SLPS TESOL ExcELLence
Volume 1, Issue 1
September 2014
ESOL LESSON PLAN
TEMPLATES
CBM-3D Benchmark
Assessment
The information below was shared with
As soon as you are able to get access to the current
STAR reading levels of your students, please begin
administering CBM-3D assessment for the pull out
students only. Please, feel free to join our additional
session on the CBM-3D administration procedures.
Please, RSVP to Elena Okanovic by September 4, 4:00
PM if you plan to attend the session.
the SLPS principals in the latest issue of
the Principal Newsletter.
Principals at ESOL centers: (Buder, Mason, Mullanphy,
Sigel, Mann, Oak Hill, Dewey, Worner, Woodward,
Fanning, Compton Drew, Gateway Middle, Busch, Gateway
STEM, Roosevelt, Soldan and NCNAA.)
“Considering the district’s lesson plan template and the key
instructional components in the field of TESOL (Teaching
English toSpeakers of Other Languages), SLPS ESOL
Program developed an ESOL lesson plan template to be used
by all ESOL teachers at SLPS. This template should be used
to plan for pull out ESOL instruction and ESOL courses. For
sheltered courses and team teaching, ESOL teachers may
use the school-based template. However, they need to add
WIDA standards, content and language objectives to the
school-based template.”
Thank you to all teachers who have submitted their
lesson plans and schedules using the new template.
Please, continue to submit your lesson plans to Elena
Okanovic by Monday, by 9:00 AM in order to receive
the timely feedback. If you write several lesson plans,
please submit them in a Zipped file.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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LESSON PLANS
1
CBM-3D BENCHMARK TESTING
1
MONITORING RECLASSIFICATION FORM
2
SAMPLE OF A PARENT NOTIFICATION LETTER
Friday, September 5th, from 3:00PM-4:00PM
ESOL W-APT SCREENING
Please, email to Elena Okanovic your updates on
the W-APT process at your site by Friday,
September 5th.
ELL SIS Coding
LEP- Limited English proficient
RCV- Receiving Services (LEP)
NLP- Native Language Proficient (not LEP)
M1- Monitored year 1 (LEP)
M2- Monitored year 2 (LEP)
MONITORING PROCEDURES
September 12 is the due date for submitting site
reclassifications forms (EXCEL document.) The
completed forms should be submitted to Samir and
copy the form to Elena Okanovic.
Buder ESOL teachers, Anne Savio and Kathleen
Avanevoli, designed a parent notification letter to notify
parents about students changing status from Receiving
services (RCV) to Monitoring services (M1). Feel free
to use the sample at your site. (see page 2)
FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION PURPOSE ( RCV-M1)
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REMINDERS- CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Newsletter 1
Student Name ______________________
Grade _____ Date ____________
Teacher ____________________________
Dear Parent or Guardian,
Your child is now considered to be proficient in English.
Your child:
____ Scored an overall proficiency level of 6.0 (the highest score) on Tier C of the Access for English
Language Learners Assessment.
____ Scored an overall proficiency level of 5.0 and above on Tier C of the Access for English Language
Learners Assessment AND achieved a proficiency level of Basic or higher on the MAP test AND (circled
items apply):
Achieved high academic grades in their classes
Scored highly on district benchmark tests
Demonstrated strong writing performance
There is agreement from the ESL teachers and his/her classroom teacher that language is not a
barrier to your child’s ability to access academic content.
Your child will be monitored for two years.
If you have any questions, please contact us at _____________ School.
Sincerely,
___________________________
ESOL Teacher(s)
Newsletter 2
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CALENDAR
Date
Thursday, September 4
OF
EVENTS
Event
Time
ESOL Parent Committee
Location
3:30PM-4:30 PM
ESOL Office , Building 1
3:30PM-4:30 PM
ESOL Office, Building 1
3:30PM-4:30 PM
ESOL Office, Building 1
3:30PM-4:30 PM
ESOL Office, Building 1
3:00PM-4:00PM (RSVP)
ESOL Office, Building 1
Meeting
Thursday, September 11
ESOL PD Committee
Meeting
Thursday, September 18
ESOL Leadership
Committee
Thursday, September 24
ESOL Community
Outreach Committee
Friday, September 5
CBM-3D administration
procedures training
session
Friday, September 5
W-APT Updates are due
Submit to Samir Mujagic
Friday, September 12
CBM-3D benchmark
Keep the result on file
Assessment ( pull-out
using our benchmark
only) is due
record sheet ( EXCEL
document)
Tuesday, September 16
Writing Content and
3:00PM-4:30PM
Language Objectives
ESOL Office, Building 4,
Library
Workshop
( sign up on MLP)
Please, share the ESOL updates from your site with Elena Okanovic by October 1, 2014 to be
included in our next issue of the SLPS TESOL ExcELLence newsletter.
Newsletter 3
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