MSTEP Table 4.1

Develop students’ skills in the following:

Introduce and Primary Coverage of Concepts

Opportunities to Practice

How Assessed

7.6/U7.6 Meaning Making. Engage students in meaning making by building on prior knowledge and using complex literary and informational texts (print, digital, and oral), questioning, and discussion to develop students’ literal and inferential comprehension, including the higher-order cognitive skills of reasoning, perspective taking, and critical reading, writing, listening, and speaking across the disciplines.

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

1. Week 2 Lecture PPT: Comprehension Instruction

 

2. Week 3 Lecture PPT: Read Aloud Comprehension

 

3. Readings:

Teaching Reading for the 21st Century, 6th Edition (Dewitz, et.al, 2020):

· Chap. 11 (Teaching Reading Comprehension: Focusing on Narrative Text)

· Chap. 12 (Comprehending Informational Text)

 

Lectures address Meaning Making/ Comprehension Instruction, specifically:

· Comprehension Strategies

· High Leverage Practice (Modeling)

· Literal & inferential comprehension

· Critical reading

· Motivation and engagement

· Engaging with Complex Texts

· Genre Instruction

· Comprehension Monitoring

· Assessment

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

In-class Activities:

 

1.Peer Run-Through READ ALOUD Lesson In Class Activity

· Peer Run READ ALOUD Lesson Peer Feedback Sheet

 

2. Comprehension Strategy Launch Activity – slides 6-7

 

 

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

Assessment:

1.Read Aloud Outline .docx

· Read Aloud Feedback Sheet

 

Engage students in reading, listening, speaking, writing, and viewing closely to draw evidence from texts, ask and answer questions, and support analysis, reflection, and research.

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

1. Week 2 Lecture PPT: Comprehension Instruction

 

2. Week 3 Lecture PPT: Read Aloud Comprehension

 

3. Readings:

Teaching Reading for the 21st Century, 6th Edition (Dewitz, et.al, 2020):

· Chap. 11 (Teaching Reading Comprehension: Focusing on Narrative Text)

· Chap. 12 (Comprehending Informational Text)

 

Lectures address Meaning Making/ Comprehension Instruction, specifically:

· Comprehension Strategies

· High Leverage Practice (Modeling)

· Literal & inferential comprehension

· Critical reading

· Motivation and engagement

· Engaging with Complex Texts

· Genre Instruction

· Comprehension Monitoring

· Assessment

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

In-class Activities:

 

1.Peer Run-Through READ ALOUD Lesson In Class Activity

· Peer Run READ ALOUD Lesson Peer Feedback Sheet

 

2. Comprehension Strategy Launch Activity – slides 6-7

 

 

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

Assessment:

 

1.Read Aloud Outline .docx

· Read Aloud Feedback Sheet

 

 

 

 

7.7/U7.7 Language Development. Promote students’ oral and written language development by attending to vocabulary knowledge and use, grammatical structures (e.g., syntax), and discourse-level understandings as students read, listen, speak, and write with comprehension and effective expression.

EDUC 428 Learning to Teach PK-3 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

1. Week 2 Lecture PPT: Elements of Effective Literacy Instruction

 

2. Week 7 Lecture PPT: Language Development and Effective Expression

 

3. Readings:

ELA/ELD Framework, pp. 22-28, 38-45, 45-47

CA Comprehensive State Literacy Plan, pp. 12, 16-33

Wasik et al (2022) More than “Good Job!”: The Critical Role of Teacher Feedback in Classroom Discourse and Language Development offers a framework and suggestions for how to promote classroom discourse that supports students’ language development

• Quinn & Philippakos (2023) Building a bridge: Writing and reading connections in early childhood discusses how using mentor texts as models for writing activities helps students write with effective expression

EDUC 428 Learning to Teach PK-3 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

In-class Activities:

 

1. Integrated ELD lesson plan – slides 18-20

 

2. Identifying language demands – slide 12

EDUC 428 Learning to Teach PK-3 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

Assessments:

 

1. Integrated ELD lesson plan

 

2. Narrative Writing

 

Create environments that foster students’ oral and written language development, including discipline-specific academic language.

EDUC 427 Theories, Methods, and Assessment of First and Second Language Acquisition in Schools

 

1. Week 3 Seminar: Mathematics Instruction for EBs and ELLs PPT covers:

· Identification of vocabulary related to mathematics that may be difficult for emergent bilinguals (see Slide 5),

· Multiple means of representation (see Slides 6-12),

· Strategies to support mathematics content instruction (see Slides 16-17)

· Read Math Instruction for ELLS (Colorín Colorado, 2019)

· Watch 60-Second Strategy: Math Partners by Edutopia (1:05)

· Peruse Math Strategies for Beginning Language Learners (A Walk in the Chalk, 2017)

 

2. Week 8 Seminar: Strategies for Content Area Instruction PPT (see Slides 9-13): Universal Design for Learning (UDL), realia, interactive notebooks, Project-Based Learning (PBL)

