Aiming High Briefs
Published between 2005 and 2010, the Aiming High Briefs focused on strategies for improving instruction for English Learners and provided resources for implementation and further study.
Monitoring Language Proficiency | Jan-Feb 2010
Formative assessment strategies in instructional programs for English learners are explored in this Aiming High Brief.
Additional Resource:
Formative Assessment Recording Tool (pdf)
Structuring Language Instruction | Sept 2009
EL consultant Kevin Clark says that focusing ELD instruction on the five components of language will help students who plateau at the intermediate level.
Developing Language Objectives | Jan-Feb 2009
This Aiming High Brief on developing language objectives is accompanied by a video showing a kindergarten ELD lesson developed and taught with overt language goals.
Grade 5 SDAIE lesson
Here is a second video showing a lesson taught following the lesson planning strategy outlined in the Aiming High Brief.
Additional Resources:
Sample ELD Lesson Plan: Kindergarten (pdf)
Sample SDAIE Lesson Plan: Grade 5, Science (pdf)
Archive
Aiming High Briefs, as PDF documents
Using Formative Assessment to Monitor Language Proficiency | Jan-Feb 2010
School Talk: Communicating with the Parents of English Learners | Nov 2009
Structuring Language Instruction for Stalled English Learners | Sept 2009
Developing & Delivering Lessons with Overt Language Objectives | Jan-Feb 2009
School & Classroom Structures for ELD | Oct 2008
Using Research to Improve EL Achievement | Dec 2007
Is it Time for a Newcomer Program? | May 2007
Structuring Effective ELD Instruction, Tonya Ward Singer | May 2007
Deconstructing Language, Vanessa Girard & Pam Spycher | Mar 2007
Effective Instruction for English Learners, Margarita Calderón | Oct 2006
Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners | Apr 2006
Providing Language Instruction, Susana Dutro | Jan 2006
Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Kate Kinsella | Nov 2005
Preparing for Effective Vocabulary Instruction, Kate Kinsella | Oct 2005
Designs for Learning: The Story of Success | Apr 2005
AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination | Mar 2005
Thinking Maps: Strategy-Based Learning | Feb 2005
Role of Language in Academic Development | Jan 2005
Contact
- Patty Dineen, Regional Director, English Learner Services
(707) 522-3151, - Suzanne Gedney, Communications Specialist
(707) 524-2620,
