EAL Level 1 Curriculum Overview

Table 1 Administrative Duties

Curriculum Specific Strategies for Technology Required Skills

Expectations Objectives Technology Infrastructure
Integration What skills are
What needs to What are the What technologies needed in order to
get done: specific learning How will will be needed? meet goals and
strategies? technology be expectations?
used to meet
the goal? Have Need Have Need

Team Meeting I need to discuss I need to write Laptop Ability

at the start of the curricular an EAL to
the term goals, learning Year-at-a-Glan Internet navigate
objectives, ce table to laptop
strategies and indicate the
methods to the plans for the Ability
EAL Level 1’s year using MS to
school team Word and navigate
such as the emailing this school
principal, to the rest of email
classroom the team.
teacher, Ability
education to
assistant, navigate
speech-language MS
pathologist, Word
learning
assistance
teacher, etc.

EAL I need to do a I need to input Laptop Ability

Assessment district-approve the assessment to
d assessment for scores on the Internet access
the EAL Level 1 online and
students e-forms. navigate
district
e-forms

EAL Reports I need to submit I need to enter Laptop Ability

EAL report the to
cards based on appropriate Internet navigate
 student progress information the
of the term using the district
district e-forms
e-forms which
should reflect
the strengths
and stretches
of the
student’s
English
acquisition.

Professional I need to Every school Laptop Ability Ability to

Development constantly year, I need to to understand
reflect and discuss my Internet navigate new and
complete a main goals Google upcoming
professional that I want to drive technology
growth plan as focus on as an resources
an EAL teacher. EAL teacher approved
at my school. I and
I plan to attend will write provided
several these on a by the
professional table and district
development discuss with
opportunities my
offered by my administrator
district. how I am
going to be
focusing on
those goals in
my classroom.

I need to
collaborate
and meet with
the rest of the
EAL
department at
my school. We
attend
different
workshops,
seminars and
other
opportunities
provided by
 the district to
learn new and
upcoming
methods and
resources for
EAL learning.

Collaborate I need to I will create a Laptop Ability

with classroom constantly Microsoft to
teachers communicate Teams account Internet navigate
and collaborate so classroom laptop
with classroom teachers can Access
teachers for the access their to email Ability
student’s students’ to
learning goals channels. Access navigate
and updates. to internet
I will use One Micros
Drive to share oft Ability
files, reports Teams to
and resources. navigate
Access email
to One
Drive Ability
to
navigate
MS
Teams
and One
Drive

Digital I need to set-up Using Laptop FreshGr Ability

portfolios digital portfolios FreshGrade, I ade to
of the EAL need to set-up Internet accounts navigate
Level 1 digital laptop
students. portfolios for
every student. Ability
to
Using navigate
FreshGrade, I internet
need to
upload, Ability
organize and to
update their navigate
learning FreshGr
evidence. ade
Table 2 Listening

Curriculum Specific Strategies for Technology Required Skills

Expectations Objectives Technology Infrastructure
Integration What skills are
What needs to What are the What technologies needed in order to
get done: specific How will will be needed? meet goals and
learning technology be expectations?
strategies? used to meet the
goal? Have Need Have Need

Students will Students will Students will Laptops HearBuil Ability Ability
engage actively explore oral use videos and / iPads der to to
as listeners and storytelling listen to audio navigate navigate
viewers, as processes. books based on Internet Earobics laptop / HearBui
appropriate, to Students will their reading iPads lder
develop use of same levels.
understanding language peer Ability Ability
of self, identity, and native Students will to to
and community. language use the navigate navigate
support. educational internet Earobics
software
Students will HearBuilder to
use gestures strengthen their
and movement listening
and other literacy ability.
linguistic
support to Students will
communicate use Earobics to
language and assist in
expectations. development of
auditory
Students will discrimination.
understand
short, simple
sentence stems
on familiar
topics.
Table 3 Speaking

Curriculum Specific Strategies for Technology Required Skills

Expectations Objectives Technology Infrastructure
Integration What skills are
What needs to What are the What technologies needed in order to
get done: specific How will will be needed? meet goals and
learning technology be expectations?
strategies? used to meet the
goal? Have Need Have Need

Students will Students will Students will Laptops Flipgrid Ability Ability
identify, exchange ideas produce a / iPads to to
organize and and media-rich MS navigate navigate
present ideas in perspectives to digital story Internet Translat laptop / Flipgrid
a variety of build shared about digital or iPads
forms. understanding. citizenship Ability
stories, Window Ability to
Students will reflections and s Speech to navigate
use short share talks Recogni navigate MS
sentence stems using Flipgrid. tion internet Translat
and single or
words for Students will
practice before use MS Ability
conversations. Translator for to use
live captioning and
Students will and navigate
use provided cross-language Window
word banks. understanding. s
Speech
Students will Students will Recogni
practice use tion
pronunciation Speech-to-Text.
of social and
academic
language.

