Colour / Symbol / Image

By Lauren Barnett

Three main distinctions Dr. Colour:

Jim Cummins makes about
proficiency in English BLACK
1. Conversational
2. Discreet
3. Academic
I chose black because I
imagine every component
as a primary colour. When
It's important for me to remember that you mix the 3 primary
ELL's are learning all three of these colours together, you get
components at the same time. It is a black!
heavy load to learn and it is NOT easy!

Symbol
“An on-going feedback loop is key to
integrating assessment with
teaching.” (Eunice Eunhee Jang,
2014, pg. 75).

This symbol represents

This is a quote I came across
the continuous loop of
while reading. It is important to
teaching, assessment, and
remember because it is an
learning
integral part of teaching and
learning.
"How could you increase the amount of
Finding the gap, then setting
student talk that happens in your
goals from students' current level
classroom?"
to their aspired level, can
I chose this question because it made motivate learning.
me come to realize that I am not
facilitating enough opportunities in my Image
class for student talk and discussion!
Ideas:

More sharing circles

Partner work
Group projects
Guided reading
Partner reading
Think/Pair/Share
Allow students to read
directions/worksheets out loud more. I chose this photo because it
Have a ‘Teach the Class Day’ where
reminds me of a sharing
students get to teach something of
circle, which is a great tool for
their choice to the class. Eg. a
drawing lesson with oral guidance, or practicing listening skills and
a short informational speech about facilitating student talk and
species of birds. discussion.
Singalongs
Read poems as a class Resources
Cummins, J. Language Literacy Webcast. Ontario Ministry of
Education
Jang, E. E. (2014). Assessing English Language Learners in K-12
Schools. Education Matters, 2(1), 72–80.