· Watch Sobrato Early Academic Language Model (SEAL): Making Language Visible, Tangible & Comprehensible (9:44)

 

 

EDUC 427 Theories, Methods, and Assessment of First and Second Language Acquisition in Schools

 

In-class Activities:

 

1. Write Lesson Plan focused on  content area, identify potentially challenging vocabulary, include strategies to support language development,

· Provide peer review (see Slides 4-9)

 

2. Explore the following websites via Stay & Stray Activity:

· UDL by Reading Rockets

· Using Realia to Build Background by Colorin Colorado

· 10 Fun Ways to Use Realia by Bridge Universe

· Interactive Notebooks by The Science Duo

· Interactive Notebooks by ClassroomNook

· Supporting ELLs in PBL Projects Article by Edutopia

· Article with Videos by Cult of Pedagogy

 

 

 

EDUC 427 Theories, Methods, and Assessment of First and Second Language Acquisition in Schools

 

Assessments:

 

 1. Write Lesson Plan focused on  content area, identify potentially challenging vocabulary, include strategies to support language development,

· Provide peer review (see Slides 4-9)

 

2. Midterm Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enhance language development by engaging students in the creation of diverse print, oral, digital, and multimedia texts.

EDUC 455 Multiple Subject Clinical Practice Seminar 2

 

1. Week 6 Lecture PPT: Topics covered include 

· The role of technology in a modern classroom.

· Review/reflection on current tech practices and integration

· Role of keyboarding and multimedia in supporting student writing & student presentations

· Intro to keyboarding resources (typing club, nitro type, etc.)

· Importance of conventions in writing

· Connection between fluency in language conventions and effective writing

 

2. Readings

· Differentiated Learning and Technology: A Powerful  Combination

· Amplifying Student Voices With Authentic Media-Making Tasks

· Multimodal Learning Through Media: What the Research Says

 

EDUC 455 Multiple Subject Clinical Practice Seminar 2

 

In-class Activities:

 

1. Explore multimedia tools for student presentations (google slides, Canva, haiku deck, pear deck, etc.)

2. Explore typing resources (typing club, nitro type, etc.)

3. Lesson plan revamp: students are given a lesson plan and work in groups in order to refresh the lesson to better integrate technology to enhance writing or presentations from students.

 

 

EDUC 455 Multiple Subject Clinical Practice Seminar 2

 

Assessment:

 

1. Design and implement a lesson plan that integrates digital citizenship, keyboarding, technology, multimedia, and language conventions. This plan should include assessments, and a reflection afterward.

Conduct instruction that leverages students’ existing linguistic repertoires, including home languages and dialects, and that accepts and encourages translanguaging.

EDUC 427 Theories, Methods, and Assessment of First and Second Language Acquisition in Schools

 

1. Week 1 Seminar: What is Language? PPT (see Slides 5-17)

· Introduction to translanguaging, definitions and examples via Jigsaw Activity (see Slides 18-20)

 

2. Week 5 Seminar: Best Practices for Teaching Writing (see Slides 5-26)

· Activity: Explore Language Differences via Venn Diagram (see Slides 27-28)

· Observe Example of Translanguaging in Writing (see Slide 32)

· Assess Writing samples of Emergent Bilinguals via Purdue ELL Language Portraits Page (See Slides 33-35)

 

3. Week 7 Seminar: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy for Emergent Bilinguals (see Slides 5-10), strategies for fostering translanguaging

via Mind Map Activity (see Slides 11-12)

 

Reading: Wright (2019). Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy and Practice. Chapter 2, Chapter 9, Chapter 11

 

EDUC 427 Theories, Methods, and Assessment of First and Second Language Acquisition in Schools

 

In-class Activities:

 

1. Translanguaging Jigsaw Activity:

· Read Naldic (2016) EAL Journal: Translanguaging

· Watch Ofelia García discusses Translanguaging

· Watch Example of Translanguaging

 

2. Writing Lesson Plans, providing peer reviews of Lesson Plans, teaching lessons to emergent bilinguals

 

3. Assessment of emergent bilinguals’ writing samples and discussing provided feedback on assessment via Purdue ELL Portraits

 

4. Mind Map Activity

· Watch City University of New York (CUNY): 03 Andy Brown Building a Multilingual Ecology with Support

EDUC 427 Theories, Methods, and Assessment of First and Second Language Acquisition in Schools

 

Assessment:

 

1. Writing Lesson Plans, Observations of Teaching Lesson Plans

 

7.8/U7.8 Effective Expression. Develop students’ effective expression as they write, discuss, present, and use language conventions. Engage students in a range of frequent formal and informal collaborative discussions, including extended conversations, and writing for varied purposes, audiences, and contexts.