Students will
express some
words and
phrases about
self, family and
interests.
Table 4 Reading

Curriculum Specific Strategies for Technology Required Skills

Expectations Objectives Technology Infrastructure
Integration What skills are
What needs to What are the What technologies needed in order to
get done: specific How will will be needed? meet goals and
learning technology be expectations?
strategies? used to meet the
goal? Have Need Have Need

Students will Students will Students will Laptops Lexia Ability Ability to
use learn decoding navigate and / iPads to navigate
foundational skills, use different Hearbui navigate e- books,
concepts of phonemic and virtual Internet lder laptop / education
print and visual phonological environments iPads al
texts. awareness. such as e-books Earobic software
(Unite for s Ability and
Students will Literacy, to websites.
practice and be Storybooks Unite navigate
familiar with Canada), for internet
beginning educational Literacy
reading software Ability
strategies. (Hearbuilder, Boradm to use
Earobics) and aker Boardm
Students will websites aker
practice letter (Lexia). Storybo software
recognition. oks
Students will Canada
Students will use visual cues
use visual and for
linguistic comprehension
supports. using
Boardmaker
Students will software.
read adapted
text.
Table 5 Writing

Curriculum Specific Strategies for Technology Required Skills

Expectations Objectives Technology Infrastructure
Integration What skills are
What needs to What are the What technologies needed in order to
get done: specific How will will be needed? meet goals and
learning technology be expectations?
strategies? used to meet the
goal? Have Need Have Need

Students will Students will Students will Laptops Spelling Ability Ability
learn learn writing use game-based / iPads City to to use
foundational processes. study of literacy navigate and
concepts of skills using Internet Lexia laptop / navigate
print and visual Students will word lists on iPads the said
texts. learn print software Flipgrid digital
awareness, programs such Ability tools and
letter as Spelling City Book to resources
Students will formation, and Lexia. Creator navigate
create stories sentence internet
and other texts structure and Students will TarHeel
to deepen conventions. illustrate and Reader
awareness of communicate
self, family, and Students will original ideas Storybir
community. draw and use and stories d
of native using digital
language to tools and
express media-rich
concepts. resources such
as Flipgrid,
Students will Book Creator,
use simple TarHeel Reader
sentence stems and Storybird.
with present
tense and high Students will
frequency use graphic
vocabulary. organizers and
writing frames.
Table 6 Digital Citizenship: Digital Etiquette Unit

Curriculum Specific Strategies for Technology Required Skills

Expectations Objectives Technology Infrastructure
Integration What skills are
What needs to What are the What technologies needed in order to
get done: specific How will will be needed? meet goals and
learning technology be expectations?
strategies? used to meet the
goal? Have Need Have Need

Students will Every start of I need to Laptops Board Ability Ability

understand and the term or establish and / iPads maker to to
demonstrate learning cycle create a digital softwar navigate navigate
appropriate with a group of etiquette charter Internet e laptop / Internet
behaviour when students, I need with the iPads Awesom
using to teach how students. Prezi e and
technology. students can Ability Interland
become I need to create Jamboar to websites
Students will responsible visual aids d navigate
follow digital citizens using the internet
classroom by learning software Youtube
expectations how to practice Boardmaker to videos Ability
and practice Netiquette, and help students to use
digital being online understand the Interland and
etiquette. positive. content website navigate
language. Prezi
Smartbo
Students will ard Ability
learn the ability to use
to navigate and
laptops / iPads. navigate
Jamboar
Students will d
have Internet
access and will Ability
learn the ability to
to navigate the navigate
internet. Boardm
aker
Students will software
watch the
Internet Ability
Awesome to use
video. and
navigate
Students will Smartbo
play and ard
navigate
Interland, an
online game
that puts the
key lessons of
digital
citizenship and
safety into
hands-on
practice.

Students will
sign by typing
their names on
the classroom
charter.