Multi-Level Elementary
2 and 3
2011
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 ESL – 2011-2012
Who are my students
in September?
They are all Cycle One students.
They are used to…
• an all English environment
• participating in classroom routines
• performing songs and rhymes
• joining in stories
• communicating with gestures, words, strings of words
and short expressions.
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
Who are my students
in September?
They are all Cycle One students.
In addition students from Elementary 2 are used to…
• working in pairs
• creating personalized versions of texts
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
Who are my students
in September?
Conclusion:
• Manage the class as one group.
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Find out what is similar.
Competencies:
C2 – To Communicate Orally in English
C1 – To Interact Orally in English
From the POL: classroom routines, familiar
situations/familiar environment and strategies
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Find out what is different.
Competencies:
C2 – To Communicate Orally in English
C1 – To Interact Orally in English
From the POL: contextual language and functional
language (useful expressions and vocabulary)
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Conclusion:
• Manage the class as one group.
• Plan accountability by level.
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Find out what is similar.
Competencies:
C1 – To Act on Understanding of Texts
C2 – To Reinvest Understanding of Oral and
Written Texts
From the POL: contextual language/text
components (key elements, events), strategies,
cultural elements/products
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Find out what is different.
Competencies:
C1 – To Act on Understanding of Texts:
personalized version of texts
C2 – To Reinvest Understanding of Oral and
Written Texts: personalized product
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Conclusion:
• Manage the class as one group.
• Use the same text but find a
reinvestment task for Elementary 3 that
has similarities with the personalized
version for Elementary 2.
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Find out what is different.
Competency
C3 - To write texts
From the POL: language conventions
Only for Elementary 3 students
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
How to respect the two ESL
programs (Cycles 1 and 2)?
Conclusion:
• Manage the class as one group.
• Introduce the writing process checklist
to write the reinvestment task.
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
Planning
Solution: The Bird’s Eye View
From the LES: Can’t Fall Asleep?
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
Supporting teachers
and consultants
One field-tested LES
Can’t Fall Asleep?
 Teacher’s Guide in 4 booklets
 Teacher Tools
 Students Handouts
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CONCLUSION
The answers are in the ESL programs!
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
The LES:
Can’t Fall Asleep?
• Broad Area of Learning: Health and Well-being
• Educational Aim: To ensure that students adopt
a self-monitoring procedure concerning the
development of good living habits related to
health and well-being
• Focus of Development: Awareness of his/her
basic needs: physical needs
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level
Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
The LES:
Can’t Fall Asleep?
• Cross-Curricular Competency 5
To adopt effective work methods
Evaluation Criteria
1. Completion of the task : Use of the appropriate
resources and time allotted to complete the task
2. Perseverance in performing the task: Satisfaction of
presenting a personalized product on time
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level
Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
The LES:
Can’t Fall Asleep?
• Description
Students are introduced to the Canadian
writer, Robert Munsch, author of The Paper
Bag Princess and 50 Below Zero, among
others. Through his story, Mortimer, students
will become aware of conditions leading to a
good night’s sleep.
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level
Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
The LES:
Can’t Fall Asleep?
• Elementary 2 students will collaborate to
create a personalized version of the story.
• Elementary 3 students will create a
personalized product where they provide
suggestions to help a child go to sleep.
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level
Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
The LES:
Can’t Fall Asleep?
• ESL Competencies
Elementary 2
Elementary 3
To Communicate Orally
in English
To Interact Orally
in English
To Act on Understanding
of Texts
To Reinvest Understanding
of Oral and Written Texts
To Write Texts
• Criteria and explanations
from the Framewok for the Evaluation of Learning - ESL Elementary
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level
Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
The LES:
Can’t Fall Asleep?
• Essential Knowledge
From the Elementary Progression of Learning
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Contextual and Functional language
Strategies
Language conventions (Elementary 3 only)
Text components (Elem. 2 contextual language)
Cultural elements and products
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Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
The LES:
Can’t Fall Asleep?
In action…
Patricia Finnerty
shares her success.
Thank you! 
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level
Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
Supporting teachers
and consultants
 PowerPoint presentation
 The LES Can’t Fall Asleep? documents
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL
Supporting teachers
and consultants
www.eslinsight.ca
Elementary
Resources
LES
Multi-Level - Elementary 2 and 3
Multi-Cycle - Multi-Level
Elementary 2 and 3 - ESL