What can we learn from examining the CA ELPAC science-related test items? Join us to explore how 3-dimensional science teaching and learning can increase students' English language proficiency.

This session will highlight guiding principles and effective strategies for supporting Multilingual Learners (MLs) that align with the CA Science Framework and the CA ELA/ELD framework.All students bring their own language and a wealth of experience and knowledge to the classroom. We will model effective practices for tapping into those funds of knowledge, scaffolding language demands without taking away the rigor, and supporting equitable engagement in the science and engineering practices.

Take-aways:

1. Language proficiency is not a prerequisite for content instruction but an outcome of effective integrated content instruction.
2. Science learning and language development are mutually supportive. As Multilingual Learners engage in science practices, they use disciplinary language and language functions (describe, sequence, evaluate, synthesize, etc.) to make sense of phenomena and to communicate their ideas.
3. The functional use of language in social contexts improves language learners' communication abilities. Using language for meaningful purposes in an engaging science context improves students' ability to communicate in all areas and increases their language proficiency levels as measured by the ELPAC.

Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost: Members: $10, Nonmembers: $20

Register here.