about crossing the river because it says 'the colt swam close to his mother.'

What makes you think that he feels anxious?



I know that when I'm anxious, I like to stay close to my parents.

meta

cognition

deeeeep reading

Dedicated time



to



talk it out

How do these

instructional shifts


affect


ESOL Students?

Correlation
between

Common Core

&

English Language Proficiency

Standards

Common Core and

WIDA Alignment Study

What is the

common intervention

used for these students?

Stick 'em on the computer!

What's the difference between

and ...

Instruction with

Embedded Technology?


Instruction with

Embedded Technology?


Follow Up Instruction

Click to watch!

Websites

&

Apps

Limited

Technology?


no worries, we've got that covered!

Slide Presentations with embedded supports

Click to watch!

Quick note

CCSS Math

Instructional

Shifts



changes in pedagogy

required for students to
achieve mastery of the CCSS

Focus

traditional approach to U.S. Education


CCSS MATH


Deep Understanting


less focus on "how to get the answer"


more focus on explaining one's thinking

Websites

&

Apps

References


  • 1 Chall, Jacbobs & Baldwin, 1990
  • 2 Cunningham & Stanovich 1997

Thank You


Cara Kruse-Hoppe
cara.hoppe@montgomerycollege.edu


Leslie Kirshner-Morris
lmorris@philasd.org


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