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

1. Week 8 Lecture PPT: Oral Language Dev PPT

 

2. Week 7 Lecture PPT: Writing Process PPT

 

 3Readings:

· Teaching Reading for the 21st Century, 6th Edition (Dewitz, et.al, 2020): Chap. 13 (Writing and Reading)

· Selected pages from: Evidence-Based Practices for Writing Instruction (Troia, 2014)

· Speaking and Listening in Content Area Learning | Reading Rockets (Fisher & Frey, 2014)

· “What Elementary Teachers Need to Know About Language” (Flimore and Snow, 2000)

 

Lectures address Effective Expression/ Writing instruction, specifically:

· Text Types (opinion, narrative, informative)

· Explicit Writing Instruction

· Process vs. Product

· Daily Writing

· Purposes

· Editing/Revising with Peer Feedback

· Formal vs. Informal Oral Language Development

· Speaking and Listening Standards-Driven Instruction

· Accountable Talk

· Assessment

 

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

In-class Activities:

 

1. Fishbowl Accountable Talk Activity – slide 23

 

2. Peer Run-Through Writing Lesson In Class Activity

· Peer Run-Through Writing Lesson Peer Feedback Sheet

 

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

Assessments:

 

1. Writing Lesson Plan – slide 17

· Writing Lesson Rubric.docx

· MS_Lesson Plan Template

 

2. EDUC 429 Final Exam

 

Teach students to plan, develop, provide feedback to peers, revise using peer and teacher feedback, edit, and produce their own writing and oral presentations in various genres, drawing on the modes of opinion/ argumentation, information, and narration.

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

1. Week 8 Lecture PPT: Oral Language Dev PPT

 

2. Week 7 Lecture PPT: Writing Process PPT

 

3. Readings:

· Teaching Reading for the 21st Century, 6th Edition (Dewitz, et.al, 2020): Chap. 13 (Writing and Reading)

· Selected pages from Evidence-Based Practices for Writing (Troia, 2014)

· How to Teach Students To Peer Edit (Ssebikindu, 2020)

 

Lectures address Effective Expression/ Writing instruction, specifically:

· Text Types (opinion, narrative, informative)

· Explicit Writing Instruction

· Process vs. Product

· Daily Writing

· Purposes

· Editing/Revising with Peer Feedback

· Formal vs. Informal Oral Language Development

· Speaking and Listening Standards-Driven Instruction

· Accountable Talk

· Assessment

 

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

In-class Activities:

 

1.Peer Editing Activity – slides 15-16

 

2. Peer Run-Through Writing Lesson In Class Activity

· Peer Run-Through Writing Lesson Peer Feedback Sheet

 

3. Fishbowl Accountable Talk Activity – slide 23

EDUC 429 Learning to Teach 4-8 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

Assessment:

 

1. Writing Lesson Plan – slide 17

· Writing Lesson Rubric.docx

· MS_Lesson Plan Template

Develop students’ use of keyboarding, technology, and multimedia, as appropriate, and fluency in spelling, handwriting, and other language conventions to support writing and presentations.

EDUC 455 Multiple Subject Clinical Practice Seminar 2

 

1. Week 6 Lecture PPT: Topics covered include -

· The role of technology in a modern classroom.

· Review/reflection on current tech practices and integration

· Role of keyboarding and multimedia in supporting student writing & student presentations

· Intro to keyboarding resources (typing club, nitro type, etc.)

· Importance of conventions in writing

· Connection between fluency in language conventions and effective writing

 

2. Readings:

· Differentiated Learning and Technology: A Powerful Combination

· Amplifying Student Voices With Authentic Media-Making Tasks

· Multimodal Learning Through Media: What the Research Says

 

EDUC 455 Multiple Subject Clinical Practice Seminar 2

 

In-class Activities:

 

1. Explore multimedia tools for student presentations (google slides, Canva, haiku deck, pear deck, etc.)

 

2. Explore typing resources (typing club, nitro type, etc.)

 

3. Lesson plan revamp: students are given a lesson plan and work in groups in order to refresh the lesson to better integrate technology to enhance writing or presentations from students.

 

 

EDUC 455 Multiple Subject Clinical Practice Seminar 2

 

Assessment:

 

1. Design and implement a lesson plan that integrates digital citizenship, keyboarding, technology, multimedia, and language conventions. This plan should include assessments, and a reflection afterward

Teach young children letter formation/printing and related language conventions, such as capitalization and punctuation, in conjunction with applicable decoding skills.

EDUC 428 Learning to Teach PK-3 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

1. Week 5 Lecture PPT: Phonics & Decoding

 

2. Week 7 Lecture PPT: Language Development and Effective Expression

 

3. Readings:

• Honig et al. (2018) Section III: Decoding and Word Recognition offers strategies for supporting students’ letter formation and connecting encoding and decoding

• Quinn & Philippakos (2023) Building a bridge: Writing and reading connections in early childhood discusses how mentor texts can be used as models for multiple aspects of students’ writing.

EDUC 428 Learning to Teach PK-3 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

 

 

EDUC 428 Learning to Teach PK-3 Literacy to Diverse Populations

 

Assessments:

 

1. Using Decodable Texts

 

2. Narrative Writing

 

 


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