2017 Alaska RTI/MTSS Effective Instruction Conference

Recent comprehensive research reviews have confirmed the essential role of vocabulary and academic language plays in helping students improve their academic literacy K-12. This is especially critical for students who are English Language Learners. This seminar will provide a hands-on exploration of the key evidence-based strategies teachers can employ to ensure students thrive in a language rich classroom in which every student is actively engaged in building their lexical skills. Learning Objectives - develop practical evidence-based strategies to: identify important content and high use academic vocabulary for explicit instruction, structure meaning opportunities for ALL students to apply newly learned terms in academic discussion and writing, employ various learning scaffolds providing temporary support to ELLs and other students struggling with academic language across the content areas, and integrate oral and written language instruction with content area teaching.