Presented by
Rosemary Sexton & LaToya Sartin
Governors State Alternative Teaching
Certification MaT Graduates
Introduction
LaToya Sartin – 3rd year teacher at Gordon Elementary school. 2 nd Grade
Reading/Language Arts class.
Rosemary Sexton – 3rd year teacher at King Middle Grades School,
Kankakee. Experience teaching 4, 5, and 6 th grade, self-contained, all
subjects. Endorsed in Counseling, ELL, Science, Social Studies, Middle
School, and Music.
Differentiation
 Giving everyone what they need
 It may not be fair and it may not
look the same
Small Group Instruction
 Group students together who need similar support
 Teach the same skill but may be delivered differently to each
group
 Final product may be different (allows students to make choices)
 Small group should be flexible
 Students can move from group to group based on
 Observations
 Pre-assessments
Let’s get to some strategies
 QAR – Questioning technique that gives students a better understanding
of what they have read.
 Formative Assessment
 Question Answer Relationship
 In the book
 In my head
 Think and Search
 Author and Me
 Questioning the author
How does QAR look?
ITSY BITSY SPIDER
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again.
 Who climbed up the water spout? (Right There)
 What happened after the rain washed the spider out? (Think and Search)
 Why do you think the spider decided to climb back up the water spout?
(Author and You)
 Have you ever tried and failed at something once, and yet still had the
courage to try again? (On Your Own)
Common Ground Activity
We all have experience in the classroom. Choose a color on the wall.
Once you choose a color, the next activity will be on the back of the
colored paper. Follow the directions on the back of the paper to
create “Common Ground.”
Topics you will see:
Co-teaching
Traits of a “good” teacher
Questioning
Cooperative Learning
Assessment
SIOP Method
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Components of SIOP per Mary Ellen Vogt and Jana Echevarria, authors of
99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model.
A few ideas from the book, worth the money, are:
Sentence stem starters
Graphic Organizers
Lesson Plans with language goals for ELL
What can I use Monday?
Tools, cost involved, but great for test prep!
Larry Bell http://larry-bell.com/
Exit Slips
NewsELA https://newsela.com/
FREE, lexiles the same articles for differentiation
Readworks http://www.readworks.org/
FREE!!! Paired texts for fiction and non-fiction work according to grade levels!
Scholastic www.scholastic.com
Moby Max www. mobymax.com
Free trial of 30 days, then $40 for the year. Students have home logins and can work at
school or home. Teacher can set assignments and check progress. Levels the students
based on test performance for each unit/reading.
Reading A-Z https://www.readinga-z.com/
Study Island http://www.studyisland.com/
BILINGUAL RESOURCES Colorin Colorado http://www.colorincolorado.org/
Larry Bell and His Powerful Words
Getting students up and moving is a great way to
get students to talk, even when they are not able
and confident about language.
How: Have students use the 12 Words to explain,
using the Discussion Ball. Open –Ended, Higher
level questioning skills. As they get better, have
the students create test questions or questions in
groups using 12 Words.
DEMO
Modeling
In this presentation you have seen:
Modeling, co-teaching, cooperative learning, energetic presenters
Interactive, and higher level questioning
Formative assessment: Kahoots.com, Socrative.com
Parcctestnav.net
Understand that students will meet the expectations we set, even if they
have difficulty speaking or reading.
Discussion
Kahootz quiz - https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/7cc6298d-09ac-425d-957da7a2157a31a2