The ESL Monarch

If you are looking for an exemplar of how having high expectations among all students translates to student outcomes, meet Anginell Anderson from Parkhill JH. When her colleagues are asked about the way Anginell works with her students, they say Anginell expects every student to demonstrate mastery.

Mrs. Farrah Smock, PHJH Principal, shares that Aginell asks students to practice and practice until they can show that they have at least an 80% mastery of the content. As a result of her high expectations, 72.5% of her Emergent Bilingual students "met approaches" in last year's STAAR Science!

"Anginell deserves a celebration. Considering she has one of the highest number of EB students among 8th-grade classes in the district, her students' outcomes were a testament to how she pushed all her students," Elsa Barrientos, Secondary Science Specialist, commented.

To learn more about the impact of high expectations based on the study conducted by The New Teacher Project (TNTP), click on the following links below:

The Opportunity Myth Slides

The Opportunity Myth Article

Building Better Writers: Supporting EB Students in Short Constructed Response Writing

• Date: Nov. 14
• Where: Virtual
• Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm
• Register here.

SummitK12 for Secondary RLA Teachers

• Date: Nov. 7 (Secondary DWD)
• Where: LHHS (DWD Location)
• Time: Schedule will be available on RLA DWD Schedule to be sent out soon.

Meet Juan Rodriguez, an 8th Grade student at Lake Highlands JH. This is his second year in the US schools, and he is writing a narrative text. Applying the workshop model to instruction, his teacher, Ms. Svetlana Vilig, worked with the class in modeling and giving the students the opportunity to go through the prewriting and drafting processes.

Way to go Juan! Keep up the good work!

And of course, way to go, LHJH, for continuously providing grade level access to the curriculum to all your students, including EBs who are in sheltered RLA classes.

These 3 questions can be added to your repertoire of planning considerations, which will help you in intentionally plan for individualized support and grow the language of Emergent Bilingual students in your class.

If you are looking for a bilingual glossary to supplement your instruction, specifically for EBs who may be Beginner in their English proficiency, check this website: Bilingual Glossaries and Cognates Resource

In this session, participants will wonder and discover, collaborate, apply and create and reflect on the 7 principles of creating a language - rich interactive classroom.

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• Curriculum and resources (all content areas)
• High-leverage strategies that support both content and language growth
• Tier 1 instruction
• Summit K12
• TELPAS - STAAR Connection